Paul Selects Timothy
1 Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, 16:1 Ac 17:14–15; 18:5; 19:22; 20:4; Rm 16:21; 1Co 4:17; Php 2:19; 1Th 3:2,6 the son of a believing Jewish woman, 16:1 2Tm 1:5; 3:15 but his father was a Greek. 2 The brothers and sisters at Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him. 16:2 Ac 13:51; 16:403 Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised 16:3 Gl 2:3 him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for the people to observe. 16:4 Ac 11:30; 15:2,285 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers. 16:5 Ac 2:47; 9:31; 15:41