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Then Silas and Timothy arrived there from the country called Macedonia. After that, the only work that Paul did was to teach people God's message. He told the Jews clearly that Jesus is God's Messiah. The Jews did not agree with Paul and they insulted him. So he shook the dirt off his clothes at them.[a] He said to them, ‘If God punishes you, then you have caused it to happen. It will not be because of me. Now I will go to the Gentiles and I will teach them God's message.’

So Paul did not speak in the Jewish meeting place any more.[b] Instead, he went to the house of Titius Justus, which was next to the meeting place. Justus was a Gentile who now worshipped God.

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  1. 18:6 Paul cleaned the dirt off his clothes. This meant that Paul did not want to speak to those Jews again.
  2. 18:7 Paul continued to teach in Corinth. But now he usually taught those who were not Jews. Most people who lived in Corinth were Greek.