Acts 16:2-4

Expanded Bible

² The ·believers [^Lbrothers (and sisters)] in Lystra and Iconium [13:51] ·respected Timothy and ·said good things about [spoke well of; ^Ltestified about] him. ³ Paul wanted Timothy to travel with him, but all the people living in that area knew that Timothy’s father was Greek. So Paul circumcised Timothy ·to please his mother’s people [^Lbecause of the Jews in those places]. ⁴ ·Paul and those with him [^LThey] traveled from town to town and ·gave [delivered; passed on] the ·decisions [decrees] made by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.