Acts 18:7-18

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—

¹⁰because I am with you, and no-one will attack you, for many people in this city are mine.”

¹¹Paul stayed there for eighteen months, teaching the people the word of God.

¹²However, during the time when Gallio was the governor of Achaia, the Jews united in an attack against Paul and brought him before the court.

¹³“This man is persuading people to worship God illegally,” they declared.

¹⁴But just as Paul was about to defend himself, Gallio told the Jews, “If you Jews were bringing criminal charges or some serious legal offense, there would be a reason for me to listen to your case.

¹⁵But since you're only arguing over words and names and your own law, then you deal with it yourselves. I won't rule on such matters.”

¹⁶Then Gallio had them ejected from the court.

¹⁷Then the crowd turned on Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him right outside the court, but Gallio wasn't concerned about this at all.

¹⁸Paul stayed on for a while. Then left the believers and sailed for Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila along with him. He had his head shaved while in Cenchrae, because he had taken a vow.