Paul Begins Ministry in Corinth

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After this, Sha’ul left Athens and went to Corinth,

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where he met a Jewish man named Aquila, originally from Pontus but having recently come with his wife Priscilla from Italy, because Claudius had issued a decree expelling all the Jews from Rome. Sha’ul went to see them;

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and because he had the same trade as they, making tents, he stayed on with them; and they worked together.

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Sha’ul also began carrying on discussions every Shabbat in the synagogue, where he tried to convince both Jews and Greeks.

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But after Sila and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Sha’ul felt pressed by the urgency of the message and testified in depth to the Jews that Yeshua is the Messiah.

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However when they set themselves against him and began hurling insults, he shook out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! For my part, I am clean; from now on, I will go to the Goyim!”

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So he left them and went into the home of a “God-fearer” named Titius Justus, whose house was right next door to the synagogue.

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Crispus, the president of the synagogue, came to trust in the Lord, along with his whole household; also many of the Corinthians who heard trusted and were immersed.

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One night, in a vision, the Lord said to Sha’ul, “Don’t be afraid, but speak right up, and don’t stop,

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because I am with you. No one will succeed in harming you, for I have many people in this city.”

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So Sha’ul stayed there for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

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