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1 After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth.
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After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,
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There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.
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and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.
4 And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
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When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.
6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
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But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
7 Then he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue.
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Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.
8 Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.
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Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;
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One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.
10 for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
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For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
11 And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
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