Acts 15:38
Acts 15:38 New Living Translation (NLT)
But Paul disagreed strongly, since John Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in their work.
Acts 15:37-41 The Message (MSG)
Barnabas wanted to take John along, the John nicknamed Mark. But Paul wouldn’t have him; he wasn’t about to take along a quitter who, as soon as the going got tough, had jumped ship on them in Pamphylia. Tempers flared, and they ended up going their separate ways: Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus; Paul chose Silas and, offered up by their friends to the grace of the Master, went to Syria and Cilicia to put grit in those congregations.
Acts 15:38 King James Version (KJV)
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
Acts 15:38 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
Acts 15:38 New Century Version (NCV)
but he had left them at Pamphylia; he did not continue with them in the work. So Paul did not think it was a good idea to take him.
Acts 15:38 American Standard Version (ASV)
But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
Acts 15:38 New International Version (NIV)
but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work.
Acts 15:38 New King James Version (NKJV)
But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.
Acts 15:38 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But Paul kept insisting that they should not take along with them the one who had quit and deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.