You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.
This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
And even some of the Asiarchs, who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater.
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