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Timothy joins Paul and Silas

At Lystra Paul met Timothy, a well-regarded disciple whose mother was Jewish and whose father was Greek. Timothy joined Paul and Silas as they delivered the council’s decisions, and the churches were strengthened and grew daily (Acts 16:1-5).

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📖 Acts 16:1–3

1Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father. 2The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

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