17 - Paul's Third Itinerary -The Itineraries Of Paul
Paul’s Third Itinerary Before we start on Paul’s third itinerary, I want to review a little bit. In Paul’s early ministry, before his first itinerary, he was on the road to Damascus when he was converted. From Damascus he went out into Arabia and then back to Damascus. After 3 years he went down to Jerusalem. From there after 15 days he went up to Tarsus which is in Cilicia. From Tarsus he went with Barnabas over to Antioch. From Antioch he made a trip down to Jerusalem in the time of famine and then back up to Antioch. His first itinerary starts from Antioch and went over to Salamis on the island of Cyprus. From there he went over to Paphos on the other side of Cyprus and then sailed up to Perga in Pamphylia. From there he goes up into Antioch. From there he goes over into Iconium, then down to Lystra and over to Derbe. Then he starts back the route down to Perga and over to Attalia which is in Pamphylia. From there he sails back to Antioch. Between his first and second itinerary he goes down to Jerusalem for the church council. On his second itinerary he went through the Galatia area and established the churches then went up to Troas. He was forbidden to speak the Word in Asia. He was forbidden to speak it in Bithynia so he just kept going and when he got to Troas is when he saw the Macedonian vision. A man from Macedonia said, “Come on over.” So he went over to Neapolis stopping in Samothracia on the way. Then he went to Philippi where he ministered. From Philippi he went through Apollonia and Amphipolis down to Thessalonica. From Thessalonica he went to Berea. From Berea he went down to Athens by boat. From Athens he went over to Corinth where he spent a year and a half. From Corinth he went to Cenchrea which is right beside Corinth on the coast and from Cenchrea he sailed over to Ephesus where he just stopped briefly and said hello. He said he couldn’t stay. He was on his way to Jerusalem. But he did say, “I go and I come; I’m coming again.” He sailed from Ephe
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we just read about; some say they’re of Paul, others of Apollos, some even of Peter and a few of Christ. 189 Paul’s Third Itinerary I Corinthians 3:1-9: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that w