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Then came hetoDerbeandLystra:and,behold, a certaindisciplewasthere,namedTimotheus, the son of a certainwoman, which was a Jewess, and believed;but his father was a Greek:
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Which was well reported of by the brethren that were atLystraandIconium.
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HimwouldPaul have to go forthwithhim;andtook and circumcisedhimbecause of the Jewswhichwereinthosequarters:for they knewallthathisfatherwas a Greek.
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Andas they went through the cities, they deliveredthem the decrees for to keep, that were ordainedof the apostlesandelderswhich were atJerusalem.
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And so*were the churchesestablished in the faith,andincreased in numberdaily*.
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Now when they had gone throughoutPhrygiaand the region of Galatia, and were forbiddenof the HolyGhost to preach the wordinAsia,
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After they were cometoMysia, they assayed to go intoBithynia:but the Spiritsufferedthemnot.
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And a visionappeared to Paulin the night; There stood* a manofMacedonia, and prayedhim*, saying, Come overintoMacedonia, and helpus.
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Andafter he had seen the vision,immediately we endeavoured to gointoMacedonia, assuredly gatheringthat the Lord had calledus for to preach the gospel unto them.
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ThereforeloosingfromTroas, we came with a straight coursetoSamothracia,and the next day toNeapolis;
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And from thencetoPhilippi,whichis the chief[a]city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony:and we wereinthatcityabidingcertaindays.
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And on the sabbath[b]wewent out of the cityby a river side,whereprayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
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And a certainwomannamedLydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshippedGod,heard us: whoseheart the Lordopened, that she attended unto the things which were spokenofPaul.
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Andwhen she was baptized, andherhousehold, she besought us, saying, If ye have judgedme to befaithful to the Lord,comeintomyhouse, and abide there. And she constrainedus.