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1 | After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth; |
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2 | And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately
come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that
Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came
unto them. |
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3 | And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and
wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. |
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4 | And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded
the Jews and the Greeks. |
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5 | And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul
was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that
Jesus was Christ. |
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6 | And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his
raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own
heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the
Gentiles. |
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7 | And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's
house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house
joined hard to the synagogue. |
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8 | And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the
Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing
believed, and were baptized. |
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9 | Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not
afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: |
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10 | For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee:
for I have much people in this city. |
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11 | And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the
word of God among them. |
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12 | And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to
the judgment seat, |
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13 | Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to
the law. |
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14 | And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said
unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked
lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: |
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15 | But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law,
look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. |
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16 | And he drave them from the judgment seat. |
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17 | Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the
synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio
cared for none of those things. |
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18 | And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then
took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria,
and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in
Cenchrea: for he had a vow. |
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19 | And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself
entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. |
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20 | When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he
consented not; |
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21 | But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this
feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto
you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. |
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22 | And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted
the church, he went down to Antioch. |
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23 | And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went
over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order,
strengthening all the disciples. |
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24 | And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. |
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25 | This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being
fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the
things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. |
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26 | And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when
Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and
expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. |
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27 | And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren
wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he
was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: |
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28 | For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly,
shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. |
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