Paul's Vision at Corinth
In a hostile city, the Lord spoke to Paul by night: 'Be not afraid, but speak... for I have much people in this city.' Paul stayed and taught for a year and a half.
In Corinth Paul faced fierce opposition from the synagogue and had moved his preaching to the house of Justus next door. One night the Lord spoke to him in a vision: 'Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.' Encouraged, Paul stayed a year and six months teaching the word of God among them. When the Jews later brought him before the proconsul Gallio, the case was thrown out, just as the Lord had promised that no one would harm him.
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- Category
- Early Church
- Dreamer
- Paul
- Interpretation
- The Lord's assurance that Paul should keep preaching in Corinth without fear, because God had many people there.
Key Chapters
Key Passages
I Have Much People in This City
Acts 18:9-11
The Lord meets Paul's fear with His presence and a promise, and Paul stays to teach for eighteen months.
9hen spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
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The Lord told Paul, 'Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace.'
Paul stayed eighteen months, one of his longest stays in any city.
Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed with all his house (Acts 18:8).
When Paul was brought before Gallio, the proconsul refused to hear the case.