Act 17:1, 10-11, 15, 18:1-17, 2Cor 10:13-16, 1Th 1:8 | ESV | STEP | Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia , they came to Thessalonica , where there was a synagogue of the Jews .

10 ^bThe brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 14} immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they ^dwent into the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ^eexamining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Acts 17:15

15 ^fThose who conducted Paul brought him as far as ^gAthens, and after receiving a command ^hfor Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Acts 18:1-17

Paul in Corinth

1 After this Paul ^{▼▼Greek he} left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named ^jAquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife ^kPriscilla, because ^lClaudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3 and ^mbecause he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And ⁿhe reasoned in the synagogue ^oevery Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 ^pWhen Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul ^qwas occupied with the word, ^rtestifying to the Jews that the Christ was ^sJesus. 6 And when they opposed and reviled him, ^the shook out his garments and said to them, ^u“Your blood be on your own heads! ^vI am innocent. ^wFrom now on I will go to the Gentiles.” 7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius ^xJustus, ^ya worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8 ^zCrispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together ^aawith his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul ^abone night in ^aca vision, ^ad“Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, 10 ^aefor I am with you, and ^afno one will attack you to harm you, for ^agI have many in this city who are my people.” 11 And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But when Gallio was ^ahproconsul of Achaia, ^aithe Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14 (twice), 28} made a united attack on Paul and ^akbrought him before the tribunal, 13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to ^althe law.” 14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious ^amcrime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. 15 But ^ansince it is a matter of questions about words and names and ^aoyour own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.” 16 And he drove them from the tribunal. 17 And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

2 Corinthians 10:13-16

13 But we will not boast ^apbeyond limits, but will ^aqboast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, ^arto reach even to you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. ^asFor we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ. 15 We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that ^atas your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be ^augreatly enlarged, 16 so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another’s area of influence.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

8 For not only has the word of the Lord ^avsounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth ^aweverywhere, so that we need not say anything.