Acts 16:1-7 ▼

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.