Paul Selects Timothy
1 Then he went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.
2
The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him.
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Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4
As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for them to observe.
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So the churches were strengthened in the faith and were increased in number daily.
Evangelization of Europe
6 They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia and were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia.
7
When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
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So, bypassing Mysia, they came down to Troas.
9
During the night a vision appeared to Paul: a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, "Cross over to Macedonia and help us!"
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After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them.
Lydia's Conversion
11 Then, setting sail from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,