Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
1 Paul16:1 Greek He came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named ch. 17:14;18:5;19:22;20:4;Rom. 16:21;1 Cor. 4:17;Phil. 2:19;Col. 1:1;1 Thess. 3:2;2 Thess. 1:1;1 Tim. 1:2,18;2 Tim. 1:2Timothy, 2 Tim. 1:5;3:15the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. 2 He was well spoken of by See John 21:23the brothers16:2 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 40 at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he [Gal. 2:3]took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance ch. 17:7the decisions ch. 15:28,29that had been reached by See ch. 15:2the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. 5 [ch. 9:31] So the churches were strengthened in See ch. 6:7the faith, and they increased in numbers ch. 2:47daily.