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Acts 15:38 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.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

Acts 15:38

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36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

37 Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.

38 But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.

39 Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,

40 but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

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Acts 15:1

"Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”"

Acts 15:2

"Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question."

Acts 15:3

"They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers."

Acts 15:4

"When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them."

Acts 15:5

"But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”"

Acts 15:6

"The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter."

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