Acts 16:14 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁴ One of those listening to us was a woman named Lydia. She was a worshiper of God from the city of Thyatira and a seller of purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ One of those who listened to us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in fabrics dyed in purple. She was [already] a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ One of those women was Lydia, a Gentile God-worshipper from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple cloth. As she listened, the Lord enabled her to embrace Paul’s message.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple in the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened. And the Lord opened her heart to be receptive to what Paul was saying.

Acts 16:14 Tagairtí Cros

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures

John 12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Acts 10:2

He was a devout man who feared God along with his entire household; he gave generously to those in need and always prayed to God.

Acts 11:21

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Acts 13:43

And when the meeting of the synagogue was dispersed, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the prominent men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.

Acts 16:40

So Paul and Silas came out of the prison and went to Lydia's house. And after seeing the brothers and encouraging them, they departed.

Acts 18:7

So he moved on from there and went to the house of a man named Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

Acts 8:27

So he rose and went. And behold, there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians. This man had come to Jerusalem to worship

Romans 9:16

So then, it does not depend on human will or effort, but on God's mercy.

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write what yoʋ see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:7

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘These are the words of him who is holy and true, who has the key of David and opens doors that no one else can open or shut: