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Acts 16:7

BithyniaMysia
Guidance and decisionsThe Holy Spirit

5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

6 After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

9 During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

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BSB
And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
KJV
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
WEB
When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
ASV
and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;
DARBY
having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;
BLB
and having come down to Mysia, they were attempting to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
ÅB
og da de var kommet bortimot Mysia, prøvde de på å fare til Bitynia, men Jesu Ånd gav dem ikke lov;
OTB
Da de nådde grensen til Mysia, forsøkte de å komme inn i Bithynia, men Jesu Ånd tillot dem ikke.
B1930
og da de var kommet bortimot Mysia, prøvde de på å fare til Bitynia, men Jesu Ånd gav dem ikke lov;

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  • Philippians 1:19

    because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

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  • Galatians 4:6

    And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

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  • Romans 8:9

    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

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  • Acts 8:29

    The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

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  • 1 Peter 1:1

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

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  • 1 Peter 1:11

    trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

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