Acts 15:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,”
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“Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;”
King James Version · Public Domain“And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 15:39 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 106:33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
- Psalms 119:96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Acts 4:36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
- Acts 6:1In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
- Acts 11:20But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
- Acts 15:2And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- Acts 27:4After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
- Romans 7:18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
- Colossians 4:10My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
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