<p>15:39- see on Acts 13:12,13.<br /><i>They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus<em>- </em></i>The &quot;contention&quot; between Paul and Barnabas is described in a word which occurs only thrice elsewhere. In Heb. 10:24, a more mature Paul speaks of how we should consider one another to &quot;<em>provoke</em> unto love and good works&quot;. Surely he wrote this with a sideways glance back at his earlier example of provoking unto bitterness and division. Likewise he told the Corinthians that he personally had stopped using the miraculous Spirit gifts so much, but instead concentrated on developing a character dominated by love, which was <em>not</em> easily provoked (1 Cor. 13:5). The Spirit seems to have recognized Paul's change, when Acts 17:16&nbsp; records how Paul's spirit was &quot;stirred&quot; at the spiritual need of the masses, and thereby he was provoked to preach to them; rather, by implication, than being provoked by the irritations of weaker brethren.</p>