1 T hen he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek.

2 H e was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.

3 P aul wanted to have him go on with him. And he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

4 A nd as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

5 S o the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. The Macedonian Call

6 N ow when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.

7 A fter they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

8 S o passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

9 A nd a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

10 N ow after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them. Lydia Baptized at Philippi

11 T herefore, sailing from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day came to Neapolis,

12 a nd from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city for some days.

13 A nd on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there.

14 N ow a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.

15 A nd when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So she persuaded us. Paul and Silas Imprisoned

16 N ow it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

17 T his girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

18 A nd this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

19 B ut when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

20 A nd they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city;

21 a nd they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.”

22 T hen the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

23 A nd when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

24 H aving received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. The Philippian Jailer Saved

25 B ut at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

26 S uddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.

27 A nd the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.

28 B ut Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”

29 T hen he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

30 A nd he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

31 S o they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

32 T hen they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

33 A nd he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.

34 N ow when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household. Paul Refuses to Depart Secretly

35 A nd when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Let those men go.”

36 S o the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now therefore depart, and go in peace.”

37 B ut Paul said to them, “They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.”

38 A nd the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.

39 T hen they came and pleaded with them and brought them out, and asked them to depart from the city.

40 S o they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.