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New Testament Reading - Guidance

¹Paul and Silas went first to Derbe and then on to Lystra where they met Timothy, a believer whose mother was a Christian Jewess, but his father a Greek. ²Timothy was well thought of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium, ³so Paul asked him to join them on their journey. In deference to the Jews of the area, he circumcised Timothy before they left, for everyone knew that his father was a Greek and hadn’t permitted this before.^{a 4}Then they went from city to city, making known the decision concerning the Gentiles, as decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. ⁵So the church grew daily in faith and numbers.

⁶Next they traveled through Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit had told them not to go into the Turkish province of Asia Minor at that time. ⁷Then going along the borders of Mysia they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus said no. ⁸So instead they went on through Mysia province to the city of Troas.

⁹That night^b Paul had a vision. In his dream he saw a man over in Macedonia, Greece, pleading with him, “Come over here and help us.” ¹⁰Well, that settled it. We^c would go to Macedonia, for we could only conclude that God was sending us to preach the Good News there.

1. Implied
2. Literally, “In the night.”
3. Luke, the writer of this book, now joined Paul and accompanied him on his journey.