He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
Parallel translations
- WEB who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’
- KJV Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
- NKJV who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.’
- NASB and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
- NLT He will tell you how you and everyone in your household can be saved!’
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Quick answer
The angel said Peter would speak words by which Cornelius and his whole household would be saved. Salvation comes through hearing and believing the gospel message.
Overview
Devout as Cornelius was, he still needed Peter's words to be saved, showing that reverence alone does not save apart from the gospel of Christ. Salvation comes by the proclaimed word received in faith (Romans 10:14-17). The promise extends to his whole household, displaying the gospel's power to reach families and peoples.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 29
- Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
- Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
- Acts 16:31–34They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- Acts 10:2He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- Gen 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.
- Acts 10:32–33Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
- John 12:50And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
- Acts 10:6He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
- John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
- 1 Jn 5:9–13Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
- Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Ps 19:7–11The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
- Gen 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Jer 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- John 4:53Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
- Prov 20:7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
- Ps 115:13–14He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike.
- Ps 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Ps 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- Isa 61:8–9For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- 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.
- John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- Rom 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.
- Rom 1:16–17I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
- 1 Cor 1:16Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
- Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
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