²⁹ Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.”

¹⁹ While Peter thought about the vision, ^(A)the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are seeking you.

¹² Then ^(A)the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover ^(B)these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.

²² And see, now ^(A)I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, ²³ except that ^(B)the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

² As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ^(A)“Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work ^(B)to which I have called them.” ³ Then, ^(C)having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

Preaching in Cyprus

⁴ So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to ^(D)Cyprus.

The Macedonian Call

⁶ Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of ^(A)Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in ^[a]Asia. ⁷ After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the ^[b]Spirit did not permit them.

The Great Apostasy

4 Now the Spirit ^[a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed ^(A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,

¹¹ When he had come to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ^(A)‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”