Acts 15:36–16:5

Paul and Barnabas Disagree and Part Company

³⁶And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, “Come then, let us return and^* visit the brothers in every town in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.” ³⁷Now Barnabas wanted to take John who was called Mark along also, ³⁸but Paul held the opinion they should not take this one along, who departed from them in Pamphylia and did not accompany them in the work. ³⁹And a sharp disagreement took place, so that they separated from one another. And Barnabas took along Mark and^* sailed away to Cyprus, ⁴⁰but Paul chose Silas and^* departed, after^* being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers. ⁴¹And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Timothy Accompanies Paul and Silas

16And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there named^a Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman but of a Greek father, ²who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium. ³Paul wanted this one to go with him, and he took him^* and^* circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek. ⁴And as they went through the towns, they passed on to them to observe the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. ⁵So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were growing in number every day.