¹² When I came to the city of Troas to preach the Good News of Christ, the Lord opened a door of opportunity for me.

⁸ So instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas.

²⁷ Upon arriving in Antioch, they called the church together and reported everything God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles, too.

³ Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.

The Message to the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia.

⁹ There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me.

Greetings from Paul

1 This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News.

⁸ The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps.

Paul Goes to Macedonia and Greece

20 When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers^[a] and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia. ² While there, he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down to Greece, ³ where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia.

⁴ Several men were traveling with him. They were Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. ⁵ They went on ahead and waited for us at Troas. ⁶ After the Passover^[b] ended, we boarded a ship at Philippi in Macedonia and five days later joined them in Troas, where we stayed a week.