Besides, younger widows can get into the habit of being lazy and going around from house to house, wasting their time and bothering other people. They can talk nonsense and say things they shouldn’t.
The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal in front of them. He and everyone who lived with him were filled with joy because they had all become believers in God.
When she and her family were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “then come and stay at my house.” She convinced us to make her home our base of operations.
So Paul and Silas were freed, and they went to Lydia’s house. They met with the brothers and sisters there and encouraged them. Then they left Philippi.