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Paul desired to have him go forth with him and took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those quarters, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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And as they went through the cities, they asked them to keep the decrees that had been determined by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
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And so the
congregations {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} were established in the faith and increased in number daily.
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Now passing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia;
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after they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit suffered them not.
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And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
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And a vision was shown to Paul in the night: There stood a man of Macedonia, asking him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.
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And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel unto them.
11
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next
day to Neapolis,
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and from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia,
and a colony; and we were in that city abiding certain days.
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And on one of the sabbaths we went out of the city by a river side, where it was customary to pray; and we sat down and spoke unto the women who gathered
there.