Acts 20:1-6

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Paul in Macedonia and Greece

20 After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and ^(A)departed for Macedonia. ²When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. ³There he spent three months, and when ^(B)a plot was made against him by the Jews^[a] as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. ⁴Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, ^(C)Aristarchus and Secundus; and ^(D)Gaius of Derbe, and ^(E)Timothy; and the Asians, ^(F)Tychicus and ^(G)Trophimus. ⁵These went on ahead and were waiting for ^(H)us at ^(I)Troas, ⁶but we sailed away from Philippi after ^(J)the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

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Footnotes

Acts 20:3 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 19

Proverbs 23:9-18

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⁹Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
    for he will despise the good sense of your words.
¹⁰^(A)Do not move an ancient landmark
    or enter the fields of the fatherless,
¹¹for their ^(B)Redeemer is strong;
    he will ^(C)plead their cause against you.
¹²Apply your heart to instruction
    and your ear to words of knowledge.
¹³Do not withhold ^(D)discipline from a child;
    ^(E)if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
¹⁴If you strike him with the rod,
    you will ^(F)save his soul from Sheol.
¹⁵^(G)My son, if your heart is wise,
    my heart too will be glad.
¹⁶My ^(H)inmost being^[a] will exult
    when your lips speak ^(I)what is right.
¹⁷Let not your heart ^(J)envy sinners,
    but continue in ^(K)the fear of the Lord all the day.
¹⁸Surely ^(L)there is a future,
    and your ^(M)hope will not be cut off.