Acts 15:38

But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

World English Bible

But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.

American Standard Version

But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Paul thought it not meete to take him vnto their companie, which departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the worke.

Darby Translation

but Paul thought it not well to take with them him who had abandoned them, [going back] from Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

Young's Literal Translation

and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;

Bible in Basic English

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

In context

37Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

39Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

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