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Ministering at Corinth

¹After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. ²And he found a certain Jew named ⚓Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them. ³So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them ⚓and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers. ⁴⚓And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
⁵⚓When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was ⚓compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. ⁶But ⚓when they opposed him and blasphemed, ⚓he shook his garments and said to them, ⚓“Your blood be upon your own heads; ⚓I am clean. ⚓From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” ⁷And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. ⁸⚓Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.
⁹Now ⚓the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; ¹⁰⚓for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.” ¹¹And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
¹²When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat, ¹³saying, “This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
¹⁴And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you. ¹⁵But if it is a ⚓question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.” ¹⁶And he drove them from the judgment seat. ¹⁷Then all the Greeks took ⚓Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallio took no notice of these things.

Paul Returns to Antioch

¹⁸So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. ⚓He had his hair cut off at ⚓Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. ¹⁹And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰When they asked him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent, ²¹but took leave of them, saying, ⚓“I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, ⚓God willing.” And he sailed from Ephesus.
²²And when he had landed at ⚓Caesarea, and gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch. ²³After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of ⚓Galatia and Phrygia in order, ⚓strengthening all the disciples.

Ministry of Apollos

²⁴⚓Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. ²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being ⚓fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, ⚓though he knew only the baptism of John. ²⁶So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. ²⁷And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, ⚓he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; ²⁸for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, ⚓showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

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Paulus Nyob Hauv Kauleethaus

¹Tom qab ntawd Paulus txawm tawm hauv lub nroog Athees mus rau tim lub nroog Kauleethaus. ²Thaum nws nyob hauv lub nroog ntawd, nws ntsib ib tug neeg Yudais hu ua Akilas uas yug hauv tebchaws Pootus. Akilas tus pojniam hu ua Paxilas. Nkawd nyuam qhuav tuaj tim tebchaws Italis tuaj, rau qhov Vajntxwv Kalaudi-us ntiab cov Yudais txhua tus kom khiav tawm hauv lub nroog Loos mus. Paulus txawm mus saib Akilas nkawd; ³Paulus nrog nkawd nyob thiab nrog nkawd ua haujlwm ua ke. Paulus xaws tsev ntaub ib yam li Akilas nkawd. ⁴Txhua Hnub Xanpataus Paulus mus rau hauv tsev sablaj; nws yaum cov Yudais thiab cov Kilis kom los ntseeg Yexus Khetos.
⁵Thaum Xilas thiab Timautes nkawd tuaj pem lub xeev Makedaunias tuaj txog hauv lub nroog Kauleethaus, Paulus txawm qhia Vajtswv Txojlus lawm xwb, nws tsis ua lwm yam haujlwm li. Nws ua timkhawv rau cov Yudais hais tias Yexus yog tus Mexiyas. ⁶Thaum lawv tawmtsam thiab thuam Paulus, Paulus txawm muab Paulus lub tsho nchos thiab hais rau lawv hais tias, “Yog nej lub txim poob los raug nej, nej tsis txhob liam hais tias kuv tsis qhia nej. Txij no mus, kuv yuav mus qhia lwm Haivneeg.” ⁷Paulus txawm ncaim lawv mus, nws mus nrog ib tug txivneej uas yog lwm Haivneeg uas hu ua Titi-us Yuxatus nyob. Nws yog ib tug uas hwm Vajtswv, nws lub tsev nyob ze lub tsev sablaj. ⁸Kixapus uas yog tus thawj saib lub tsev sablaj thiab nws tsev neeg txawm los ntseeg Yexus Khetos; thiab muaj ntau leej uas nyob hauv lub nroog Kauleethaus hnov Paulus qhia, lawv txawm los ntseeg thiab ua kevcai raus dej.
⁹Muaj ib hmos Paulus ua yogtoog pom tus Tswv los hais rau Paulus hais tias, “Koj tsis txhob ntshai, koj cia li qhia mus tsis txhob tso tseg, ¹⁰rau qhov kuv nrog koj nyob. Tsis muaj leejtwg yuav ua tau phem rau koj, rau qhov kuv cov thwjtim muaj ntau leej nyob hauv lub nroog no.” ¹¹Yog li ntawd, Paulus thiaj nyob hauv lub nroog Kauleethaus qhia Vajtswv Txojlus rau sawvdaws tau ib xyoos thiab rau hli.
¹²Lub sijhawm uas Nkali-aus ua nom kav lub xeev Akhayas, cov Yudais tuavhauv ua ib lub siab ntes Paulus coj mus rau tom tsev hais plaub. ¹³Lawv hais tias, “Tus txivneej no yaum sawvdaws kom pehawm Vajtswv tsis raws li peb txoj kevcai.”
¹⁴Thaum Paulus tabtom yuav teb lawv, Nkali-aus hais rau cov Yudais hais tias, “Yog nws tau ua txhaum qhov twg lossis tau ua phem li cas rau nej cov Yudais, ces kuv yeej yuav ua siab ntev mloog nej tej lus. ¹⁵Tiamsis nej ho sib cav txog tej nyuag lus; tej nyuag npe thiab nej tej kevcai uas nej hais tsis sib haum xwb, ces cia nej sib hais nej, tej uas nej hais no kuv tsis kam txiav txim.” ¹⁶Nkali-aus txawm ntiab lawv tawm hauv lub tsev hais plaub mus. ¹⁷Ces lawv cov ntawd txawm mus ntes Xauthenes uas yog tus thawj saib lub tsev sablaj coj mus nplawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub sab nraum qab tsib taug. Tiamsis Nkali-aus tsis quavntsej li.

