Acts 18:8-23

⁸And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, were believing and were being baptized.

⁹Now the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision in the night, saying, “Do not fear, but speak, and do not keep silent;

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

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

¹²Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one purpose rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

¹³saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”

¹⁴And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If then it was some misdeed or wicked crime, O Jews, according to reason I would bear with you.

¹⁵But if it is a question about a word and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; for I do not wish to be a judge of these things.”

¹⁶And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

¹⁷Then all the Greeks, taking hold of Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, were beating him before the judgment seat. And none of these things was a concern to Gallio.

¹⁸Now Paul still remained there a good while, then bid farewell to the brothers, and sailed away for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow.

¹⁹And he arrived in Ephesus, and he left those two there; but he, having entered into the synagogue, reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰And when they asked him to remain with them for a longer time, he declined,

²¹but bid farewell to them saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast which is in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing.” And he put out to sea from Ephesus.

²²And having gone down to Caesarea, and having gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.

²³After having spent some time there, he departed, and went from place to place through the Galatian region and the Phrygian region, strengthening all the disciples.