17 Bible Verses about Provinces

Sent out thus by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

On reading the letter he asked what province he belonged to, and finding it was Cilicia

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia the Jews without exception rose against Paul and brought him up before the tribunal,

This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

when they got as far as Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them,

Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

After they had gone, there appeared an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there till I tell you. For Herod is going to search for the child and destroy him."

They crossed Phrygia and the country of Galatia, the holy Spirit having stopped them from preaching the word in Asia;

We then came to the Roman colony of Philippi, which is the foremost town of the district of Macedonia. In this town we spent some days.

Setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions reached Perga in Pamphylia; John left them and went back to Jerusalem,

then, sailing over the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra in Lycia.

The fame of him spread all through the surrounding country, and people brought him all their sick, those who suffered from all manner of disease and pain, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics; he healed them all.

John to the seven churches in Asia: grace be to you and peace from HE WHO IS AND WAS AND IS COMING, and from the seven Spirits before his throne,

You are aware that all the Asiatics have discarded me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Now I would like you to know about the distress which befell me in Asia, brothers. I was crushed, crushed far more than I could stand, so much so that I despaired even of life;

For I got no relief from the strain of things, even when I reached Macedonia; it was trouble at every turn, wrangling all round me, fears in my own mind. But the God who comforts the dejected comforted me by the arrival of Titus. Yes, and by more than his arrival, by the comfort which you had been to him; for he gave me such a report of how you longed for me, how sorry you were, and how eagerly you took my part, that it added to my delight.read more.
In fact, if I did pain you by that letter, I do not regret it. I did regret it when I discovered that my letter had pained you even for the time being, but I am glad now ??not glad that you were pained but glad that your pain induced you to repent. For you were pained as God meant you to be pained, and so you got no harm from what I did; the pain God is allowed to guide ends in a saving repentance never to be regretted, whereas the world's pain ends in death. See what this pain divine has done for you, how serious it has made you, how keen to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how eager for me, how determined, how relentless! You have shown in every way that you were honest in the business. So my letter was written to you, not on account of the offender nor for the sake of the injured party, but in order to let you realize before God how seriously you do care for me. That is what comforts me. And over and above my personal comfort, I was specially delighted at the delight of Titus. You have all set his mind at rest. I told him of my pride in you, and I have not been disappointed. No, just as all I have had to say to you has been true, so all I said about you to Titus, all my pride in you, has also proved true. His own heart goes out to you all the more when he remembers how you all obeyed him, and how you received him with reverence and trembling. I am glad to have full confidence in you.

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca, with the church that meets in their house, salute you warmly in the Lord. All the brotherhood salutes you. Salute one another with a holy kiss. I Paul write this salutation with my own hand.read more.
'If any one has no love for the Lord, God's curse be on him! Maran atha! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.' [Amen.]