12.0 Paul’s Mission Sites

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Listed below are areas of Paul’s missionary work mentioned in his letters. Cities printed in italics are mentioned in Paul’s “undisputed letters.”

Province of Achaia

Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 9:2; 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:7–8; compare Acts 18:12; 19:21

Cities in the Province of Achaia

Athens (1 Thess. 3:1; cf. Acts 17:15–16; 18:1)

Cenchreae (Rom. 16:1; cf. Acts 18:18)

Corinth (1 Cor. 1:2; 2 Cor. 1:1, 23; cf. 2 Tim. 4:20; Acts 18:1)

Province of Asia

Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Corinthians 1:8; compare 2 Timothy 1:15; Acts 16:6; 19:10, 22, 26, 31; 20:4, 16, 18; 21:27; 24:19; 27:2

Cities in the Province of Asia

Colossae (Col. 1:2)

Ephesus (1 Cor. 15:32; 16:8; cf. Eph. 1:1; 1 Tim. 1:3; 2 Tim. 1:18; 4:12; Acts 18:19, 21; 19:1, 17, 26; 20:16–17)

Hierapolis (Col. 4:13)

Laodicea (Col. 2:1; 4:13, 15–16)

Miletus (2 Tim. 4:20; cf. Acts 20:15, 17)

Troas (2 Cor. 2:12; cf. 2 Tim. 4:13; Acts 16:8, 11; 20:5–6)

Province of Crete

Titus 1:5

Province of Galatia

1 Corinthians 16:1; Galatians 1:2; cf. 2 Timothy 4:10; Acts 16:6; 18:23

Cities in the Province of Galatia

Iconium (2 Tim. 3:11; cf. Acts 13:51; 14:1, 19, 21; 16:2)

Province of Illyricum

Romans 15:19

Cities in the Province of Illyricum

Dalmatia (2 Tim. 4:10)

Province of Lycaonia

Not mentioned in Paul’s letters; cf. Acts 14:6

Cities in the Province of Lycaonia

Lystra (2 Tim. 3:11; cf. Acts 14:6, 8, 21; 16:1–2)

Province of Macedonia

Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:5; 2 Corinthians 1:16; 2:13; 7:5; 8:1; 9:2; 11:9; Philippians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 1:7–8; 4:10; compare 1 Timothy 1:3; Acts 16:9–10, 12; 18:5; 19:21–22; 20:1, 3

Cities in the Province of Macedonia

Philippi (Phil. 1:1; 1 Thess. 2:2; cf. Acts 16:12; 20:6)

Thessalonica (Phil. 4:16; 1 Thess. 1:1; cf. 2 Thess. 1:1; 2 Tim. 4:10; Acts 17:1, 11, 13; 20:4; 27:2)