22. They encouraged the followers and begged them to remain faithful. They told them, “We have to suffer a lot before we can get into God's kingdom.”
23. Paul and Barnabas chose some leaders for each of the churches. Then they went without eating and prayed that the Lord would take good care of these leaders.
24. Paul and Barnabas went on through Pisidia to Pamphylia,
25. where they preached in the town of Perga. Then they went down to Attalia
26. and sailed to Antioch in Syria. It was there that they had been placed in God's care for the work they had now completed.