18:18 保羅又住了多日，就辭別了弟兄，坐船往敘利亞去；百基拉、亞居拉和他同去。他因為許過願，就在堅革哩剪了頭髮。
18:19 到了以弗所，保羅就把他們留在那裡，自己進了會堂，和猶太人辯論。
18:20 眾人請他多住些日子，他卻不允，
18:21 就辭別他們，說：「上帝若許我，我還要回到你們這裡」；於是開船離了以弗所。
18:22 在凱撒利亞下了船，就上耶路撒冷去問教會安，隨後下安提阿去。
18:23 住了些日子，又離開那裡，挨次經過加拉太和弗呂家地方，堅固眾門徒。
18:24 有一個猶太人，名叫亞波羅，來到以弗所。他生在亞歷山大，是有學問（或譯：口才）的，最能講解聖經。
18:25 這人已經在主的道上受了教訓，心裡火熱，將耶穌的事詳細講論教訓人；只是他單曉得約翰的洗禮。
18:26 他在會堂裡放膽講道；百基拉、亞居拉聽見，就接他來，將上帝的道給他講解更加詳細。
18:27 他想要往亞該亞去，弟兄們就勉勵他，並寫信請門徒接待他（或譯：弟兄們就寫信勸門徒接待他）。他到了那裡，多幫助那蒙恩信主的人，
18:28 在眾人面前極有能力駁倒猶太人，引聖經證明耶穌是基督。
18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken. 19 They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined. 21 But as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephesus. 22 When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.
23 After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor[a] and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
27 When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed. 28 For he vigorously refuted his Jewish opponents in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.
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百基拉和亞居拉這對夫婦有非常好的屬靈風範，在以弗所遇到亞波羅，雖然他單曉得約翰的洗禮，卻熱心將耶穌的事詳細講論教訓人，就接他來，將上帝的道給他講解更加詳細。也因為經過他們的教導，亞波羅成為一位重要的同工。
在教會中我們也要像百基拉和亞居拉這對夫婦一樣，能夠去發掘弟兄姊妹的恩賜，並且給於適當的引導，讓其恩賜能發揮可以造就教會，滿足教會的需要！正如保羅也提醒提摩太說：「我兒啊，你要在基督耶穌的恩典上剛強起來。你在許多見證人面前聽見我所教訓的，也要交託那忠心能教導別人的人。」(提摩太後書2:1-2)
教會是訓練與造就門徒的地方，我們要喚醒和造就每一位主所呼召的門徒，成為合乎主用的人！也因此，信徒和門徒是沒有區別的，每一位信徒都是主的門徒，都要接受「 門徒訓練 」成為教導別人的人！
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