and he will speakwordsto you by whichyou will be saved,you and allyour household.'
"I will establishMy covenantbetweenMe and you and your descendantsafteryou throughout their generationsfor an everlastingcovenant,to be Godto you and to your descendantsafteryou.
"For I have chosenhim, sothat he may commandhis childrenand his householdafterhim to keepthe wayof the LORDby doingrighteousnessand justice,sothat the LORDmay bringupon AbrahamwhatHe has spokenabouthim."
But the lovingkindnessof the LORDis from everlastingto everlastingon those who fearHim, And His righteousnessto children'schildren,
His descendantswill be mightyon earth;The generationof the uprightwill be blessed.
A righteousmanwho walksin his integrity--How blessedare his sonsafterhim.
and I will givethem oneheartand oneway,that they may fearMe always,for their own goodand for [the good of] their childrenafterthem.
"He who has believedand has been baptizedshall be saved;but he who has disbelievedshall be condemned.
"For the Sonof Manhas cometo seekand to savethat which was lost."
"I knowthat His commandmentis eternallife;thereforethe things I speak,I speakjustas the Fatherhas toldMe."
but thesehave been writtensothat you may believethat Jesusis the Christ,the Sonof God;and that believingyou may havelifein His name.
Sothe fatherknewthat [it was] at that hourin whichJesussaidto him, "Your sonlives";and he himselfbelievedand his wholehousehold.
"It is the Spiritwho gives life;the fleshprofitsnothing;the wordsthat I have spokento you are spiritand are life.
SimonPeteransweredHim, "Lord,to whomshall we go?You havewordsof eternallife.
a devout manand one who fearedGodwith allhis household,and gavemanyalmsto the [Jewish] peopleand prayedto Godcontinually.
They said,"Cornelius,a centurion,a righteousand God-fearingmanwell spokenof by the entirenationof the Jews,was [divinely] directedby a holyangelto sendfor you [to come] to his houseand heara messagefrom you."
"Of Him allthe prophetsbear witnessthat throughHis nameeveryonewho believesin Him receivesforgivenessof sins."
he is stayingwith a tanner[named] Simon,whosehouseis by the sea."
"And he reportedto us howhe had seenthe angelstandingin his house,and saying,'Sendto Joppaand have Simon,who is also calledPeter,brought here;
And whenshe and her householdhad been baptized,she urgedus, saying,"Ifyou have judgedme to be faithfulto the Lord,comeinto my houseand stay."And she prevailedupon us.
Crispus,the leader of the synagogue,believedin the Lordwith allhis household,and manyof the Corinthianswhen they heardwere believingand being baptized.
"For the promiseis for you and your childrenand for allwhoare far off,as manyas the Lordour Godwill callto Himself."
NowI did baptizealsothe householdof Stephanas;beyondthat, I do not knowwhetherI baptizedanyother.