Acts 15:38

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

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KJV

King James Version

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

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WEB

World English Bible

But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But Paul was thinking it fit not to take him along, the [one] having withdrawn from them from Pamphylia and not having gone with them to the work.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 15

³⁶ Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

³⁷ Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

³⁸ But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

³⁹ Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

⁴⁰ but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

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