They traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit did not let them preach the message in the province of Asia.

This went on for two years, so that all the people who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Gentiles, heard the word of the Lord.

There is the danger, then, that this business of ours will get a bad name. Not only that, but there is also the danger that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will come to mean nothing and that her greatness will be destroyed---the goddess worshiped by everyone in Asia and in all the world!"

Some of the provincial authorities, who were his friends, also sent him a message begging him not to show himself in the theater.

Paul had decided to sail on by Ephesus, so as not to lose any time in the province of Asia. He was in a hurry to arrive in Jerusalem by the day of Pentecost, if at all possible.

The churches in the province of Asia send you their greetings; Aquila and Priscilla and the church that meets in their house send warm Christian greetings.

Demas fell in love with this present world and has deserted me, going off to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

No one stood by me the first time I defended myself; all deserted me. May God not count it against them!

Everyone else is concerned only with their own affairs, not with the cause of Jesus Christ.