Acts 16:1-8 ▼

1 He reached [also] Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.

2 The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him,

3 and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

4 As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisions reached by the apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem.

5 Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.

6 They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia.

7 When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them,

8 so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas.