KJV King James Version
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
WEB World English Bible
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
ASV American Standard Version
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved—thou and thy house;’
Surrounding context — Acts 16
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
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οἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenεἶπαν·G2036 · eiponto sayπίστευσονG4100 · pisteuōto trust (in)ἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύριονG2962 · kurioslord: GodἸησοῦνG2424 · IēsousJesusκαὶG2532 · kaiandσωθήσῃG4982 · sōzōto saveσὺG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἶκόςG3624 · oikoshouse: homeσου.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:John 3:36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.Acts 2:38-39Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.Romans 10:9-10That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.Acts 11:13-14And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.John 11:25-26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:Isaiah 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.1 John 5:10-13He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.Acts 18:8And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.Ephesians 2:7-8That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.Acts 15:11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.John 3:15-16That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.Acts 4:12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:Acts 16:32And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
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