NASB — Acts 18 — KJV

Paul at Corinth

1 After° these° things° he left° aAthens° and went° to bCorinth°. 2 And he found° a Jew° named° aAquila°, a native° of bPontus°, having recently° come° from cItaly° with his wife° aPriscilla°, because° dClaudius° 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 athey were working°, for by trade° they were tent-makers°. 4 And he was reasoning° ain the synagogue° every° bSabbath° and trying to persuade° cJews° and Greeks°.

[1] aAc 17:15 bAc 18:8; 19:1; 1Co 1:2; 2Co 1:1, 23; 6:11; 2Ti 4:20
[2] aAc 18:18, 26; Ro 16:3; 1Co 16:19; 2Ti 4:19 bAc 2:9 cAc 27:1, 6; He 13:24 dAc 11:28
[3] aAc 20:34; 1Co 4:12; 9:14f; 2Co 11:7; 12:13; 1Th 2:9; 4:11; 2Th 3:8
[4] aAc 9:20; 18:19 bAc 13:14 cAc 14:1

5 ¶ But when° aSilas° and Timothy° bcame° down° from cMacedonia°, Paul° [began] devoting° himself completely° to the word°, solemnly° dtestifying° to the Jews° that eJesus° was the IChrist°. 6 But when they resisted° and blasphemed°, he ashook° out his garments° and said° to them, “Your bblood° [be] on your own heads°! I am clean°. From now° on I will go° cto the Gentiles°.” 7 Then° he left° there° and went° to the house° of a man° named° ITitius° Justus°, aa worshiper° of God°, whose° house° was next° to the synagogue°. 8 aCrispus°, bthe leader° of the synagogue°, believed° in the Lord° cwith all° his household°, and many° of the dCorinthians° when they heard° were believing° and being baptized°. 9 And the Lord° said° to Paul° in the night° by aa 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.

[5] II.e. Messiah aAc 15:22; 16:1; 17:14 bAc 17:15 cAc 16:9 dLk 16:28; Ac 20:21 eAc 17:3; 18:28
[6] aNe 5:13; Ac 13:51 b2S 1:16; 1K 2:33; Ezk 18:13; 33:4, 6, 8; Mt 27:25; Ac 20:26 cAc 13:46
[7] IOne early ms reads Titus; two other early mss omit the name aAc 13:43; 16:14
[8] a1Co 1:14 bMk 5:22 cAc 11:14 dAc 18:1; 19:1; 1Co 1:2; 2Co 1:1, 23; 6:11; 2Ti 4:20
[9] aAc 9:10

12 ¶ But while Gallio° was aproconsul° of bAchaia°, cthe Jews° with one° accord° rose° up against° Paul° and brought° him before° dthe judgment° seat°, 13 saying°, “This° man° persuades° men° to worship° God° contrary° to athe law°.” 14 But when Paul° was about° to aopen° his mouth°, Gallio° said° to the Jews°, “If° it were a matter° of wrong° or° of vicious° crime°, O° Jews°, it would be reasonable° for me to put° up with you; 15 but if° there are aquestions° about° words° and names° and your own law°, look° after° it yourselves°; I am° unwilling°° to be a judge° of these° matters.” 16 And he drove° them away° from athe judgment° seat°. 17 And they all° took° hold° of aSosthenes°, bthe leader° of the synagogue°, and [began] beating° him in front° of cthe judgment° seat°. But Gallio° was not concerned° about any° of these° things°.

