Acts 16:31
So they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and then you will be saved, with your household.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
In Context
30And bringing them outside, he said, “Sirs, what must I do, so that I may be saved?”
32And they spoke the Word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know that he will instruct his sons, and his household after him, to keep to the way of the Lord, and to act with judgment and justice, so that, for the sake of Abraham, the Lord may bring about all the things that he has spoken to him.”
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give to them one heart and one way, so that they may fear me all their days, and so that it may be well with them, and with their sons after them.
Mark 16:16Whoever will have believed and been baptized will be saved. Yet truly, whoever will not have believed will be condemned.
John 3:15so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
John 6:40So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
John 7:37Then, on the last great day of the feast, Jesus was standing and crying out, saying: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink:
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:26-35
Paul and Silas in Prison; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had… Read the whole commentary →