[a]Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and took and circumcised him, because of the Jews, which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Grecian.

[b]And as they went through the cities, they delivered them [c]the decrees to keep, ordained of the Apostles and Elders which were at Jerusalem.

And so were the Churches established in the faith, [and] increased in number daily.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:3 Timothy is circumcised, not simply for any necessity, but in respect of the time only to win the Jews.
  2. Acts 16:4 Charity is to be observed in things indifferent so that regard be had both of the weak, and the quietness of the Church.
  3. Acts 16:4 These decrees which he spake of in the former chapter.

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