Acts 15:38
Good News Translation
but Paul did not think it was right to take him, because he had not stayed with them to the end of their mission, but had turned back and left them in Pamphylia.

New Revised Standard Version
But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

Contemporary English Version
But Paul did not want to, because Mark had left them in Pamphylia and had stopped working with them.

New American Bible
but Paul insisted that they should not take with them someone who had deserted them at Pamphylia and who had not continued with them in their work.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia and not gone with them to the work) might not be received.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia and not gone with them to the work) might not be received.

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Acts 13:13 Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge in Pamphylia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

Psalm 78:9 The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.

Proverbs 25:19 To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,

Luke 9:61 And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.

Luke 14:27-34 And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. . . .

James 1:8 A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

Context
Paul's Second Missionary Journey
37And Barnabas would have taken with them John also, that was surnamed Mark. 38But Paul desired that he (as having departed from them out of Pamphylia and not gone with them to the work) might not be received. 39And there arose a dissension so that they departed one from another. And Barnabas indeed, taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus.…
Cross References
Acts 2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,

Acts 13:13
Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge in Pamphylia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

Acts 15:37
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