1. And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman but of a Greek father,
2. who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
3. Paul wanted this one to go with him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.
4. And as they went through the towns, they passed on to them to observe the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
5. So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were growing in number every day.
6. And they traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.
7. And when they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.