Acts 15:38

But Paul thought it best not to bring this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them in their work.

Text-Critical English NT

In The 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.

In Context

37Now Barnabas wanted to bring John (who was also called Mark).

39So there arose a sharp disagreement, with the result that they parted from one another. Barnabas took Mark and sailed off to Cyprus,

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Cross References

Luke 14:27And whoever does not bear his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

James 1:8A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:37-41

Disagreement between Paul and Barnabas. 36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. 37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 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. 39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so… Read the whole commentary →

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