Acts 16:31
And they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
Literal Standard 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 having brought them forth, said, “Lords, what must I do that I may be saved?”
32And they spoke to him the word of the LORD, and to all those in his household;
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, that he commands his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of YHWH), to do righteousness and judgment, that YHWH may bring on Abraham that which He has spoken concerning him.”
Jeremiah 32:39and I have given to them one heart and one way, to fear Me all the days, for the good of them and their sons after them:
Mark 16:16he who has believed and has been immersed will be saved; and he who has not believed will be condemned.
John 3:15that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life,
John 6:40and this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who is beholding the Son, and is believing in Him, may have continuous life, and I will raise him up in the last day.”
John 7:37And in the last, the great day of the celebration, Jesus stood and cried, 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 →