Acts 16:5

So the congregations kept on being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4As they were going through the cities they were delivering the dogmas to them, to keep—the ones that had been determined by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem.

6Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

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Cross References

Acts 2:47praising God and having favor with all the people. And day by day the Lord added to the Church those who were being saved.

Acts 5:14Believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

Acts 9:31So then the congregations throughout all Judea and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace and were built up; and proceeding in the fear of the Lord and in the enabling of the Holy Spirit they were being multiplied.

Acts 12:24And the Word of God kept growing and multiplying.

Acts 15:41He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the congregations.

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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