¹⁵ This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶ At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. ^(A)May it not be charged against them.

²¹ For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ for ^(A)Demas has forsaken me, ^(B)having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia. ¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Get ^(C)Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.

¹⁰ And ^(A)this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Greetings and a Solemn Farewell

¹⁹ The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, ^(A)with the church that is in their house.

²⁷ So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana may be despised and ^[a]her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.”

The Macedonian Call

⁶ Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of ^(A)Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in ^[a]Asia.

¹⁶ For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for ^(A)he was hurrying ^(B)to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on ^(C)the Day of Pentecost.

³¹ Then some of the ^[a]officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him pleading that he would not venture into the theater.