Chapter 17, verse 33 - Chapter 18, verse 12
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Thus Paul went out from among them.
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But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Chapter 18
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After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
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He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
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and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
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He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
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But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
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When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”
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He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
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Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
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The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent
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for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
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He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
