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and because he was of the same trade--that of tent-maker--he lodged with them and worked with them.
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But, Sabbath after Sabbath, he preached in the synagogue and tried to win over both Jews and Greeks.
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Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
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But upon their opposing him with abusive language, he shook his clothes by way of protest, and said to them, "Your ruin will be upon your own heads. I am not responsible: in future I will go among the Gentiles."
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So he left the place and went to the house of a person called Titius Justus, a worshipper of the true God. His house was next door to the synagogue.
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And Crispus, the Warden of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, and so did all his household; and from time to time many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and received baptism.
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And, in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, "Dismiss your fears: go on speaking, and do not give up.
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I am with you, and no one shall attack you to injure you; for I have very many people in this city."
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So Paul remained in Corinth for a year and six months, teaching among them the Message of God.
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But when Gallio became Proconsul of Greece, the Jews with one accord made a dead set at Paul, and brought him before the court.
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"This man," they said, "is inducing people to offer unlawful worship to God."