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Acts 15:38
Acts 15:38 is verse 38 of Acts chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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.
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But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.
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Acts 15:36–40 · Berean Standard Bible
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 13:13After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
Psalms 78:9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
Luke 9:61Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
Luke 14:27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:28Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
Luke 14:29Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
Luke 14:30saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:32And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
James 1:8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.