Acts 18:8-16

⁸and Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue did believe in the Lord with all his house, and many of the Corinthians hearing were believing, and they were being baptized.

⁹And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

¹⁰because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'

¹¹and he continued a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.

¹²And Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a rush with one accord upon Paul, and brought him unto the tribunal,

¹³saying — 'Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'

¹⁴and Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, 'If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked profligacy, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,

¹⁵but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves to it, for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,'

¹⁶and he drave them from the tribunal;