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Acts 15:38

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But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.

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Acts 15:38 in other translations

But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Acts 15:38 · American Standard Version

Acts 15:38 in context

  1. 36After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  2. 37Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.
  3. 38But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.
  4. 39Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,
  5. 40but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.