Acts 15:40
but Paul selecting Silas, departed, being commended by the brethren to the favour of God.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
In Context
41And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
Cross References
Acts 13:3Then having kept a fast and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them out.
Acts 15:22Then it was determined by the apostles and presbyters with the whole church, to send select men from themselves unto Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren;
Acts 16:1THEN he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold! a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman, who believed; but his father was a Greek:
1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Timothy 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle to Timothy, appointed the first bishop of the Ephesian church, was written from Rome, when the second time Paul stood before the Caesar Nero.
2 John 1:10If any person come unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house, nor say to him, Welcome.
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 →