Acts 16:5
And certainly, the Churches were being strengthened in faith and were increasing in number every day.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:20And when they had risen up in the morning, they went out through the desert of Tekoa. And as they were setting out, Jehoshaphat, standing in their midst, said: “Listen to me, men of Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be secure. Believe in his prophets, and everything will come to prosperity.”
Acts 2:47praising God greatly, and holding favor with all the people. And every day, the Lord increased those who were being saved among them.
Acts 5:14Now the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord was ever increasing,
Acts 9:31Certainly, the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and it was being built up, while walking in the fear of the Lord, and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 12:24But the word of the Lord was increasing and multiplying.
Acts 15:41And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the Churches, instructing them to keep the precepts of the Apostles and the elders.
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 →