Acts 18:3-21

³and, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them — their trade was tent-making.

⁴Every Sabbath Paul gave addresses in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.

⁵But, when Silas and Timothy had come down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to delivering the message, earnestly maintaining before the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁶However, as they set themselves against him and became abusive, Paul shook his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads. My conscience is clear. From this time forward I will go to the Gentiles.”

⁷So he left, and went to the house of a certain Titius Justus, who had been accustomed to join in the worship of God, and whose house was next door to the synagogue.

⁸Crispus, the synagogue leader, came to believe in the Lord, and so did all his household; and many of the Corinthians, as they listened to Paul, became believers in Christ and were baptised.

⁹One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision, “Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;

¹⁰for I am with you, and no one will do you harm, for I have many people in this city.”

¹¹So he settled there for a year and a half, and taught God's message amongst the people.

¹²While Gallio was governor of Greece, some of the Jewish leaders made a combined attack on Paul, and brought him before the Governor's Bench,

¹³charging him with persuading people to worship God in a way forbidden by the Law.

¹⁴Just as Paul was on the point of speaking, Gallio said to them, “If this were a case of misdemeanor or some serious crime, there would be some reason for my listening patiently to you;

¹⁵but, since it is a dispute about words, and names, and your own Law, you must see to it yourselves. I do not choose to be a judge in such matters.”

¹⁶Saying this, he drove them back from the Bench.

¹⁷Then they all set on Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and beat him in front of the Bench, but Gallio did not trouble himself about any of these things.

¹⁸Paul remained there some time after this, and then took leave of the followers, and sailed to Syria with Priscilla and Aquila, but not before his head had been shaved at Cenchreae, because he was under a vow.

¹⁹They put into Ephesus, and there Paul, leaving his companions, went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.

²⁰When they asked him to prolong his stay, he declined, saying however,

²¹as he took his leave, “I will come back again to you, please God,” and then set sail from Ephesus.