Acts 16:1–10

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

16Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra,^o where a disciple named Timothy^p lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer^q but whose father was a Greek. ²The believers^r at Lystra and Iconium^s spoke well of him. ³Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.^{t 4}As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders^u in Jerusalem^v for the people to obey.^{w 5}So the churches were strengthened^x in the faith and grew daily in numbers.^y

Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia

⁶Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia^z and Galatia,^a having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.^{b 7}When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus^c would not allow them to. ⁸So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.^{d 9}During the night Paul had a vision^e of a man of Macedonia^f standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” ¹⁰After Paul had seen the vision, we^g got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel^h to them.