[1] And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there
named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his
father was a Greek; [2] Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a
high opinion. [3] Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him
circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had
knowledge that his father was a Greek. [4] And on their way through the
towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the
rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them. [5] So the
churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every
day. [6] And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia,
the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia; [7] And having
come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of
Jesus did not let them; [8] And going past Mysia, they came down to Troas.
[9] And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting
him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help. [10] And when
he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into
Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the
good news to them. [11] So, from Troas we went straight by ship to
Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis; [12] And from there to Philippi,
which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we
were there for some days. [13] And on the Sabbath we went outside the town,
by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer;
and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together. [14]
And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of
Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord
made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying. [15] And
when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying,
If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my
guests. And she made us come. [16] And when we were going to the place of
prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the
future, whose masters made great profit from her power. [17] She came after
Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most
High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation. [18] And this
she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning,
said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come
out of her. And it came out that very hour. [19] But when her masters saw
that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them
into the market-place before the rulers; [20] And when they had taken them
before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly
troubling our town; [21] Teaching rules of living which it is not right for
us to have or to keep, being Romans. [22] And the people made an attack on
them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and
gave orders for them to be whipped. [23] And when they had given them a
great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper
of the prison to keep them safely: [24] And he, having such orders, put
them into the inner prison with chains on their feet. [25] But about the
middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in
the hearing of the prisoners; [26] And suddenly there was an earth-shock,
so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and
everyone's chains came off. [27] And the keeper, coming out of his sleep,
and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put
himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away. [28] But Paul
said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here. [29] And
he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on
his face before Paul and Silas, [30] And took them out and said, Sirs, what
have I to do to get salvation? [31] And they said, Have faith in the Lord
Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. [32] And they gave the
word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. [33] And that
same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to
their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. [34] And he
took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having
faith in God with all his family. [35] But when it was day, the authorities
sent the police, saying, Let these men go. [36] And the keeper said to
Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go
in peace. [37] But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a
public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they
now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us
out. [38] And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities,
and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans; [39] Then they
came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them
out, to go away from the town. [40] And they came out of the prison and
went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave
them comfort and went away.
