Acts 15:38 - Revised Version 1885

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

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

But Paul did not think it best to have along with them the one who had quit and deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

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

Paul insisted that they shouldn’t take him along, since he had deserted them in Pamphylia and hadn’t continued with them in their work.

But Paul was saying that he ought not to be received, since he withdrew from them at Pamphylia, and he had not gone with them in the work.

But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia, and not gone with them to the work) might not be received.