Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation.
Discovering how this story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today, it is day 339. Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 18, as well as First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 16, the conclusion of the St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians, and Proverbs chapter 28, verses 19 through 21.
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This day is day 339, Acts chapter 18, 1 Corinthians chapter 16, and Proverbs chapter 28, verses 19 through 21. The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 18, Paul in Corinth. After this, he left Athens and went to Corinth, and he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome.
And he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked, for by trade they were tent makers. And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, Your blood be upon your heads. I am innocent. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles. And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justice, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with all his household, and many of the Corinthians, hearing Paul, believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not be silent. For I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.
And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. But when Galio was pro-council of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the tribunal, saying, This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law.
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Galio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, I should have reasoned to bear with you, O Jews. But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things. and he drove them from the tribunal.
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Chapter 2: What is the significance of Priscilla and Aquila in Paul's mission?
For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me and there are many adversaries. When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you for he is doing the work of the Lord as I am. So let no one despise him.
Chapter 3: How did Paul encounter Priscilla and Aquila in Corinth?
Speed him on his way in peace that he may return to me for I am expecting him with the brethren. As for our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brethren, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity. Final message and greeting. Be watchful. Stand firm in your faith. Be courageous. Be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
Now, brethren, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. I urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus because they have made up for your absence, for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours.
Give recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord come. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.
Amen. The book of Proverbs chapter 28 verses 19 through 21.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished. To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread, a man will do wrong.
Father in heaven, we give you praise and glory.
We thank you so much. Thank you for your word. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. And thank you, Lord God, for all these people.
We keep hearing these stories of these men and women who, spread your word, these stories of these men and women who laid down their lives, these stories of these men and women who are willing to expose themselves to argumentation and to derision and to being mocked and to being killed. for the opportunity to share your goodness, your truth, your love, your hope to the world.
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