Acts 16:3

Paul

¹ Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

² Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

⁴ And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

⁵ And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
KJV: Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
WEB: Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
ASV: Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
DARBY: Him would Paul have go forth with him, and took [him and] circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.
BLB: Paul wanted this one to go out with him, and having taken [him], he circumcised him on account of the Jews being in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

ÅB: Ham ville Paulus ha med seg på reisen, og han tok og omskar ham for de jøders skyld som var på de steder; for de visste alle at hans far var greker.
OTB: Paulus ønsket å ha ham med på reisen, så han omskar ham på grunn av jødene i de områdene, for de visste alle at hans far var gresk.
B1930: Ham vilde Paulus ha med sig på reisen, og han tok og omskar ham for de jøders skyld som var på de steder; for de visste alle at hans far var greker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Galatians 2:3
But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
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1 Corinthians 9:20
And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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Galatians 5:6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
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Galatians 5:1–3
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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Acts 15:40
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
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Acts 15:20
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
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1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
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Galatians 2:8
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
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