Acts 15:41

41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, astrengthening the churches.

Acts 16:1-5

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

1Paul
Greek He
came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named cTimothy, dthe son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
2He was well spoken of by ethe brothers
Or  brothers and sisters; also verse 40
at Lystra and Iconium.
3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he gtook him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance hthe decisions ithat had been reached by jthe apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. 5 kSo the churches were strengthened in lthe faith, and they increased in numbers mdaily.

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