[12] aAc 13:7 bAc 18:27; 19:21; Ro 15:26; 1Co 16:15; 2Co 1:1; 9:2; 11:10; 1Th 1:7f c1Th 2:14ff dMt 27:19
[13] aJn 19:7; Ac 18:15
[14] aMt 5:2
[15] aAc 23:29; 25:19
[16] aMt 27:19
[17] a1Co 1:1 bAc 18:8 cMt 27:19

18 ¶ Paul°, having remained° many° days° longer°, atook° leave° of bthe brethren° and put° out to sea° for cSyria°, and with him were dPriscilla° and dAquila°. In eCenchrea° Ihe fhad his hair° cut°, for he was keeping° a vow°. 19 They came° to aEphesus°, and he left° them there°. Now° he himself° entered° bthe synagogue° and reasoned° with the Jews°. 20 When they asked° him to stay° for a longer° time°, he did not consent°, 21 but ataking° leave° of them and saying°, “I will return° to you again° bif God° wills°,” he set° sail° from cEphesus°.

[18] ILit having his hair cut aMk 6:46 bAc 1:15; 18:27 cMt 4:24 dAc 18:2, 26 eRo 16:1 fNu 6:2, 5, 9, 18; Ac 21:24
[19] aAc 18:21, 24; 19:1, 17, 26, 28, 34f; 20:16f; 21:29; 1Co 15:32; 16:8; Ep 1:1; 1Ti 1:3; 2Ti 1:18; 4:12; Rv 1:11; 2:1 bAc 18:4
[21] aMk 6:46 bRo 1:10; 15:32; 1Co 4:19; 16:7; He 6:3; Jm 4:15; 1P 3:17 cAc 18:19, 24; 19:1, 17, 26, 28, 34f; 20:16f; 21:29; 1Co 15:32; 16:8; Ep 1:1; 1Ti 1:3; 2Ti 1:18; 4:12; Rv 1:11; 2:1

22 ¶ When he had landed° at aCaesarea°, he went° up and greeted° the church°, and went° down° to bAntioch°.

[22] aAc 8:40 bAc 11:19

Third Missionary Journey

23 And having spent° some° time° [there], he left° and passed° successively° through° the aGalatian° region° and Phrygia°, strengthening° all° the disciples°.

[23] aAc 16:6

24 ¶ Now° a Jew° named° aApollos°, an bAlexandrian° by birth°, Ian eloquent° man°, came° to cEphesus°; and he was mighty° in the Scriptures°. 25 This° man° had been° instructed° in athe way° of the Lord°; and being° fervent° in spirit°, he was speaking° and teaching° accurately° the things concerning° Jesus°, being° acquainted° only° with bthe baptism° of John°; 26 and Ihe began° to speak° out boldly° in the synagogue°. But when aPriscilla° and Aquila° heard° him, they took° him aside° and explained° to him bthe way° of God° more° accurately°. 27 And when he wanted° to go° across° to aAchaia°, bthe brethren° encouraged° him and wrote° to cthe disciples° to welcome° him; and when he had arrived°, he greatly° Ihelped° those° who had believed° through° grace°, 28 for he powerfully° refuted° the Jews° in public°, demonstrating° aby the Scriptures° that bJesus° was the IChrist°.

[24] IOr a learned man aAc 19:1; 1Co 1:12; 3:5, 6, 22; 4:6; 16:12; Tit 3:13 bAc 6:9 cAc 18:19
[25] aAc 9:2; 18:26 bLk 7:29; Ac 19:3
[26] ILit this man aAc 18:2, 18 bAc 18:25
[27] IOr helped greatly through grace those who had believed aAc 18:12; 19:1 bAc 18:18 cAc 11:26
[28] II.e. Messiah aAc 8:35 bAc 18:5


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1º Afterº these thingsº Paulº departedºª fromº Athens,º and cameºª toº Corinth;º 2 Andº foundºª a certainº Jewº namedº Aquila,º bornº in Pontus,º latelyº comeºª fromº Italy,º withº his¹² wifeº Priscilla;¹ (because that¹² Claudiusº had commandedºª allº Jewsº to departºª fromº Rome:)º and cameºª unto them.º

[1] Ac 17:32; 19:1; 1Co 1:2; 2Co 1:1, 23; 2Ti 4:20.
[2] Ac 2:9; 11:28; 18:26; Ro 16:3; 1Co 16:19; 2Ti 4:19; 1P 1:1.

