1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.stylus1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Corinthians 1:2, Acts 19:1, 2 Timothy 4:20, Acts 19:12He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,stylusRomans 16:3, Romans 16:4, 2 Timothy 4:19, 1 Corinthians 16:19, Romans 16:33and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.stylus1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 4:12, 1 Corinthians 4:12, 2 Thessalonians 3:84He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.stylus2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 5:11, Acts 17:17, Acts 28:23, Acts 17:175But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.stylus2 Corinthians 5:14, Acts 18:28, 2 Corinthians 5:14, Acts 18:28, Acts 17:36When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"stylusEzekiel 33:4, Ezekiel 33:4, 2 Samuel 1:16, 2 Samuel 1:16, Ezekiel 33:87He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.stylusActs 16:14, Acts 16:14, Colossians 4:11, Colossians 4:11, Acts 10:28Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.stylusRomans 10:14, Romans 10:17, Romans 10:14, Romans 10:17, Mark 16:159The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;stylusActs 23:11, Acts 23:11, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 2:8, Ezekiel 2:610for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."stylus2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Isaiah 41:10, Matthew 28:20, Exodus 4:1211He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.stylusActs 14:3, Acts 19:10, Acts 14:3, Acts 19:10, Acts 20:3112But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,stylusActs 18:27, Acts 13:50, Acts 13:7, Acts 18:27, Acts 13:5013saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."stylusActs 25:8, Acts 25:8, Acts 6:13, Acts 21:28, Acts 24:514But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;stylus1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 3:15, 1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 3:15, 2 Corinthians 11:415but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I do not want to be a judge of these matters."stylusActs 23:29, Acts 23:29, Acts 25:19, Acts 25:19, 1 Timothy 6:416He drove them from the judgment seat.stylusPsalms 76:10, Revelation 12:16, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4, Psalms 76:1017Then all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio did not care about any of these things.stylus1 Corinthians 1:1, 1 Corinthians 1:1, Amos 6:6, Acts 17:32, 1 Corinthians 1:2318Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.stylusActs 21:24, Acts 21:24, Numbers 6:18, Numbers 6:18, Numbers 6:519They came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.stylus2 Timothy 1:18, Ephesians 1:1, 1 Timothy 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:18, Ephesians 1:120When they asked him to stay a longer time, he declined;stylusActs 21:13, Acts 21:14, 1 Corinthians 16:12, Acts 20:16, Mark 1:3721but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.stylus1 Corinthians 4:19, 1 Corinthians 4:19, Romans 15:32, James 4:15, Hebrews 6:322When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.stylusActs 8:40, Acts 8:40, Acts 11:19, Acts 11:27, Acts 15:423Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.stylusActs 14:22, Acts 14:22, Acts 16:6, Acts 16:6, Acts 15:4124Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.stylus1 Corinthians 4:6, 1 Corinthians 3:5, 1 Corinthians 3:6, Titus 3:13, 1 Corinthians 4:625This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.stylusActs 19:3, Acts 19:3, Hosea 14:9, Romans 12:11, Hosea 14:926He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.stylus1 Corinthians 12:21, Acts 14:3, Hebrews 6:1, Acts 18:25, Ephesians 6:1927When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;stylus2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, James 1:16, James 1:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1328for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.stylusActs 18:5, Acts 18:5, Acts 9:22, Luke 24:44, 1 Corinthians 15:3