Acts 16:1–10

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

16Then he came to ^aDerbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, ^bnamed Timothy, ^cthe son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. ²He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium. ³Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he ^dtook him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek. ⁴And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the ^edecrees to keep, ^fwhich were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. ^5gSo the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

The Macedonian Call

⁶Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of ^hGalatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in ¹Asia. ⁷After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the ²Spirit did not permit them. ⁸So passing by Mysia, they ⁱcame down to Troas. ⁹And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A ^jman of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” ¹⁰Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go ^kto Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.