Paul laboureth with his hands, and preacheth at Corinth to the Gentiles.

3 Andº because¹ he wasºª of the² same craft,º he abodeºª withº them,º andº wrought:ºª forº by their occupationº they wereºª tentmakers.º 4 Andº he reasonedºª inº the² synagogueº¹ everyº² sabbath,º andº persuadedºª the Jewsº andº the Greeks.º 5 Andº whenºº Silasº andº Timotheusº were comeºª fromº Macedonia,º Paulº was pressedºª in the² spirit,º and testifiedºª to the² Jewsº [that] Jesusº [was] Christ.º 6 Andº when they² opposed¹ª themselves,¹² andº blasphemed,ºª he shookºª [his] raiment,º and saidºª untoº them,º Yourº bloodº [be] uponº your¹ own² heads;º Iº [am] clean:º fromº henceforthº I will goºª untoº the² Gentiles.º

[3] Ac 20:34; 1Co 4:12; 9:6; 2Co 11:9; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8.
[4] Gn 9:27; 2Ch 32:11; Lk 4:16; 16:31; Ac 13:14, 43; 14:1; 17:1, 11, 17; 18:13; 19:8, 26; 26:28; 28:23; 2Co 5:11.
[5] Jb 32:18; Jr 6:11; 20:9; Ezk 3:14; Dn 9:25; Mi 3:8; Lk 12:50; Jn 1:41; 3:28; 10:24; 15:27; Ac 2:36; 4:20; 9:22; 10:42; 17:3, 14, 16; 18:28; 20:21; 2Co 5:14; Php 1:23; 1Th 3:2; 1P 5:12.
[6] Lv 20:9, 11; 2S 1:16; Ne 5:13; Ezk 3:18; 18:13; 33:4, 8; Mt 8:11; 10:14; 21:43; 22:10; Lk 9:5; 10:10; 22:65; Ac 13:45, 46, 51; 19:9; 20:26; 26:11, 20; 28:28; Ro 3:29; 9:25, 30; 10:12; 11:11; 1Th 2:14; 1Ti 5:22; 2Ti 2:25; Jm 2:6; 1P 4:4, 14.

7 ¶ Andº he departedºª thence,º and enteredºª intoº a certainº [man's] house,º namedº Justus,º [one] that worshippedºª God,º whoseº houseº joined hardººªª to the² synagogue.º 8 Andº Crispus,º the² chief ruler of the synagogue,º believedºª on the² Lordº withº allº his¹² house;º andº manyº of the² Corinthiansº hearingºª believed,ºª andº were baptized.ºª

[7] Ac 10:2, 22; 13:42; 16:14; 17:4; Col 4:11.
[8] Gn 17:27; 18:19; Jsh 24:15; Mt 28:19; Mk 5:35; 16:15; Ac 2:37; 8:12, 35; 10:2; 13:15; 16:14, 34; 18:17; Ro 10:14; 1Co 1:13, 14.

The Lord encourageth him in a vision.

9 Thenº spakeºª the² Lordº to Paulº in¹² the nightº by¹² a vision,º Be¹ª not¹ afraid,ºªª² butº speak,ºª andº hold¹ª not¹ thy peace:ºª² 10 Forº Iº amºª withº thee,º andº no manº shall set onºª theeº to hurtºª thee:º forº Iº haveºª muchº peopleº inº thisº city.º 11 Andº he continuedºª [there] a yearº andº sixº months,º teachingºª the² wordº of Godº amongº them.º

[9] Is 58:1; Jr 1:17; Ezk 2:6; 3:9; Jna 3:2; Mi 3:8; Ac 16:9; 22:18; 23:11; 27:23; 2Co 12:1; Ep 6:19; 1Th 2:2.
[10] Ex 4:12; Jsh 1:5, 9; Jg 2:18; Is 8:10; 41:10; 43:2; 54:17; Jr 1:18; 15:20; Mt 1:23; 10:30; 28:20; Lk 21:18; Jn 10:16; 11:52; Ac 15:14, 18; Ro 8:31; 10:20; 1Co 6:9; 2Co 12:9; 2Ti 4:17, 22.
[11] Ac 14:3; 19:10; 20:31.

