Greetings from Paul’s Friends

^21 (A)Timothy, my fellow worker, and ^(B)Lucius, ^(C)Jason, and ^(D)Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.

⁴ And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia—also ^(A)Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and ^(B)Gaius of Derbe, and ^(C)Timothy, and ^(D)Tychicus and ^(E)Trophimus of Asia.

Assault on Jason’s House

⁵ But the Jews ^[a]who were not persuaded, ^[b]becoming ^(A)envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of ^(B)Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Paul and Barnabas Are Sent to the Gentiles

13 Now ^(A)in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: ^(B)Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, ^(C)Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

¹¹ Greet Herodion, my ^[a]countryman. Greet those who are of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

⁷ Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the ^(A)apostles, who also ^(B)were in Christ before me.

²³ Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly.

² To Timothy, a ^(A)beloved son:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Guard the Faith

²⁰ O Timothy! ^(A)Guard what was committed to your trust, ^(B)avoiding the profane and ^[a]idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—