3. Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4. As they travelled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
5. So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
6. Paul and his companions travelled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.
7. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.