Acts 18:1
What does Acts 18:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Acts 18:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Acts 18:1 means
Paul leaves the cultured but resistant city of Athens and goes to Corinth, a bustling trade center known for its wealth and vice. This move shows purposeful mission strategy: he seeks a place where many nations and ideas intersect, and where the gospel can spread widely. It also displays perseverance; a mixed reception in Athens does not slow him. Entering Corinth, he steps into a challenging environment, yet one perfectly suited to display Christ’s power to save. The verse reminds us that the Lord directs His servants from field to field. The gospel is not confined to ideal settings; it takes root where real people work, sin, and need grace.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And after these things, having left Athens, he came to Corinth;
Context
Acts 18 shifts from Paul’s speech in Athens (chapter 17) to his arrival in Corinth. The narrative moves from philosophical debate to long-term church planting. Verse 1 sets the new scene and prepares readers for fresh relationships, opposition, and encouragements in a strategic city. What follows shows how Paul both works with his hands and reasons in the synagogue, how the Lord assures him in a vision, and how a legal ruling by Gallio unexpectedly protects gospel witness in Corinth.
v.1This passage
v.2And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 19:1
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:
- Acts 17:15
But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.
- 2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
- 2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:
- Acts 17:32
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.
- 2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.
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