Acts 16:7-15

7and after they came to 1Mysia, they were trying to go into 2Bithynia, and the 3Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; 8and passing by 4Mysia, they came down to 5Troas. 96A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of 7Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10When he had seen 8the vision, immediately 9we sought to 10go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to 11preach the gospel to them.

11So putting out to sea from 12Troas, we ran 13a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis; 12and from there to 14Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of 15Macedonia, 16a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days. 13And on 17the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled. 14A woman named Lydia, from the city of 18Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, 19a worshiper of God, was listening; 20and the Lord 21opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15And when she and 22her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.