Acts 16:5

So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

In Context

4And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

6And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:20And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.

Acts 2:47Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

Acts 5:14And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

Acts 9:31And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

Acts 12:24But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

Acts 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:2-6

Paul's Adoption of Timothy. 1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered… Read the whole commentary →

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