Acts 16:31

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“They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.””

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BSBPD

“They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 16:31 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  2. Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
  3. Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  4. Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
  5. Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
  6. Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  7. John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
  8. John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
  9. John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  10. John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  11. John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
  12. John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
  13. John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  14. John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
  15. Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  16. Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
  17. Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
  18. Acts 11:13He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
  19. Acts 13:38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
  20. Acts 15:11On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
  21. Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
  22. Acts 16:32Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.
  23. Acts 18:8Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
  24. Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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