The Gospel at Corinth

(Acts 18:1-23.)

1. 1.Tell what led to Paul's preaching at Athens.
2. 2.Give the substance of his discourse.
3. 3.When he left Athens, to what place did he come? Verse 1.
4. 4.Whom did he find there? Verse 2.
5. 5.What connection did he form with this family? What was their occupation? Verse 3.
6. 6.What did he do every Sabbath day? Verse 4.
7. 7.When Silas and Timothy had come to him (compare chapter 17:15), how was Paul affected? Verse 5.
8. 8.What did the Jews do as Paul preached thus? What was Paul's reply to their blasphemous opposition? What did he say that he should thenceforth do? Verse 6.
9. 9.In what place did he then begin to teach? Verse 7.
10. 10.What results of his labors were soon seen? Verse 8.
11. 11.What comforting assurance and encouragement in the work did Paul receive at this time? Give the exact words. Verses 9, 10.
12. 12.How long did he therefore continue there teaching the Word of God? Verse 11.
13. 13.What took place while Paul was laboring there? Who was the governor before whom Paul was brought? Verse 12.
14. 14.What was the charge against Paul? Verse 13.
15. 15.What made it necessary for Paul to reply to this charge? What did the governor say about the case? Verse 14.
16. 16.What shows that he knew that Paul was not guilty of any misconduct? Verse 15.
17. 17.How did he treat Paul's accusers? Verse 16.
18. 18.How was Ps. 7:15, 16 fulfilled in this case? How did the governor regard this conduct? Verse 17.
19. 19.What did Paul do? When he finally took leave of the brethren, where did he go? Who accompanied him? Verse 18.
20. 20.Where did he first land? What did he do while there? Verse 19.
21. 21.What encouragement did Paul receive to continue laboring in that place? Verse 20.
22. 22.Why would he not remain? What promise did he make to the friends there? Verse 21.
23. 23.To what place did he then sail? Where did he immediately go on reaching the land of Palestine? After saluting the church, where did he go? Verse 22.
24. 24.After spending a time in Antioch, where did Paul go? What did he do in this journey? Verse 23.

Additional Questions and Suggestions

1. 1."And when they opposed themselves." The student must not make the mistake of playing upon the words "opposed themselves," as is sometimes done in the case of 2 Tim. 2:25, and saying that the writer means to teach that those who oppose the truth oppose themselves. The single Greek word from which the words "oppose themselves" are rendered, will by no means bear such a construction as is often put upon these words. It means simply, "set themselves in opposition." A reference to Rom. 13:2; James 4:6; 5:6, and 1 Peter 5:5, where the same Greek word is rendered, "resist," "resisteth," will show that it could not possibly be used in the sense of making opposition to one's self.
2. 2.Gallio, deputy of Achaia, was brother of the philosopher Seneca, the tutor of the emperor Nero.
3. 3.Verse 22. Paul landed at Cæsarea, and "went up and saluted the church." Although Jerusalem is not mentioned, it is generally accepted that the "going up" was to that city. The expression is literally correct, as applied to a journey from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.

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