Today I'm working on the Habitat house that UPT (Urban Presbyterians Together) is building together. There are still about 17 days left for you to get in on the building, so if you'd like to volunteer check out this link for more information. Today's reading tells us what happened next for Paul. He meets Timothy, who Paul mentors. Their relationship is an important one. It's surprising that Paul has Timothy circumcised, having just finished advocating that such things aren't necessary. At the same time, maybe Paul wanted to avoid conflict over something he knew wasn't important.
Blessings on your day,
Sam
Acts
16:1-5
Paul went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple
named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was
a Greek. 2He was well spoken of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium. 3Paul wanted Timothy to
accompany him; and he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who
were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4As
they went from town to town, they delivered to them for observance the
decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in
Jerusalem. 5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and
increased in numbers daily.
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