1. Paul went to the city of Derbe and then to Lystra, where a follower of Jesus named Timothy lived. Timothy’s mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.
2. The believers in the cities of Lystra and Iconium had only good things to say about him.
3. Paul wanted Timothy to travel with him, but all the Jews living in that area knew that his father was a Greek. So Paul circumcised Timothy to please the Jews.
4. Then Paul and those with him traveled through other cities. They gave the believers the rules and decisions from the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. They told them to obey these rules.
5. So the churches were becoming stronger in their faith, and the number of believers was growing every day.
6. Paul and those with him went through the areas of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit did not allow them to tell the Good News in the province of Asia.
7. When they reached the border of Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them go there.
8. So they passed by Mysia and went to the city of Troas.
9. That night Paul saw a vision. In it, a man from Macedonia came to Paul. The man stood there and begged, “Come across to Macedonia and help us.”
10. After Paul had seen the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia. We understood that God had called us to tell the Good News to those people.
11. We left Troas in a ship and sailed to the island of Samothrace. The next day we sailed to the city of Neapolis.