Acts 15:36-41

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Paul and Barnabas Separate

³⁶ After some days Paul said to Barnabas, ‘Come, let us return and visit the believers^[a] in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.’ ³⁷ Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. ³⁸ But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. ³⁹ The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. ⁴⁰ But Paul chose Silas and set out, the believers^[b] commending him to the grace of the Lord. ⁴¹ He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.