¹⁵ Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.^(A)

Twelve Disciples of John the Baptist

19 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples^(A)

² To God’s church at Corinth,^(A) to those who are sanctified^(B) in Christ Jesus and called^(C) as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name^(D) of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.

Greeting

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will,^(A) and Timothy^(B) our^[a] brother:

To God’s church at Corinth,^(C) with all the saints who are throughout Achaia.^(D)

²³ I call on God as a witness,^(A) on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.^(B)