38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
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Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. …
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-41)We have seen one unhappy difference among the brethren, which was of a public nature, brought to a good issue; but here we have a private quarrel between two ministers, no less men than Paul and Barnabas, not compromised indeed, yet ending well. I. Here is a good proposal Paul made to Barnabas to go and review their work among the Gentiles and renew it, to take a circuit among the churches they ha…
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