But he urged them so strongly that they followed him and went into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.
Acts 16:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised After she and her household were baptised, she urged us, ‘If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.’ And she persuaded us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when she was baptized along with her household, she earnestly entreated us, saying, If in your opinion I am one really convinced [that Jesus is the Messiah and the Author of salvation] and that I will be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay. And she induced us [to do it]. American Standard Version (1901) And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. Common English Bible Once she and her household were baptized, she urged, “Now that you have decided that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us. Catholic Public Domain Version And when she had been baptized, with her household, she pleaded with us, saying: "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, enter into my house and lodge there." And she convinced us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. |
But he urged them so strongly that they followed him and went into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.
Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.’ So Jacob urged him until he accepted.
One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.
Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.
and they were baptised by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.
‘Then the master told the servant, “Go out into the roads and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
But they urged him, ‘Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them.
He will speak a message to you by which you and all your household will be saved.”
They said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved #– #you and your household.’
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Straight away he and all his family were baptised.
He brought them into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced because he had come to believe in God with his entire household.
Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with his whole household. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptised.
But when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptised.
So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptised him.
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.
I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.
For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus. ,
Indeed, it is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart, and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel.
Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.
Through Silvanus, , a faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly in order to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home, and do not greet him;
Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially when they are strangers.
Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be co-workers with the truth.
He refused, saying, ‘I won’t eat,’ but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.