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.
3
Paul wanted Timothy[a] 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.
5
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.