The Conversion of the Jailer
Acts 16:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- KJV
- And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
- WEB
- They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- ASV
- And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
- LSV
- And they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
- YLT
- and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved — thou and thy house;'
- DBY
- And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
- DRC
- But they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
- GNV
- And they saide, Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, and thine houshold.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Χριστόν (“Christ”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of εἶπαν: Textus Receptus: εἶπον.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἰησοῦν; Robinson–Pierpont add χριστόν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· Πίστευσον ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν, καὶ σωθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου.
- RP2018
- Οἱ δὲ εἶπον, Πίστευσον ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν χριστόν, καὶ σωθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου.
- TR-Boyd
- Οἱ δὲ εἶπον, Πίστευσον ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ σωθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου.
- SCR1894
- οι δε ειπον πιστευσον επι τον κυριον ιησουν χριστον και σωθηση συ και ο οικος σου
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Acts 2:38–39Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This promise belongs to you and your children…
- Romans 10:9–10that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess…
- Acts 11:13–14He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
- Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- 1 John 5:10–13Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son. And this is…
- Acts 18:8Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
- Ephesians 2:7–8in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from…
- John 7:37–38On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water…
- Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 3:15–16that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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