4. And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
5. Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to be occupied with the message, solemnly testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
6. And when they resisted and reviled him, he shook out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”
7. And leaving there, he entered into the house of someone named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8. And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians, when they heard about it, believed and were baptized.
9. And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent,
10. because I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, because many people are mine in this city.”
11. So he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12. Now when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one purpose against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13. saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law!”