1. After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2. He found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to them.
3. And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
4. He lectured in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5. When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was pressed by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
6. But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your heads. I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
7. Then he departed from there and entered the house of a man named Justus, one who worshipped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8. Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians, who heard, believed and were baptized.
9. The Lord spoke to Paul in the night through a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent.
10. For I am with you, and no one shall attack you and hurt you, for I have many people in this city.”
11. So for a year and six months he sat among them, teaching the word of God.
12. When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews in unity attacked Paul and brought him to court,
13. saying, “This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law.”
14. When Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “O Jews, if it were a matter of a misdemeanor or serious crime, I would rightly bear with you.
15. But if it is a question of words and names and your law, look into it yourselves. For I do not intend to be a judge of these matters.”