Acts 16:1-7 ▼

1 And he came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess, who was a believer; but his father was a Greek.

2 A good report was given of him by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

3 This man Paul wished to go with him: and he took him and circumcised him, on account of the Jews that were in those places: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees that had been resolved on by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, that they might keep them.

5 Therefore, the churches were established in the faith, and they increased in number daily.

6 When they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,

7 and had come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit did not permit them.