1After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth . 2And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race , lately come from Italy , with his wife Priscilla , because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome : and he came unto them ; 3and because he was of the same trade , he abode with them , and they wrought ; for by their trade they were tentmakers . 4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath , and persuaded Jews and Greeks . 5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia , Paul was constrained by the word , testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ . 6And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them , Your blood be upon your own heads ; I am clean : from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles . 7And he departed thence , and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus , one that worshipped God , whose house joined hard to the synagogue . 8And Crispus , the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house ; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed , and were baptized. 9And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision , Be not afraid , but speak and hold not thy peace : 10for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city . 11And he dwelt there a year and six months , teaching the word of God among them .
Opposition and Encouragement
12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, 13saying , This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law . 14But when Paul was about to open his mouth , Gallio said unto the Jews , If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews , reason would that I should bear with you : 15but if they are questions about words and names and your own law , look to it yourselves ; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters . 16And he drove them from the judgment-seat. 17And they all laid hold on Sosthenes , the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things .
Paul's Return to Antioch
18And Paul , having tarried after this yet many days , took his leave of the brethren , and sailed thence for Syria , and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreæ; for he had a vow . 19And they came to Ephesus , and he left them there : but he himself entered into the synagogue , and reasoned with the Jews . 20And when they asked him to abide a longer time , he consented not ; 21but taking his leave of them , and saying , I will return again unto you if God will , he set sail from Ephesus . 22And when he had landed at Cæsarea , he went up and saluted the church , and went down to Antioch. 23And having spent some time there , he departed , and went through the region of Galatia , and Phrygia , in order , establishing all the disciples .
Apollos in Ephesus
24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race , an eloquent man , came to Ephesus ; and he was mighty in the scriptures . 25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord ; and being fervent in spirit , he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus , knowing only the baptism of John : 26and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue . But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him , they took him unto them , and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately. 27And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him , and wrote to the disciples to receive him : and when he was come , he helped them much that had believed through grace ; 28for he powerfully confuted the Jews , and that publicly , showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ .