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He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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Commentators note that Paul's 18-month stay in Corinth was unusually long for him. This extended period was a direct response to God's promise of a great harvest in the city (Acts 18:10). It demonstrates that effective ministry sometimes requires patient, long-term investment in one place, especially when God signals a fruitful opportunity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he continued. And so on. Paul was not accustomed to remain long in a place. At Ephesus, indeed, he remained three years ([Reference Ac…
A year and six months (ενιαυτον κα μηνας εξ). Accusative of extent of time. How much time before this incident he had been there w…
19th Century
Anglican
And he continued there a year and six months. This obviously gave time not only for founding and organizing a Church at C…
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Baptist
Farmers like to plow good soil, where they expect large harvests. So Paul, who was accustomed to making fleeting visits to places, on this occasion…
With such a promising start and encouraged by the vision, Paul continued to minister at Corinth for a total of eighteen months, during which time h…
16th Century
Protestant
He continued there a year. We do not read that Paul stayed so long anywhere else except there. Yet it appears from his two epistles that h…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he continued there At Corinth, as the Syriac version, and some copies, read; he was obedient to the heavenly vis…
The Lord knows those who are his, indeed, and those who will be his; for it is by his work in them that they become his. Let us not despair about a…
