Acts 18:1-9

¹Paul then left Athens and went to Corinth

²where he met a Jew named Aquila. Aquila was originally from Pontus, and had just arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all Jews expelled from Rome. Paul went to see them,

³and because they were in the same business of tent-making, he stayed with them.

⁴He debated in the synagogue every Sabbath, convincing both Jews and Greeks.

⁵When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul felt he had to become more direct in what he said, and told the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

⁶When they opposed him and cursed him, he shook out his clothes and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent of any guilt, and from now on I will go to the foreigners.”

⁷He left and went to stay with Titius Justus, who worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.

⁸Crispus, leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. Many of the people of Corinth who heard the message became believers and were baptized.

⁹The Lord told Paul in a vision at night: “Don't be afraid. Speak up, don't keep quiet—