Acts 16:5

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

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4As they went through the cities, they delivered the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

6Then Paul and his companions went through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.

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Cross References

Acts 2:47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Acts 5:14Yet more and more people believed in the Lord and were added to their number, a multitude of both men and women.

Acts 9:31So the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were being strengthened. Continuing in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, they were being multiplied.

Acts 12:24But the word of God increased and multiplied.

Acts 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

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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