In Corinth
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
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There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
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and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.
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Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.
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But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
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Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.
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Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
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One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision:
“Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.
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For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
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So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.