Acts 16:1-7

¹Now he arrived at Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek,

²who had a good testimony by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

³Paul wanted Timothy to accompany 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.

⁴And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees to keep, which had been decided by the apostles and the elders at Jerusalem.

⁵Therefore the churches were strengthened in the faith, and were growing in number each day.

⁶Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the Galatian region, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.

⁷And having come to Mysia they attempted to go to Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.