Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty

¹⁵ You know that everyone in the province of Asia^(A) has deserted me,^(B) including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶ At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.^(A)

²¹ For everyone looks out for their own interests,^(A) not those of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ for Demas,^(A) because he loved this world,^(B) has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica.^(C) Crescens has gone to Galatia,^(D) and Titus^(E) to Dalmatia. ¹¹ Only Luke^(F) is with me.^(G) Get Mark^(H) and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.

¹⁰ This went on for two years,^(A) so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia^(B) heard the word of the Lord.^(C)

Final Greetings

¹⁹ The churches in the province of Asia^(A) send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla^[a](B) greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.^(C)

²⁷ There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia

⁶ Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia^(A) and Galatia,^(B) having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.^(C)

¹⁶ Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus^(A) to avoid spending time in the province of Asia,^(B) for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem,^(C) if possible, by the day of Pentecost.^(D)