1 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And look, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed; but his father was a Greek.
2 He was well reported of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Paul wished this man to go out with him, and taking him he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew his father, that he was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them for keeping the decrees that had been ordained by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.
5 And so the churches were established in the faith and increased in number daily.
6 And when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, being prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia,
7 they came toward Mysia and attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.
8 And passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia stood and appealed to him, saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, gathering that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.
11 Therefore, putting out from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis,
12 and from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in this city some days.
13 And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to a riverside, where prayer was customarily made, and we sat down and spoke to the women who came together there.
14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.
15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she pleaded with us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay there." And she constrained us.
16 And as we were going to prayer, a certain slave girl met us who had a spirit of Python, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.
17 She followed Paul and us and cried out, saying, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation."
18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, being worn out by it, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out the same hour.
19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they caught Paul and Silas and drew them into the marketplace to the rulers.
20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are greatly troubling our city,
21 and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive or to practice, since we are Romans."
22 And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off them and commanded that they be beaten with rods.
23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them securely.
24 He, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25 But about midnight Paul and Silas, praying, were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosed.
27 And the jailer, waking out of his sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.
28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, "Do yourself no harm, for we are all here!"
29 Then he called for lights and sprang in, and trembling for fear he fell down before Paul and Silas;
30 and he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31 And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your house."
32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes; and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
34 And bringing them up into his house, he set a table before them, and he rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, "Let those men go."
36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul: "The magistrates have sent word to let you go; so now come out and go in peace."
37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us openly, uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out secretly? No indeed; but let them come themselves and bring us out."
38 And the officers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans;
39 and they came and pleaded with them, and when they had brought them out, they asked them to leave the city.
40 So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.