And he came unto Derbe and unto Lystra; and, behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timothy, son of a Jewish believing woman, but of a Greek father;
who was borne witness to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.
Him Paul would have to go with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
And as they passed through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to observe, which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
The assemblies then were being strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
And they went through the Phrygian and Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit, to speak the word in Asia,
and having come over against Mysia, they attempted to proceed into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not;
and passing by Mysia they came down to Troas.
And a vision appeared to Paul by night. There was a certain man of Macedon standing and beseeching him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.
And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Having therefore sailed away from Troas we took a straight course unto Samothrace, and on the morrow unto Neapolis,
and thence unto Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, first of the district, a colony. And we were in this city staying certain days.
And on the Sabbath day we went forth outside the gate by a river where prayer was wont to be: and we sat down and spoke to the women that had come together.
And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, that worshipped God heard, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things spoken by Paul.
And when she was baptized and her house, she besought, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come into my house and abide. And she constrained us.
And it came to pass as we were going unto prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much gain by divinations.
She, having followed Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are bondmen of the most high God, who announce to you salvation’s way.
And this she did for many days. But Paul being distressed, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on, and dragged Paul and Silas into the market-place before the rulers;
and when they had brought them unto the praetors, they said, These men being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city,
and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or practice, being Romans.
And the crowd rose up together against them; and the praetors rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
And having laid many stripes on them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
who having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet into the stocks.
But about midnight, Paul and Silas in praying were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bands of all were loosed.
And the jailor being roused out of sleep, and seeing the prison doors open drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
But Paul cried with loud voice saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.
And he called for lights, and sprang in, and trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
and led them forth, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
and they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, a and thou shalt be saved and thy house.
And they spoke to him the word of the Lord b with all that were in his house.
And he took them at that hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his immediately.
And having brought them into his house, he set meat c before them, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.
And when it was day the praetors sent the lictors saying, Let those men go.
And the jailor reported the saying to Paul, The praetors have sent that ye be let go: now then go out and proceed in peace.
But Paul said unto them, They beat us openly uncondemned, men being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they cast us out privily? No, indeed, but let themselves come and bring us out.
And the lictors announced these words to the praetors; and they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
And on coming they besought them, and bringing out entreated [them] to go out of the city.
And when they went out of the prison, they entered into [the house of] Lydia; and when they saw the brethren, they exhorted them and departed.