A Year and Six Months in Corinth

After Athens, Paul came to Corinth and found Aquila, a man of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla. They came because Claudius had commanded all Jews to leave Rome. They were tentmakers. Because they had the same trade, Paul lived and worked with them. He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying that Jesus was the Christ. When some opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing. He said that from then on he would go to the Gentiles. He went to the house of Titus Justus, who worshiped God. Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed with all his house, and many Corinthians believed and were baptized.

The Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent; for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city." He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God. Gallio was proconsul of Achaia. Some brought Paul to the judgment seat. But Gallio refused to judge questions about words, names, and their law, and drove them away. Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, was then beaten before the judgment seat, and Gallio cared about none of these things.

Paul stayed many days more, then sailed for Syria with Priscilla and Aquila. He reasoned briefly at Ephesus. Then he went on to Caesarea, Antioch, Galatia, and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. Meanwhile Apollos came. He was an eloquent man from Alexandria, mighty in the Scriptures. He taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately. In Achaia he greatly helped those who had believed through grace. He powerfully refuted opponents in public, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.