The Early Church

And Iudas and Silas being Prophets, exhorted the brethren with many wordes, and strengthened them.

And after they had taried there a space, they were let goe in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles.

Notwithstanding Silas thought good to abide there still.

Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antiochia, teaching and preaching with many other, the worde of the Lord.

But after certaine dayes, Paul said vnto Barnabas, Let vs returne, and visite our brethren in euery citie, where we haue preached the worde of the Lord, and see how they doe.

And Barnabas counselled to take with them Iohn, called Marke.

But Paul thought it not meete to take him vnto their companie, which departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the worke.

Then were they so stirred, that they departed asunder one from the other, so that Barnabas tooke Marke, and sailed vnto Cyprus.

And Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended of the brethren vnto the grace of God.

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, stablishing the Churches.

Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: and beholde, a certaine disciple was there named Timotheus, a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleeued, but his father was a Grecian,

Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.

Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and tooke and circumcised him, because of ye Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Grecian.

And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Hierusalem.

And so were the Churches stablished in the faith, and encreased in number daily.

Nowe when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden of the holy Ghost to preache the worde in Asia.

Then came they to Mysia, and sought to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas,

Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs.

And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.

Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis,

And from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefe citie in ye partes of Macedonia, and whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there, and we were in that citie abiding certaine dayes.

And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together.

And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake.

And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs.