Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.
Acts 15:38 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. Common English Bible 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. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.
Another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say goodbye to those at my house.’
Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and went back to Jerusalem.
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts),