Acts 16:1-10

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16 Paul and Silas went first to Derbe and then on to Lystra where they met Timothy, a believer whose mother was a Christian Jewess, but his father a Greek. ² Timothy was well thought of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium, ³ so Paul asked him to join them on their journey. In deference to the Jews of the area, he circumcised Timothy before they left, for everyone knew that his father was a Greek and hadn’t permitted this before.^{[a] 4} Then they went from city to city, making known the decision concerning the Gentiles, as decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. ⁵ So the church grew daily in faith and numbers.

⁶ Next they traveled through Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit had told them not to go into the Turkish province of Asia Minor at that time. ⁷ Then going along the borders of Mysia they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus said no. ⁸ So instead they went on through Mysia province to the city of Troas.

⁹ That night^[b] Paul had a vision. In his dream he saw a man over in Macedonia, Greece, pleading with him, “Come over here and help us.” ¹⁰ Well, that settled it. We^[c] would go to Macedonia, for we could only conclude that God was sending us to preach the Good News there.