Acts 18 (NMV)
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to see them,
3 and because he shared their trade, he stayed with them and worked. They were tentmakers by trade.
4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself completely to the message, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.
6 But when they opposed him and spoke abusively, he shook out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles [non-Jews]."
7 So he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with his entire household. Many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid. Keep speaking, and do not be silent.
10 For I am with you, and no one will attack or harm you, because I have many people in this city."
11 So Paul stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.
13 They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law!"
14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of a crime or serious wrongdoing, I would have reason to listen to you, O Jews.
15 But since it is about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such matters."
16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
17 Then all of them seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio showed no concern whatever.
18 Paul stayed on for many more days, then said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his head shaved in Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken.
19 They arrived at Ephesus, and Paul left Priscilla and Aquila there. He went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
20 When they asked him to stay longer, he declined.
21 But as he left, he said, "I will come back to you again if God wills." Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22 When he landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, then went down to Antioch.
23 After spending some time there, he set out again and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the Scriptures.
25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he only knew the baptism of John.
26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.
27 When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.
28 For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.