Acts 16:1-8 ▼

1 Paul also went to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish wife whose husband was a Greek.

2 Timothy was highly regarded by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

3 Paul wanted this man to go with him, so he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in that region, since everyone knew that Timothy's father was a Greek.

4 As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for them to obey.

5 So the churches continued to be strengthened in the faith and to increase in numbers every day.

6 Because they had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia, Paul and Timothy went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

7 They went as far as Mysia and tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them,

8 so they bypassed Mysia and went down to Troas.