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After these events Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

And Paul was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood is on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

Then he left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household; and many of the Corinthians, as they listened to Paul, were believing and being baptized.

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

And the Lord said to Paul by a vision at night, "Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

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

For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

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

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

But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

saying, "This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to the law."

Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of some crime or vicious, unscrupulous act, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

but if there are questions about teaching and persons and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters."

But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

But they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. And yet Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, took leave of the brothers and sisters and sailed away to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. Paul first had his hair cut at Cenchrea, for he was keeping a vow.

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,

When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

but took leave of them and said, "I will return to you again if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

When he had landed in Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.

And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

And after spending some time there, he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures.

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

and he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately to him.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.