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For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Acts 18:10 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
  • BSB For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
  • NKJV for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.”
  • NASB for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
  • NLT For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.”

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Quick answer

Christ promised His presence and protection in Corinth, saying He had many people there yet to be saved.

Overview

The Lord grounds Paul's courage in two truths: I am with you, and I have many people in this city. These chosen people were not yet converted but certainly would be, reflecting God's sovereign purpose in salvation (cf. John 10:16). The promise assured Paul that his labor would not be in vain and that gospel ministry rests on God's electing grace.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 24

  • 2 Cor 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • Exod 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
  • Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
  • John 10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
  • 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
  • Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 15:20–21And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
  • Matt 10:30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
  • Josh 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
  • Isa 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
  • John 11:52And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
  • Rom 10:20–21But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
  • Jer 1:18–19For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
  • Luke 21:18But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
  • Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
  • 2 Tim 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
  • Josh 1:5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Isa 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Matt 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Judg 2:18And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
  • Acts 15:14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
  • 1 Cor 6:9–11Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

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Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 18:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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