3. and found out that they were tent makers. Paul was a tent maker too. So he stayed with them, and they worked together.
4. Every Sabbath, Paul went to the Jewish meeting place. He spoke to Jews and Gentiles and tried to win them over.
5. But after Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, he spent all his time preaching to the Jews about Jesus the Messiah.
6. Finally, they turned against him and insulted him. So he shook the dust from his clothes and told them, “Whatever happens to you will be your own fault! I am not to blame. From now on I am going to preach to the Gentiles.”
7. Paul then moved into the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshipped God and lived next door to the Jewish meeting place.
8. Crispus was the leader of the meeting place. He and everyone in his family put their faith in the Lord. Many others in Corinth also heard the message, and all the people who had faith in the Lord were baptized.
9. One night, Paul had a vision, and in it the Lord said, “Don't be afraid to keep on preaching. Don't stop!