He is accused before Gallio the deputy, but is dismissed.

12 ¶ Andº when Gallioº was the deputyºª of Achaia,º the² Jewsº made insurrection¹ª with one accord againstº² Paul,º andº broughtºª himº toº the² judgment seat,º 13 Saying,ºª¹ Thisº [fellow] persuadethºª menº to worshipºª Godº contraryº to the² law.º 14 Andº when Paulº was now aboutºª to openºª [his] mouth,º Gallioº saidºª untoº the² Jews,º Ifº¹¹ it²² wereºª aº matter of wrongº orº wickedº lewdness,º Oº [ye] Jews,º reasonº¹ would¹ that I should bear¹ª with²² you:º 15 Butº ifº it beºª a questionº ofº wordsº andº names,º andº [of]º yourº law,º look² yeº¹ª [to it]; forº Iº will² beº¹ªª noº judgeº of suchº [matters]. 16 Andº he draveºª themº fromº the² judgment seat.º 17 Thenº allº the² Greeksº tookºª Sosthenes,º the² chief ruler of the synagogue,º and beatºª [him] beforeº the² judgment seat.º Andº Gallioº cared¹ª for² noneº of those things.º

[12] Mt 27:19; Jn 19:13; Ac 13:7, 12, 50; 14:2, 19; 17:5, 13; 18:16, 27; 21:27; 25:10; Ro 15:26; 16:5; 1Co 16:15; 2Co 1:1; 9:2; 11:10; 1Th 1:7; Jm 2:6.
[13] Ac 6:13; 18:4; 21:28; 24:5; 25:8.
[14] Mk 9:19; Lk 21:12; Ac 13:18; 21:39; 22:1; 23:27; 25:11, 18, 26; 26:1; Ro 13:3; 2Co 11:1, 4; He 5:2; 1P 3:14.
[15] Mt 27:4, 24; Jn 18:31; Ac 23:29; 24:6; 25:11, 19; 26:3; 1Ti 1:4; 6:4; 2Ti 2:23; Tit 3:9.
[16] Ps 76:10; Ro 13:3; Rv 12:16.
[17] Am 6:6; Ac 17:32; 18:8; 1Co 1:1, 23.

Afterwards passing from city to city he strengtheneth the disciples.

18 ¶ Andº Paulº [after this] tarriedºª [there] yetº a good¹ while,º² and then took his leaveºª of the² brethren,º and sailed thenceºª intoº Syria,º andº withº himº Priscillaº andº Aquila;º having shornºª [his] headº inº Cenchrea:º forº he hadºª a vow.º 19 Andº he cameºª toº Ephesus,º and¹ left¹ª them²² there:º butº he² himself¹ enteredºª intoº the² synagogue,º and reasoned² with¹ª the² Jews.º 20 Whenº theyº desiredºª [him] to tarryºª longerº¹ timeº withº them,º he consentedºª not;º 21 Butº bade¹ª them¹ farewell,ºª² saying,ºª Iº mustºª by all meansº keepºª this feastº that comethºª inº Jerusalem:º butº I will returnºª againº untoº you,º if Godº will.ºª Andº he sailedºª fromº Ephesus.º 22 Andº when he had landed¹ª² atº Caesarea,º and gone up,ºª andº salutedºª the² church,º he went downºª toº Antioch.º 23 Andº after he had spentºª someº timeº [there], he departed,ºª and went overºª [all] the² countryº of Galatiaº andº Phrygiaº in order,º strengtheningºª allº the² disciples.º

