And I will prepare an agreement between you and me. This agreement will also be for all your descendants. This agreement will continue forever. I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.
Acts 16:31 - Easy To Read Version They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all these people from your house.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him, take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well. American Standard Version (1901) And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house. Common English Bible They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your entire household.” Catholic Public Domain Version So they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and then you will be saved, with your household." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. |
And I will prepare an agreement between you and me. This agreement will also be for all your descendants. This agreement will continue forever. I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.
I have made a special agreement with Abraham. I did this so he would command his children and his descendants [105] to live the way the Lord wants them to. I did this so they would live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord, can give him the things I promised.”
All you people in faraway places should \{stop following those false gods\}. You should follow me and be saved. I am God. There is no other God. I am the only God.
I will give those people the desire to be truly one people. They will have one goal—they will truly want to worship me all their lives. They will truly want to do this, and so will their children.
This message can’t help people that refuse to listen to it. But a \{good person will believe this message. And the\} good person will live because of his faith.”
Any person that believes and is baptized {\cf2\super [241]} will be saved. But the person that does not believe will be judged guilty.
Some people did accept him. They believed in him. He gave something to those people who believed. He gave them the right to become children of God.
But these things are written so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, {\cf2\super [268]} the Son of God. Then, by believing, you can have life through his name.
The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”
Every person that sees the Son and believes in him has life forever. I will raise up that person on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”
I tell you the truth. If a person believes, then that person has life forever.
No, we believe that we and these people will be saved by the grace (kindness) of the Lord Jesus!”
She and all the people living in her home were baptized. {\cf2\super [337]} Then Lydia invited us into her home. She said, “If you think I am truly a believer in the Lord Jesus, then come stay in my house.” She persuaded us to stay with her.
So Paul and Silas told the message {\cf2\super [340]} of the Lord to the jailer and all the people that lived in his house.
Crispus was the leader of that synagogue. Crispus and all the people living in his house believed in the Lord (Jesus). Many other people in Corinth also listened to Paul. They too believed and were baptized. {\cf2\super [365]}
Jesus is the only One who can save people. His name is the only power in the world that has been given to save people. We must be saved through Jesus!”
While they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The officer said, “Look! Here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized {\cf2\super [180]} ?”
If the first piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree’s branches are holy too.
Christ did this so that God’s blessing could be given to all people. God promised this blessing to Abraham. The blessing comes through Jesus Christ. \{Christ died\} so that we could have the Spirit {\cf2\super [34]} that God promised. We receive this promise by believing.
But this is not true, because the Scriptures {\cf2\super [42]} showed that all people are bound by sin. Why did the Scriptures do this? So that the promise would be given to people through faith. The promise is given to people who believe in Jesus Christ.