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And he came to Derbe and Lystra, and lo, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus son of a certain woman, a believing Jewess, but of a father, a Greek,
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who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;
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this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken [him], he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father -- that he was a Greek.
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And as they were going on through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, that have been judged by the apostles and the elders who [are] in Jerusalem,
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then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;
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and having gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,
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having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,
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and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.