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Acts 19:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

After sending to Macedonia two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus,  he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

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Erastus  has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus  ill at Miletus.


Gaius,  who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus,  the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.


So the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed all together into the amphitheatre, dragging along Gaius  and Aristarchus,  Macedonians who were Paul’s travelling companions.


This went on for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks,  heard the word of the Lord.


When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself to preaching the word  and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.


Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised  him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.


Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy,  the son of a believing Jewish woman,  but his father was a Greek.


Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.


For the word of the Lord rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place that your faith  , in God has gone out. Therefore, we don’t need to say anything,


We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches  of Macedonia:


and to visit you on my way to Macedonia,  and then come to you again from Macedonia and be helped by you  on my journey  to Judea.


After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia.


When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, since the brothers who came from Macedonia  supplied my needs.  I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.


I had no rest  in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus.  Instead, I said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.


After these events, Paul resolved by the Spirit  to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. ‘After I’ve been there,’ he said, ‘it is necessary for me to see Rome as well.’


You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.


And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gracious gift that we are administering for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help.





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