The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
Acts 15:38 - Revised Standard Version But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.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. |
The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
Trust in a faithless man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem;
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,