8. Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed the Lord, along with his whole household. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
9. Then the Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.
10. For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”
11. And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12. While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the judge’s bench.
13. “This man,” they said, “persuades people to worship God contrary to the law! ”
14. As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of a crime or of moral evil, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.
15. But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”
16. So he drove them from the judge’s bench.