Acts 15:38

But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.

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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

37Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.

39Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.

Luke 14:27Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

James 1:8He is a double-minded man, 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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