DAY 19

AC-17:26  And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to

dwell

on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times

before

appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

AC-17:27  That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might

feel

after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of

us:

AC-17:28  For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as

certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his

offspring.

AC-17:29  Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought

not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or

stone, graven by art and man's device.

AC-17:30  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now

commandeth all men every where to repent:

AC-17:31  Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will

judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath

ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in

that

he hath raised him from the dead.

AC-17:32  And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead,

some

mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this

[matter].

AC-17:33  So Paul departed from among them.

AC-17:34  Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among

the which [was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named

Damaris,

and others with them.

*AC-18:1  After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came

to

Corinth;

AC-18:2  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.

AC-18:3  And because he was of the same craft, he abode with

them,

and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

AC-18:4  And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and

persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

AC-18:5  And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia,

Paul

was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus

[was] Christ.

AC-18:6  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.

AC-18:7  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.

AC-18:8  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.

AC-18:9  Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be

not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

AC-18:10  For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to

hurt

thee: for I have much people in this city.

AC-18:11  And he continued [there] a year and six months,

teaching

the word of God among them.

AC-18:12  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made

insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the

judgment seat,

AC-18:13  Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God

contrary to the law.

AC-18:14  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:

AC-18:15  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].

AC-18:16  And he drave them from the judgment seat.

AC-18:17  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.

AC-18:18  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.

AC-18:19  And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he

himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

AC-18:20  When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them,

 he

consented not;

AC-18:21  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.

AC-18:22  And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and

saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

AC-18:23  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.

AC-18:24  And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an

eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

AC-18:25  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. 

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