Paul Selects Timothy

16 Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy,(A) the son of a believing Jewish woman,(B) but his father was a Greek. The brothers and sisters at Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him.(C) Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised(D) him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

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Timothy Joins Paul in Lystra

16 Paul[a] also went to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish wife whose husband was a Greek. Timothy[b] was highly regarded by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted this man to go with him, so he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in that region, since everyone knew that Timothy’s[c] father was a Greek.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:1 Lit. He
  2. Acts 16:2 Lit. He
  3. Acts 16:3 Lit. that his