Acts 16:1-12 ▼

1 And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father,

2 who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

3 Paul wanted this one to go out with him, and having taken him, he circumcised him on account of the Jews being in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

4 And while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep—the ones decided on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

5 So indeed the churches were strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day.

6 And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

7 and having come down to Mysia, they were attempting to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

8 And having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

9 And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: A certain man of Macedonia was standing and beseeching him and saying, “Having passed over into Macedonia, help us.”

10 And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out into Macedonia, concluding that God had summoned us to preach the gospel to them.

11 And having sailed from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis,

12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia—a colony. Now we were staying some days in this city.