16:2

Iconium: This name refers to a city.

spoke well of him: This phrase indicates that Timothy had a good reputation. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

Timothy was well thought of (New Living Translation (2004))
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said good things about him (New Century Version)
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Timothy was held in high regard (Phillips’ New Testament in Modern English)

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