Acts 18

Paul in Corinth

1 After this Paul 1 left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named v Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife v Priscilla, because w Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3 and x because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And y he reasoned in the synagogue y every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 z When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul a was occupied with the word, b testifying to the Jews that the Christ was c Jesus. 6 And when they opposed and reviled him, d he shook out his garments and said to them, e "Your blood be on your own heads! f I am innocent. g From now on I will go to the Gentiles." 7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius h Justus, i a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8 j Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together k with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul l one night in m a vision, n "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, 10 n for I am with you, and o no one will attack you to harm you, for p I 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 q proconsul of Achaia, r the Jews made a united attack on Paul and s brought him before the tribunal, 13 saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to t the 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 u crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. 15 But v since it is a matter of questions about words and names and w your 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 x the brothers 2 and set sail for Syria, and with him y Priscilla and Aquila. At z Cenchreae a he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. 19 And they came to b Ephesus, and he left them there, but c he 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 d if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he e went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. 23 After spending some time there, he departed and f went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, g strengthening all the disciples.

Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

24 Now a Jew named h Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, i competent in the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in j the way of the Lord. And k being fervent in spirit, 3 he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only l the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when m Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him n the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wished to cross to o Achaia, p the brothers encouraged him and q wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, r he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures s that the Christ was Jesus.

  1. Cross References
    Acts 18:18
    After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
    Acts 18:26
    He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
    Romans 16:3
    Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
    1 Corinthians 16:19
    The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
    2 Timothy 4:19
    Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 18:18
    After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
    Acts 18:26
    He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
    Romans 16:3
    Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
    1 Corinthians 16:19
    The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
    2 Timothy 4:19
    Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 11:28
    And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
  4. Cross References
    Acts 20:34
    You yourselves know that these hands ministered...
    1 Corinthians 4:12
    And we labor, working with our own hands. When ...
    1 Corinthians 9:15
    But I have made no use of any of these rights, ...
    2 Corinthians 11:7
    Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so tha...
    2 Corinthians 12:13
    For in what were you less favored than the rest...
    1 Thessalonians 2:9
    For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil:...
    2 Thessalonians 3:8
    Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying fo...
  5. Cross References
    Acts 17:17
    So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
    Acts 13:5
    When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
    Acts 13:14
    But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 17:17
    So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
    Acts 13:5
    When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
    Acts 13:14
    But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
  7. Cross References
    Acts 17:15
    Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
    1 Thessalonians 3:6
    But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you -
  8. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:14
    For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died.
    Job 32:18
    For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.
    Jeremiah 6:11
    Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord ; I am weary of holding it in. "Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and the very aged.
    Jeremiah 20:9
    If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
    Amos 3:8
    The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?
  9. Cross References
    Acts 20:21
    Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  10. Cross References
    Acts 18:28
    For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, s...
    Acts 2:36
    Let all the house of Israel therefore know for ...
    Acts 5:42
    And every day, in the temple and from house to ...
    Acts 17:3
    Explaining and proving that it was necessary fo...
    Acts 3:20
    That times of refreshing may come from the pres...
    Acts 8:5
    Philip went down to the city of Samaria and pro...
    Acts 9:22
    But Saul increased all the more in strength, an...
  11. Cross References
    Nehemiah 5:13
    I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
    Acts 13:51
    But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:13
    Lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.
    Ezekiel 33:4
    Then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
    2 Samuel 1:16
    And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord 's anointed.'
    Matthew 27:25
    And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!
  13. Cross References
    Acts 20:26
    Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you.
    Ezekiel 3:18 - 19
    If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
  14. Cross References
    Acts 13:46
    And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
  15. Cross References
    Acts 1:23
    And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
    Colossians 4:11
    And Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
  16. Cross References
    Acts 16:14
    One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
  17. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:14
    I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius.
  18. Cross References
    Acts 11:14
    He will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.
  19. Cross References
    Acts 23:11
    The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
    Acts 27:23
    For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship.
  20. Cross References
    Acts 26:16
    But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.
    2 Corinthians 12:1 - 4
    I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
  21. Cross References
    Acts 27:24
    And he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.
    Joshua 1:5 - 6
    No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
    Jeremiah 1:8
    Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
    Matthew 28:20
    Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
  22. Cross References
    Acts 18:9
    And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent.
  23. Cross References
    Luke 21:18
    But not a hair of your head will perish.
    2 Thessalonians 3:2
    And that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.
  24. Cross References
    John 10:16
    And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
  25. Cross References
    Acts 13:7
    He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
  26. Cross References
    Acts 13:50
    But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
  27. Cross References
    Acts 16:19
    But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
  28. Cross References
    Acts 18:15
    But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
  29. Cross References
    Acts 13:10
    And said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
  30. Cross References
    Acts 23:29
    I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
    Acts 25:19
    Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
    1 Timothy 6:4
    He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
    2 Timothy 2:14
    Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
  31. Cross References
    Acts 18:13
    Saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.
  32. Cross References
    John 21:23
    So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
  33. Cross References
    Acts 18:2
    And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
  34. Cross References
    Romans 16:1
    I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae.
  35. Cross References
    Acts 21:23 - 24
    Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
    Numbers 6:2
    Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord.
    Numbers 6:18
    And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
  36. Cross References
    Acts 19:1
    And it happened that while Apollos was at Corin...
    Acts 20:16 - 17
    For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so t...
    1 Corinthians 15:32
    What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought w...
    1 Corinthians 16:8
    But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
    Ephesians 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of...
    1 Timothy 1:3
    As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, r...
    2 Timothy 1:18
    May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the L...
  37. Cross References
    Acts 18:4
    And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
  38. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:19
    But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills,...
    1 Corinthians 16:7
    For I do not want to see you now just in passin...
    Hebrews 6:3
    And this we will do if God permits.
    James 4:15
    Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, w...
    Romans 15:32
    So that by God's will I may come to you with jo...
    1 Peter 3:17
    For it is better to suffer for doing good, if t...
  39. Cross References
    Acts 11:2
    So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying.
    Acts 21:15
    After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
  40. Cross References
    Acts 16:6
    And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
  41. Cross References
    Acts 14:22
    Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
  42. Cross References
    Acts 19:1
    And it happened that while Apollos was at Corin...
    1 Corinthians 1:12
    What I mean is that each one of you says, "I fo...
    1 Corinthians 3:5 - 6
    What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants th...
    1 Corinthians 4:6
    I have applied all these things to myself and A...
    1 Corinthians 16:12
    Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly ...
    Titus 3:13
    Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apol...
  43. Cross References
    Ezra 7:6
    This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
  44. Cross References
    Acts 9:2
    And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  45. Cross References
    Romans 12:11
    Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
  46. Cross References
    Acts 19:3
    And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism.
    Luke 7:29
    ( When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
  47. Cross References
    Acts 18:2
    And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
  48. Cross References
    Matthew 22:16
    And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
    Acts 18:25
    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  49. Cross References
    Acts 19:1
    And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
  50. Cross References
    Acts 18:18
    After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
  51. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 3:1
    Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
  52. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:6
    I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
    Acts 11:21
    And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
    Acts 11:23
    When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
    Acts 15:11
    But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.
    Ephesians 2:8
    For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
  53. Cross References
    Acts 18:5
    When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
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