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11 ) Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis,
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12 ) And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
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13 ) And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was known to be made, and we sat down, and spoke unto the women which resorted thither.
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14 ) And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
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15 ) And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If all of you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.