Acts 15:38
Good News Translation
but Paul did not think it was right to take him, because he had not stayed with them to the end of their mission, but had turned back and left them in Pamphylia.

Contemporary English Version
But Paul did not want to, because Mark had left them in Pamphylia and had stopped working with them.

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.

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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.

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Acts 13:13 Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge in Pamphylia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

Psalm 78:9 The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.

Proverbs 25:19 To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,

Luke 9:61 And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.

Luke 14:27-34 And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. . . .

James 1:8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

Context
Paul's Second Missionary Journey
37And Barnabas would have taken with them John also, that was surnamed Mark. 38But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia and not gone with them to the work) might not be received. 39And there arose a dissension so that they departed one from another. And Barnabas indeed, taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus.…
Cross References
Acts 2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,

Acts 13:13
Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge in Pamphylia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

Additional Translations
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

But Paul thought fit not to take him along, the one having withdrawn from them from Pamphylia and not having gone with them to the work.

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

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

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.

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

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

while Paul deemed it undesirable to have as their companion one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

But Paul didn't think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn't go with them to do the work.

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;
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