The Conversion of Lydia
11 So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 vand from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the1 district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. 13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. 14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a wworshiper of God. The Lord xopened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 15 And after she was ybaptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, zcome to my house and stay.” And she aprevailed upon us.
Greeting
1 Paul and Timothy, servants1 of Christ Jesus,
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers2 and deacons:3
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 aI thank my God in all my bremembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with cjoy, 5 because of dyour partnership in the gospel efrom the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that fhe who began a good work in you gwill bring it to completion at the hday of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you iin my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace,4 both in my jimprisonment and in the kdefense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For lGod is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And it is my prayer that myour love may abound more and more, with nknowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may oapprove what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the pfruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, qto the glory and praise of God.
