Acts 18:1–11

Founding the Corinthian Church

18After this, he ^wleft Athens and went to Corinth, ^x2where he found a Jewish man named Aquila, ^ya native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius ^zhad ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them, ³and being of the same occupation, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers ^aby trade. ^b4He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks. ^c

⁵When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message ^dand solemnly testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah. ^e6But when they resisted and blasphemed, ^fhe shook his robe ^ghand told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! ⁱI am innocent. ^jFrom now on I will go to the Gentiles.” ^k7So he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. ⁸Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed the Lord, along with his whole household. ^lMany of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

⁹Then the Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent. ¹⁰For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.” ^m11And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.