Acts 16:1-12

1Now Paul traveled to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [in Christ], however, his father was a Greek.

2Timothy was well spoken of by the brothers and sisters who were in Lystra and Iconium.

3Paul wanted Timothy to go with him [as a missionary]; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

4As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decrees decided on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem, for the churches to observe.

5So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they continually increased in number day after day.

6Now they passed through the territory of Phrygia and Galatia, after being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor];

7and after they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

8so passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.

9Then a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man from [the Roman province of] Macedonia was standing and pleading with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”

10And when he had seen the vision, we (including Luke) tried to go on into Macedonia at once, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

11So setting sail from Troas, we ran a direct course to Samothrace, and the next day [went on] to Neapolis;

12and from there [we came] to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed on in this city for several days;