1 Depois disto Paulo partiu de Atenas, e foi a Corinto.
2 Achando um judeu, por nome Áqüila, natural do Ponto, recém-chegado da Itália, e Priscila, sua mulher (por ter Cláudio decretado que todos os judeus saíssem de Roma), foi ter com eles
3 e, por ser do mesmo ofício, com eles morava, e ali trabalhavam; pois o ofício deles era fabricar tendas.
4 Todos os sábados discutia ele na sinagoga e persuadia a judeus e a gregos.
5 Quando Silas e Timóteo desceram da Macedônia, Paulo estava ativamente ocupado com a palavra, testificando aos judeus que Jesus era o Cristo.
6 Mas como eles se opusessem e blasfemassem, sacudindo ele as vestes, disse-lhes: O vosso sangue venha sobre a vossa cabeça; eu estou limpo, e desde agora vou para os gentios.
7 Saindo dali, entrou em casa de um homem chamado Tício Justo, que era temente a Deus, e cuja casa era contígua à sinagoga.
8 Crispo, chefe da sinagoga, creu no Senhor com toda a sua casa, e muitos coríntios, ouvindo, criam e eram batizados.
9 De noite disse o Senhor a Paulo em uma visão: Não temas, mas fala e não te cales;
10 porque eu sou contigo, e ninguém te porá a mão para te fazer mal, pois tenho muito povo nesta cidade.
11 Ali ficou um ano e seis meses, ensinando entre eles a palavra de Deus.
12 Sendo Gálio procônsul da Acaia, levantaram-se os judeus de comum acordo contra Paulo e, levando-o ao tribunal,
13 disseram: Este persuade os homens a adorar a Deus de um modo contrário à Lei.
14 Estando Paulo para falar, disse Gálio aos judeus: Se fosse, com efeito, alguma injustiça ou crime perverso, ó judeus, de razão seria atender-vos;
15 mas se são questões de palavras, de nomes e da vossa Lei, cuidai vós lá disso; eu não quero ser juiz dessas coisas.
16 E fê-los sair do tribunal.
17 Todos pegaram em Sóstenes, chefe da sinagoga, e o espancavam diante do tribunal; e Gálio não se importava com nenhuma destas coisas.
18 Paulo, tendo ficado ali ainda muitos dias, despediu-se dos irmãos e navegou com Priscila e Áqüila para a Síria, depois de haver mandado rapar a cabeça em Cencréia; pois tinha voto.
19 Chegados a Éfeso, deixou-os ali; mas ele, entrando na sinagoga, discutiu com os judeus.
20 Rogando-lhe estes que ficasse mais tempo, não anuiu,
21 mas despediu-se, dizendo: Se Deus permitir, de novo voltarei a vós. Navegou de Éfeso,
22 e, chegando a Cesaréia, depois de subir a Jerusalém e saudar a igreja, desceu a Antioquia.
23 Havendo estado ali algum tempo, saiu, atravessando sucessivamente a região gálata e a Frígia, fortalecendo a todos os discípulos.
24 Chegou a Éfeso um judeu chamado Apolo, natural de Alexandria, homem eloqüente e muito versado nas Escrituras.
25 Era ele instruído no Caminho do Senhor e, sendo fervoroso de espírito, falava e ensinava com precisão as coisas concernentes a Jesus, apesar de conhecer somente o batismo de João;
26 e ele começou a falar ousadamente na sinagoga. Mas quando Priscila e Áqüila o ouviram, levaram-no consigo e expuseram-lhe com mais precisão o Caminho de Deus.
27 Querendo ele passar para a Acaia, os irmãos animaram-no, e escreveram aos discípulos que o recebessem. Tendo ele chegado, auxiliou muito aqueles que pela graça haviam crido;
28 pois com grande poder refutava publicamente os judeus, mostrando pelas Escrituras que Jesus era o Cristo.
1 After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.
2 And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;
3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.
5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
6 And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.
7 And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.
8 And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.
9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:
10 For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.
11 And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,
13 Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.
14 But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:
15 But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.
16 And he sent them away from the judge's seat.
17 And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.
18 And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.
19 And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.
20 And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;
21 And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.
22 And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.
23 And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.
24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.
25 This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:
26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.
27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:
28 For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.