The document discusses Acts 18:18-28, focusing on Paul, Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos' roles in the early church and their teachings. It highlights Paul's vow and commitment to his home church in Antioch, his travels, and the importance of investing in one another's growth in faith. Apollos is portrayed as an educated and humble man who received guidance from Priscilla and Aquila, ultimately aiding the church in Corinth.

1. Acts 18:18-28
Paul, Priscilla, Aquila and
Apollos

2. http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN092MAPS1.htm

3. Being different
• Paul shaved his hair because of a vow (Acts
18:18)
• Paul had spent 18 months in Corinth, a city
with a reputation
• Although he preached to gentiles he was still a
Pharisee (Acts 23:6)

4. Being different
• Many believe Luke is referring to a Nazirite
vow (Numbers 6:1-21)
• The Nazirite was separate to the Lord
• Believers are called to be different. How
different are we?

5. Being a people
• Paul had wanted to go to Ephesus for two
years (Acts 16:6-7)
• When he finally arrives he finds a favourable
reception (Acts 18:20)
• Why did he leave to go to Jerusalem and
Antioch?
• His vow was fulfilled in Jerusalem
• Antioch was his home church
• He had been sent out from Antioch

6. Being a people
• He had reported back after the first journey
• Now he returns and spends some months there
before setting out on another journey
• It seems Paul valued his home church
• “Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to
redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for
himself a people that are his very own, eager to
do what is good” (Titus 2:14)

7. Serving one another
• It is fifteen hundred miles from Antioch to
Ephesus
• Revisiting churches
• Places where he had suffered
• Strengthening all the disciples
• Paul cared passionately for the churches
(Philippians 4:1)

8. Teaching one another
• Apollos was an educated man
• He was ‘mighty in the scriptures’
• He understood something about Jesus
• Priscilla and Aquila invested time in Apollos
• Apollos was humble enough to be taught
• He set released into service

9. Growing up into him
• Apollos was a great help to the church in
Corinth
• The order of his message gives us some clues
about its content "that the Messiah is Jesus"
• “What I mean is this: One of you says, “I
follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”;
another, “I follow Cephas’”; still another, “I
follow Christ.” (1 Corinthians 1:12)

10. Growing up into him
• “What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul?
Only servants, through whom you came to
believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his
task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered
it, but God made it grow.” (1 Corinthians 3:5-
6)