Acts 16:1-12

1Paul arrived in the city of Derbe and then went to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived. Timothy’s mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was Greek.

2The believers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy.

3Paul wanted Timothy to go with him. So he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in those places and because he knew that Timothy’s father was Greek.

4As they went through the cities, they told people about the decisions that the apostles and spiritual leaders  in Jerusalem had made for the people.

5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew in numbers every day.

6Paul and Silas went through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit kept them from speaking the word in the province of Asia.

7They went to the province of Mysia and tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus wouldn’t allow this.

8So they passed by Mysia and went to the city of Troas.

9During the night Paul had a vision of a man from Macedonia. The man urged Paul, “Come to Macedonia to help us.”

10As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we immediately looked for a way to go to Macedonia. We concluded that God had called us to tell the people of Macedonia about the Good News.

11So we took a ship from Troas and sailed straight to the island of Samothrace. The next day we sailed to the city of Neapolis,

12and from there we went to the city of Philippi. Philippi is a leading city in that part of Macedonia, and it is a Roman colony. We were in this city for a number of days.