¹² And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,

²⁷ and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;

⁸ and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

⁹ for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders `are' many.

³ praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of the Christ, because of which also I have been bound,

⁷ `And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

⁸ I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door -- opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

¹ And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced `them', went forth to go on to Macedonia;

² and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;

³ having made also three months' `stay' -- a counsel of the Jews having been against him -- being about to set forth to Syria, there came `to him' a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

⁴ And there were accompanying him unto Asia, Sopater of Berea, and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus, and of Asiatics Tychicus and Trophimus;

⁵ these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,

⁶ and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

⁸ and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God --