Acts 18: 9 One night Paul had a vision in which he heard the Lord’s voice. The Lord: Do not be afraid, Paul. Speak! Don’t be silent! 10 I am with you, and no one will lay a finger on you to harm you. I have many in this city who are already My people. 11 After such turmoil in previous …
When I have a heart for the lost, I don’t have to be the center of attention. Paul, while the leader, was part of a team. Timothy and Silas rejoined Paul in Corinth. They had been in northern Greece encouraging the new churches there. Paul was unable to return to them to build them up, …
Acts 18: 6 When they (those in the synagogue) viciously slandered him and hurled abuse on him, he symbolically shook the dust off his clothes in protest against them. He said to them, “Have it your way then! I am guiltless as to your fate, for the blood-guilt of your actions will be on your own …
Paul had arrived in Corinth and the first place that he taught was in the synagogue. Acts 18: 4 Each Sabbath he would engage both Jews and Greeks in debate in the synagogue in an attempt to persuade them of his message.[1] Paul had a God given burden for the lost. It was the same burden …
Luke writes about Paul’s second mission trip in the book of Acts. He doesn’t include many details, though. We can find more details about the mission trip in the letters that Paul writes to the churches. By putting the details from the letters with the story from Acts we can come up with a more …
1 Thess. 3: 6 You can imagine my relief and joy when Timothy returned to us with such good news about you, about your faith and love for us, about how you have such good memories of us and long to see us as much as we long to see you. 7 Hearing this about your faith, brothers and sisters, brought …
2 Cor:11: 9 And when I was with you and didn’t have enough to live on, I did not become a financial burden to anyone. For the brothers who came from Macedonia brought me all that I needed. I have never been a burden to you, and I never will be. [1] As we saw yesterday, Paul …
2 Cor. 11: 7 Was I wrong when I humbled myself and honored you by preaching God’s Good News to you without expecting anything in return? 8 I “robbed” other churches by accepting their contributions so I could serve you at no cost. [1] When Paul began to preach the Gospel in Corinth, he didn’t charge for his …
Acts 18:1When Paul left Athens he traveled to Corinth, 2 where he met a Jewish man named Aquila, who was originally from northeastern Turkey. He and his wife, Priscilla, had recently emigrated from Italy to Corinth because Emperor Claudius had expelled all the Jews from Rome. 3 Since Paul and Aquila were both tentmakers by trade, Paul moved in with them …
1 Cor. 2:3 I stood before you feeling inadequate, filled with reverence for God and trembling under the sense of the importance of my words. 4 The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments but to prove to you the almighty power of God’s Holy Spirit. 5 For God intended that …