Acts 16:5

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and continued to increase in number daily.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And as they went on their way through the cities they handed them the resolutions which the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem had ordained for them to keep.

6Then they went through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit having forbidden them to proclaim the message in Asia.

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Cross References

Acts 2:47praising God, and looked on with favor by all the people. Meanwhile the Lord kept adding to them daily those that were being saved.

Acts 5:14Yet the people continued to hold them in high honor, and more and more believers in the Lord were joining them, both men and women.

Acts 9:31Now throughout the whole of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria the Church continued to enjoy peace and to be spiritually built up. It was increasing in members also, as it kept walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 12:24But the word of God grew and multiplied;

Acts 15:41He 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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