Acts 15:38

while Paul deemed it undesirable to have as their companion one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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, however, was bent on taking with them John, whose other name was Mark,

39So there arose a serious disagreement between them, which resulted in their parting from one another, Barnabas taking Mark and setting sail for Cyprus.

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Cross References

Luke 14:27No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

James 1:8such a one is a man of two minds, undecided in every step he takes.

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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