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They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 16:31 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, 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.
  • NKJV So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
  • NASB They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
  • NLT They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”

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Quick answer

They answered, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.'

Overview

This is one of the clearest statements of the gospel in Scripture: salvation comes through faith in the Lord Jesus, not by works. The promise extends to his household, meaning each would likewise be saved through hearing and believing the word. Christ alone is the object of saving faith, and trusting Him is enough.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 31

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  • Gal 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  • Isa 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  • 1 Jn 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Eph 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.
  • 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 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • John 3:15–16that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
  • 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.
  • Acts 16:32Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.
  • Acts 15:11On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
  • 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 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
  • Gal 3:22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
  • 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.”
  • