Acts 15:38 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
But Paul was saying that he ought not to be received, since he withdrew from them at Pamphylia, and he had not gone with them in the work.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
LSV Literal Standard Version
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;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby 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.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
GNV 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.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But Paul thought it was not good to take Mark, who had left them in Pamphylia and did not go further with them in the work.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
But Paul thought it not mete to take him vnto their company whiche departed from them at Pamphylia and went not with them to the worke.
Individual translator
YLT 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;
FBV Free Bible Version
But Paul didn't think it was a good idea to take him with them, since he'd left them in Pamphylia and hadn't continued working with them.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE 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.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mas Pablo le rogaba y decía que pues se había separado de ellos desde Pamphylia, y no había ido con ellos á la obra, no era bien que fuese admitido.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas á Pablo no le parecía bien llevar consigo al que se había apartado de ellos desde Pamphylia, y no había ido con ellos á la obra.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
pero a Pablo no le agradó la idea, porque Juan los había abandonado en Panfilia, y no había seguido con ellos en el trabajo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero Pablo insistía en no llevar al que se apartó de ellos en Panfilia y no fue a la obra.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Pero Pablo no consideró que fuera buena idea llevarlo con ellos, pues él los había abandonado en Panfilia y no había seguido trabajando con ellos.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Pero a Pablo no le parecía bien llevar al que se había apartado de ellos en Panfilia y no había ido con ellos a la obra.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
Παῦλος δὲ ἠξίου, τὸν ἀποστάντα ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Παμφυλίας καὶ μὴ συνελθόντα αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸ ἔργον, μὴ συμπαραλαβεῖν τοῦτον.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
παυλος δε ηξιου, τον αποσταντα απ αυτων απο παμφυλιας και μη συνελθοντα αυτοις εις το εργον, μη συμπαραλαβειν τουτον.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Παῦλος δὲ ἠξίου, τὸν ἀποστάντα ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Παμφυλίας, καὶ μὴ συνελθόντα αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸ ἔργον, μὴ συμπαραλαβεῖν τοῦτον.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
παυλοσ δε ηξιου τον αποσταντα απ αυτων απο παμφυλιασ και μη συνελθοντα αυτοισ εισ το εργον μη συμπαραλαβειν τουτον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Παῦλος δὲ ἠξίου, τὸν ἀποστάντα ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Παμφυλίας καὶ μὴ συνελθόντα αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸ ἔργον, μὴ συνπαραλαμβάνειν τοῦτον.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Παῦλος δὲ ἠξίου, τὸν ἀποστάντα ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Παμφυλίας καὶ μὴ συνελθόντα αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸ ἔργον, μὴ ⸀συμπαραλαμβάνειν τοῦτον.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Paulus autem rogabat eum (ut qui discessisset ab eis de Pamphylia, et non isset cum eis in opus) non debere recipi.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
па́ѵелъ же глаго́лаше ѿстꙋ́пльшагѡ ѿ на́ю ѿ памфѷлі́и и҆ не ше́дшагѡ съ на́ма на дѣ́ло, на не́же по́слани бы́хомъ, не поѧ́ти сего̀ съ собо́ю.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Но Павел полагал не брать отставшего от них в Памфилии и не шедшего с ними на дело, на которое они были посланы.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
ο Παύλος όμως έκρινεν άξιον, τον αποχωρισθέντα από αυτών από της Παμφυλίας και μη συνακολουθήσαντα αυτούς εις το έργον, τούτον να μη συμπαραλάβωσι.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Павле пак говораше: Оног који нас је одустао у Памфилији и није ишао с нама на дело на које смо били одређени, да не узимамо са собом.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Pavle pak govoraše: Onog koji nas je odustao u Pamfiliji i nije išao s nama na delo na koje smo bili određeni, da ne uzimamo sa sobom.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَمَّا بُولُسُ فَكَانَ يَسْتَحْسِنُ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي فَارَقَهُمَا مِنْ بَمْفِيلِيَّةَ وَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ مَعَهُمَا لِلْعَمَلِ، لَا يَأْخُذَانِهِ مَعَهُمَا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC