Study Desk

So we are sending Judas and Silas, who will tell you the same things.

So they left Jerusalem and went to Antioch where they gathered the church and gave them the letter.

but he had left them at Pamphylia; he did not continue with them in the work. So Paul did not think it was a good idea to take him.

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.

So the churches became stronger in the faith and grew larger every day.

So they passed by Mysia and went to Troas.

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the river where we thought we would find a special place for prayer. Some women had gathered there, so we sat down and talked with them.

She kept this up for many days. This bothered Paul, so he turned and said to the spirit, "By the power of Jesus Christ, I command you to come out of her!" Immediately, the spirit came out.

When the owners of the servant girl saw this, they knew that now they could not use her to make money. So they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the city rulers in the marketplace.

So Paul and Silas told the message of the Lord to the jailer and all the people in his house.

So they came and told Paul and Silas they were sorry and took them out of jail and asked them to leave the city.

So when they came out of the jail, they went to Lydia's house where they saw some of the believers and encouraged them. Then they left.

But some others became jealous. So they got some evil men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot. They ran to Jason's house, looking for Paul and Silas, wanting to bring them out to the people.

So, many of them believed, as well as many important Greek women and men.

But the people in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, too. So they came there, upsetting the people and making trouble.

So Paul went away from them.

But they would not accept Paul's teaching and said some evil things. So he shook off the dust from his clothes and said to them, "If you are not saved, it will be your own fault! I have done all I can do! After this, I will go to other nations."

But the things you are saying are only questions about words and names—arguments about your own law. So you must solve this problem yourselves. I don't want to be a judge of these things."

But as he left, he said, "I will come back to you again if God wants me to." And so he sailed away from Ephesus.

Now Apollos wanted to go to the country of Southern Greece. So the believers helped him and wrote a letter to the followers there, asking them to accept him. These followers had believed in Jesus because of God's grace, and when Apollos arrived, he helped them very much.