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Acts 16:31 — And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be…
“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
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The verses around Acts 16:31.
29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Verse explanation
Paul and Silas’s answer is direct and simple: believing in the Lord Jesus would bring salvation to him and to his whole household.
From the Acts 16 study in Bible in Stories.
Acts 16:31 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E elles disseram: Crê no Senhor Jesus Christo, e serás salvo, tu e a tua casa.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E eles [lhe] disseram: Crê no Senhor Jesus Cristo, e serás salvo, tu e a tua casa.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Cree en el Señor Jesús y serás salvo, tú y toda tu casa”, respondieron.
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In other languages: Português (Atos 16:31) · Español (Hechos 16:31)
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- Ephesians 2:8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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