Acts 15:36-41 - Paul And Barnabas Disagree And Part Company
36 Then after some days Paul suggested to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we proclaimed the message of the Lord, to see how they are doing." 37 Barnabas [agreed, and] wanted to take John Mark [his cousin, See Col. 4:10] with them. 38 But Paul was not at all in favor of taking someone who had left them and refused to continue on in the work [of preaching the Gospel] when they were in Pamphylia. [See 13:13]. 39 A heated discussion developed [over this matter] so that Paul and Barnabas went their separate ways [over it], with Barnabas sailing for Cyprus and taking [John] Mark with him. 40 But Paul chose Silas and, after being commended to the [care and] favor of the Lord by the brothers, he left, 41 traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches [along the way].