Acts 16:5 meaning and explanation

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

Acts 16:5, Berean Standard Bible

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This sentence is Luke's summary of the effect of Paul and Timothy's journey through Derbe, Lystra, Iconium and beyond. They carried the decisions of the Jerusalem council, which had settled that Gentile believers need not be circumcised, and the churches responded with stability rather than confusion.

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