Acts 16:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ and Paul decided to take him along. Therefore, he had him circumcised, because of the Jews in that region who all knew that his father was a Greek.

⁴ As they traveled from town to town, they made known to the brethren there the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. ⁵ Day by day, the churches grew strong in the faith and increased in numbers.