Paul, Silas, and Timothy in Corinth

18 After these things he departed from Athens and[fn] went to Corinth. 2 And he found a certain Jew named[fn] Aquila,a native[fn] of Pontus who had arrived recently from Italyalong with[fn] Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome,and[fn] he went to them. 3 And because he was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade[fn] both Jews and Greeks.

5 Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to be occupied with[fn] the message, solemnly testifying to the Jewsthat the Christ[fn] was Jesus. 6 And when[fn] they resisted and reviledhim,[fn] he shook outhis[fn] clothesand[fn] said to them, “Your bloodbe on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!” 7 And leaving there, he entered into the house of someone named[fn] Titius Justus, a worshiper[fn] of God whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians, when they[fn] heard aboutit,[fn] believed and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent, 10 because I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, because many people are mine in this city.” 11 So he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.