Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, [a]reported well.

[b]Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and took and circumcised him, because of the Jews, which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Grecian.

[c]And as they went through the cities, they delivered them [d]the decrees to keep, ordained of the Apostles and Elders which were at Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:2 Both for his godliness and honesty.
  2. Acts 16:3 Timothy is circumcised, not simply for any necessity, but in respect of the time only to win the Jews.
  3. Acts 16:4 Charity is to be observed in things indifferent so that regard be had both of the weak, and the quietness of the Church.
  4. Acts 16:4 These decrees which he spake of in the former chapter.

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