The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Acts of the ApostlesThe Acts of the Apostles 18
Paul at Corinth | |
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After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; |
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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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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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And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. |
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¶ And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. |
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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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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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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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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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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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And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. |
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¶ And when Gal’li-o was the deputy of Achai’a, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, |
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saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. |
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And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gal’li-o 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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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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And he drave them from the judgment seat. |
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Then all the Greeks took Sos’thenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gal’li-o cared for none of those things. |
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¶ 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 Cen’chre-ae: for he had a vow. Num. 6.18 |
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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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When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; |
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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. |
Paul Returns to Antioch and Begins the Third Missionary Journey | |
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¶ And when he had landed at Caesare’a, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to An’ti-och. |
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And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phryg’i-a in order, strengthening all the disciples. |
Apollos Preaches at Ephesus | |
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¶ And a certain Jew named Apol’los, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. |
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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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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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And when he was disposed to pass into Achai’a, 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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for he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ. |
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