¹⁵ You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶ At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them!

²¹ All of them are seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.^(A)

¹⁰ for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,^[a] Titus to Dalmatia.^{(A) 11} Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me in ministry.^(B)

¹⁰ This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.^(A)

¹⁹ The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, greet you warmly in the Lord.^(A)

¹⁶ For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; he was eager to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.^(A)

³¹ even some officials of the province of Asia^[a] who were friendly to him sent him a message urging him not to venture into the theater.

²⁷ And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be scorned, and she will be deprived of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her.”

Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia

⁶ They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.^(A)