Acts 18:1-23

Paul in Corinth

1 After this Paul^[a] left Athens and went to Corinth.

2 And he found a Jew named ¹Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife ²Priscilla, because ³Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,

3 and ⁴because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

4 And ⁵he reasoned in the synagogue ⁶every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 ⁷When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul ⁸was occupied with the word, ⁹testifying to the Jews that the Christ was ¹⁰Jesus.

6 And when they opposed and reviled him, ¹¹he shook out his garments and said to them, ¹²"Your blood be on your own heads! ¹³I am innocent. ¹⁴From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius ¹⁵Justus, ¹⁶a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

8 ¹⁷Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together ¹⁸with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.

9 And the Lord said to Paul ¹⁹one night in ²⁰a vision, ²¹"Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,

10 ²²for I am with you, and ²³no one will attack you to harm you, for ²⁴I have many in this city who are my people."

11 And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But when Gallio was ²⁵proconsul of Achaia, ²⁶the Jews made a united attack on Paul and ²⁷brought him before the tribunal,

13 saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to ²⁸the law."

14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious ²⁹crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.

15 But ³⁰since it is a matter of questions about words and names and ³¹your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things."

16 And he drove them from the tribunal.

17 And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

Paul Returns to Antioch

18 After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of ³²the brothers^[b] and set sail for Syria, and with him ³³Priscilla and Aquila. At ³⁴Cenchreae ³⁵he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.

19 And they came to ³⁶Ephesus, and he left them there, but ³⁷he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

20 When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.

21 But on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you ³⁸if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he ³⁹went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.

23 After spending some time there, he departed and ⁴⁰went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, ⁴¹strengthening all the disciples.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 18, 26; Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19
• 2. ver. 18, 26; Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19
• 3. Acts 11:28
• 4. Acts 20:34; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 2 Corinthians 11:7; 2 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
• 5. Acts 17:17; See Acts 13:5, 14
• 6. Acts 17:17; See Acts 13:5, 14
• 7. Acts 17:15; 1 Thessalonians 3:6
• 8. 2 Corinthians 5:14; [Job 32:18; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 20:9; Amos 3:8]
• 9. Acts 20:21
• 10. ver. 28; Acts 2:36; Acts 5:42; Acts 17:3; [Acts 3:20; Acts 8:5; Acts 9:22]
• 11. Nehemiah 5:13; [Acts 13:51]
• 12. Ezekiel 18:13; Ezekiel 33:4; [2 Samuel 1:16; Matthew 27:25]
• 13. Acts 20:26(Gk.); [Ezekiel 3:18, 19]
• 14. See Acts 13:46
• 15. [Acts 1:23; Colossians 4:11]
• 16. Acts 16:14
• 17. 1 Corinthians 1:14
• 18. See Acts 11:14
• 19. Acts 23:11; Acts 27:23
• 20. [Acts 26:16; 2 Corinthians 12:1-4]
• 21. Acts 27:24; Joshua 1:5, 6; Jeremiah 1:8; Matthew 28:20
• 22. [See ver. 9 above]
• 23. [Luke 21:18; 2 Thessalonians 3:2]
• 24. [John 10:16]
• 25. See Acts 13:7
• 26. See Acts 13:50
• 27. See Acts 16:19
• 28. ver. 15
• 29. [Acts 13:10]
• 30. Acts 23:29; Acts 25:19; [1 Timothy 6:4; 2 Timothy 2:14]
• 31. ver. 13
• 32. See John 21:23
• 33. ver. 2
• 34. Romans 16:1
• 35. [Acts 21:23, 24; Numbers 6:2, 18]
• 36. Acts 19:1; Acts 20:16, 17; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:8; Ephesians 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:18
• 37. ver. 4
• 38. 1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Corinthians 16:7; Hebrews 6:3; James 4:15; [Romans 15:32; 1 Peter 3:17]
• 39. Acts 11:2; Acts 21:15
• 40. Acts 16:6
• 41. See Acts 14:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek he
• [b]. Or brothers and sisters; also verse 27