Acts 18:1-11

New American Standard Bible 1995

Paul at Corinth

18 After these things he left ^(A)Athens and went to ^(B)Corinth. ² And he found a Jew named ^(C)Aquila, a native of ^(D)Pontus, having recently come from ^(E)Italy with his wife ^(F)Priscilla, because ^(G)Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, ³ and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and ^(H)they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. ⁴ And he was reasoning ^(I)in the synagogue every ^(J)Sabbath and trying to persuade ^(K)Jews and Greeks.

⁵ But when ^(L)Silas and Timothy ^(M)came down from ^(N)Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly ^(O)testifying to the Jews that ^(P)Jesus was the ^[a]Christ. ⁶ But when they resisted and blasphemed, he ^(Q)shook out his garments and said to them, “Your ^(R)blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go ^(S)to the Gentiles.” ⁷ Then he left there and went to the house of a man named ^[b]Titius Justus, ^(T)a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue. ^8 (U)Crispus, ^(V)the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord ^(W)with all his household, and many of the ^(X)Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. ⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in the night by ^(Y)a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and 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.” ¹¹ And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.