[18] Nu 6:5, 18; Ac 15:23, 41; 18:2; 21:3, 24; Ro 16:1; 1Co 9:20; Ga 1:21.
[19] Ac 17:2; 18:4, 24; 19:1, 17, 26; 20:16; 1Co 16:8; Ep 1:1; 1Ti 1:3; 2Ti 1:18; 4:12; Rv 1:11; 2:1.
[20] Mk 1:37; Ac 20:16; 21:13; 1Co 16:12.
[21] Dt 16:1; Mt 26:39; Lk 9:61; Ac 15:29; 19:21; 20:16; 21:14; Ro 1:10; 15:32; 1Co 4:19; 2Co 13:11; Php 2:19; He 6:3; Jm 4:15.
[22] Ac 8:40; 10:1, 24; 11:11, 19, 22; 13:1; 14:26; 15:4, 23, 30, 35; 18:21, 22; 21:17; 23:23; 25:1, 9.
[23] Dt 3:28; Ezr 1:6; Is 35:3; Dn 11:1; Lk 22:32, 43; Ac 14:22; 15:32, 41; 16:6, 40; 1Co 16:1; Ga 1:2; 4:14; 1Th 3:2; 4:18; 5:14; He 12:12.

Apollos, being more perfectly instructed by Aquila and Priscilla,

24 ¶ Andº a certainº Jewº namedº Apollos,º bornº at Alexandria,º an eloquentº man,º [and]² mightyº¹ª inº the² scriptures,º cameºª toº Ephesus.º 25 This manº wasºª instructed² in¹ª the² wayº of the² Lord;º andº being ferventºª in the² spirit,º he spakeºª andº taughtºª diligentlyº the things² ofº the² Lord,º knowingºª onlyº the² baptismº of John.º 26 Andº heº beganºª to speak boldlyºª inº the² synagogue:º² whomº when¹ Aquilaº andº Priscillaº had heard,ºª they took¹ª him¹ unto²² [them], andº expoundedºª unto himº the² wayº of Godº more perfectly.º 27 Andº when heº was disposedºª to passºª intoº Achaia,º the² brethrenº wrote,ºª exhortingºª the² disciplesº to receiveºª him:º who,º when he was come,ºª helped² them¹ª muchº which had believedºª throughº grace:º

[24] Ex 4:10; Ezr 7:6, 12; Is 3:3; Mt 13:52; Lk 24:19; Ac 6:9; 7:22; 18:28; 19:1; 27:6; 1Co 1:12; 2:1; 3:5; 4:6; 16:12; 2Co 10:10; Col 3:16; Tit 3:13.
[25] Gn 18:19; Jg 2:22; 1S 12:23; Ps 25:8; 119:1; Is 40:3; Jr 6:16; Ho 14:9; Mt 3:1, 3; Mk 1:3; 12:14; Lk 3:1, 4; Jn 1:19, 23; Ac 13:10; 16:17; 19:3, 9, 23; Ro 12:11; Col 1:28; 2Ti 2:4; Jm 5:16.
[26] Pv 1:5; 9:9; 22:17; 25:12; Is 58:1; Mt 18:3; Mk 10:15; Lk 19:26; 24:27; Jn 7:17; Ac 8:31; 14:3; 18:2; 28:23; 1Co 3:18; 8:2; 12:21; Ep 6:19; He 6:1; 2P 3:18.
[27] Jn 1:12; Ac 9:27; Ro 1:5; 16:1; 1Co 3:6, 10; 15:10; 16:3; 2Co 1:24; 3:1; Ep 2:8; Php 1:25, 29; Col 2:12; 4:10; 2Th 2:13; Tit 3:4; Jm 1:16; 1P 1:2; 3Jn 1:8.

preacheth Christ with great efficacy.

28 Forº he mightilyº convincedºª the² Jews,º [and that] publickly,º shewingºª byº the² scripturesº that Jesusº wasºª Christ.º

[28] Lk 24:27, 44; Jn 5:39; Ac 9:22; 17:3; 18:5, 25; 26:22; 1Co 15:3; He 7:1.


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