Paulus Rov Mus rau Tim Lub Nroog Ati-aukias

¹⁸Paulus nrog cov ntseeg nyob hauv lub nroog Kauleethaus tau ob peb hnub ntxiv, nws mam li nrog Paxilas thiab Akilas caij nkoj mus rau tim tebchaws Xilias. Thaum lawv mus txog hauv lub nroog Keekhale-as, ces Paulus txawm muab nws cov plaubhau chais, rau qhov nws twb coglus hais tias nws yuav chais nws cov plaubhau. ¹⁹Thaum Paulus mus txog tim lub nroog Efexus, Paulus txawm ncaim Paxilas thiab Akilas nkawd. Thaum lawv sib ncaim lawm, Paulus mus rau hauv tsev sablaj thiab nrog cov Yudais sib cav. ²⁰Lawv cov ntawd thov kom Paulus nrog lawv nyob ib ntus, tiamsis Paulus tsis kam nyob. ²¹Thaum nws yuav ncaim lawv mus, nws hais rau lawv hais tias, “Yog Vajtswv pom zoo kuv tuaj, kuv mam li rov qab tuaj qhia nej dua.” Ces Paulus txawm caij nkoj tawm hauv lub nroog Efexus mus lawm.
²²Thaum Paulus mus txog nram lub nroog Xixaleyas, Paulus mus nram lub nroog Yeluxalees thiab mus saib cov ntseeg uas nyob nram. Tom qab ntawd nws rov los rau pem lub nroog Ati-aukias. ²³Nws nyob hauv lub nroog Ati-aukias ib ntus, nws mam li mus txhua nrho qhov txhia chaw hauv cheebtsam Kalatias thiab Felinkias; nws mus qhia cov ntseeg kom muab siab rau ntseeg.

Apaulaus Qhia Hauv Efexus thiab Hauv Kauleethaus

²⁴Thaum ntawd muaj ib tug txivneej Yudais hu ua Apaulaus uas nyob hauv lub nroog Alexadias tuaj txog hauv lub nroog Efexus. Nws yog ib tug uas txawj qhia thiab paub Vajtswv Txojlus. ²⁵Nws kawm tus Tswv txoj Kevcai. Nws kub siab lug qhia txog Yexus zaj, tej uas nws qhia ntawd puavleej muaj tseeb. Tiamsis nws tsuas paub txoj kevcai raus dej uas Yauhas qhia xwb. ²⁶Apaulaus mus qhia hauv lub tsev sablaj tsis ntshai leejtwg li. Thaum Paxilas thiab Akilas hnov nws qhia, nkawd txawm coj nws mus rau tom nkawd tsev, thiab nkawd qhia Vajtswv zaj rau Apaulaus paub tseeb dua yav tas los. ²⁷Thaum cov ntseeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Efexus paub hais tias Apaulaus yuav hla mus rau tim tebchaws Kilis, lawv sau ib tsab ntawv xa mus rau cov ntseeg uas nyob tid kom lawv hlub Apaulaus. Thaum Apaulaus mus txog tid, nws pab lawv kawg li; lawv los ntseeg rau qhov Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau lawv. ²⁸Nws cav yeej cov Yudais tabmeeg sawvdaws, rau qhov nws tej lus tseemceeb, thiab nws muab Vajtswv Txojlus qhia rau lawv paub hais tias Yexus yog tus Mexiyas.

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