And there occurredsuch a sharp disagreementthat they separatedfrom one another,and BarnabastookMarkwith him and sailed awayto Cyprus.
Aristarchus,my fellow prisoner,sends you his greetings;and [also] Barnabas'scousinMark(aboutwhomyou receivedinstructions;ifhe comesto you, welcomehim);
For we allstumblein many[ways]. Ifanyonedoes not stumblein what he says,he is a perfectman,ableto bridlethe wholebodyas well.
Now Joseph,a Leviteof Cyprianbirth,who was also calledBarnabasby the apostles(whichtranslatedmeansSonof Encouragement),
Indeed,thereis not a righteousmanon earthwho[continually] doesgoodand who neversins.
But there were someof them, menof Cyprusand Cyrene,whocameto Antiochand [began] speakingto the Greeksalso,preachingthe LordJesus.
Nowat thistimewhile the discipleswere increasing[in number], a complaintaroseon the part of the Hellenistic[Jews] againstthe [native] Hebrews,becausetheir widowswere being overlookedin the dailyserving[of food].
From therewe put out to seaand sailed under the shelterof Cyprusbecausethe windswere contrary.
And when Pauland Barnabashadgreatdissensionand debatewith them, [the brethren] determinedthat Pauland Barnabasand someothersof them should goup to Jerusalemto the apostlesand eldersconcerningthisissue.
I have seena limitto allperfection;Your commandmentis exceedinglybroad.Mem.
Becausethey were rebelliousagainstHis Spirit,He spokerashlywith his lips.
And when he realized[this], he wentto the houseof Mary,the motherof Johnwho was also calledMark,wheremanywere gathered togetherand were praying.
Barnabaswantedto takeJohn,calledMark,alongwith them also.
She who is in Babylon,chosen togetherwith you, sends you greetings,and [so does] my son,Mark.
