Acts 16:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.”
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“And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 16:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 8:29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
- Romans 8:9You, 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.
- Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
- Philippians 1:19because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
- 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
- 1 Peter 1:11trying 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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