Acts 16:1-5

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Timothy Goes with Paul

16 Paul came to Derbe and Lystra [14:6], where a ·follower [disciple] named Timothy lived. Timothy’s mother was Jewish [^Cher name was Eunice (2 Tim. 1:5; 3:15)] and a believer, but his father was a Greek.

² The ·believers [^Lbrothers (and sisters)] in Lystra and Iconium [13:51] ·respected Timothy and ·said good things about [spoke well of; ^Ltestified about] him. ³ Paul wanted Timothy to travel with him, but all the people living in that area knew that Timothy’s father was Greek. So Paul circumcised Timothy ·to please his mother’s people [^Lbecause of the Jews in those places]. ⁴ ·Paul and those with him [^LThey] traveled from town to town and ·gave [delivered; passed on] the ·decisions [decrees] made by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. ⁵ So the churches became stronger in the faith and grew larger every day.