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250 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Though Paul had a measure of success in Corinth, yet the wickedness- that he saw and heard in that corrupt city ahiiost disheartened him. The depravity that he witnessed among the Gentiles, and the contempt and insult that he received from the Jews, caused him great anguish of spirit. He doubted the wisdom of trjdng to build up a church from the material that he found there. As he was planning to leave the city for a more promising field, and seeking earnestly to understand his duty, the Lord appeared to him in a vision, and said, '^Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city." Paul understood this to be a command to remain in Corinth, and a guarantee that the Lord would give increase to the seed sown. Strengthened and encouraged, he continued to labor there with zeal and perseverance. The apostle's efforts were not confined to public speaking; there were many who could not have been reached in that way. He spent much time in houseto-house labor, thus availing himself of the familiar intercourse of the home circle. He visited the sick and the sorrowing, comforted the afflicted, and lifted up the oppressed. And in all that he said and did, he magnified the name of Jesus. Thus he labored, ^4n weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling."' He trembled lest his teaching should reveal the impress of the human rather than the divine, ^'We speak wisdom among them that are perfect," Paul afterward declared; ^'yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that « 1 Cor. 2:3.