Acts 15:38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.

◄ Acts 15:38 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.

English Standard Version
But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.

New American Standard Bible
But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.

King James Bible
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

International Standard Version
but Paul did not think it was right to take along the man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and who had not gone with them into the work.

American Standard Version
But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia, and not gone with them to the work) might not be received.

Darby Bible Translation
but Paul thought it not well to take with them him who had abandoned them, going back from Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

Young's Literal Translation
and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

15:36-41 Here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less than Paul and Barnabas, yet made to end well. Barnabas wished his nephew John Mark to go with them. We should suspect ourselves of being partial, and guard against this in putting our relations forward. Paul did not think him worthy of the honour, nor fit for the service, who had departed from them without their knowledge, or without their consent: see ch.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

38. But Paul thought not good to take him with them who departed from them—that is, who had departed; but the word is stronger than this—"who stood aloof" or "turned away" from them.

from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work—the work yet before them. The allusion is to what is recorded in Ac 13:13 (see on [2027]Ac 13:13).