Acts 15:38

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

But {G1161} Paul {G3972} thought {G515} not {G3361} good {G515} to take {G4838} him {G5126} with them {G4838}, who {G3588} departed {G868} from {G575} them {G846} from {G575} Pamphylia {G3828}, and {G2532} went {G4905} not {G3361} with them {G846} to {G1519} the work {G2041}.

But Sha’ul thought it would be unwise to take this man with them, since he had gone off and left them in Pamphylia to do the work by themselves.

But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 13:13 (12 votes)

    Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 14:27 (2 votes)

    And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:34 (2 votes)

    Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

  • James 1:8 (2 votes)

    A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.

  • Proverbs 25:19 (2 votes)

    ¶ Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

  • Psalms 78:9 (2 votes)

    ¶ The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

  • Luke 9:61 (1 votes)

    And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.