Acts 16:1–10

PAUL SELECTS TIMOTHY

16Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy,^h the son of a believing Jewish woman,ⁱ but his father was a Greek. ²The brothers and sisters at Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him.^{j 3}Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised^k him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek. ⁴As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for the people to observe.^{l 5}So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.^m

EVANGELIZATION OF EUROPE

⁶They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia; they had been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.^{n 7}When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus^o did not allow them. ⁸Passing by Mysia they went down to Troas.^{p 9}During the night Paul had a vision in which a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us!”^{q 10}After^r he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.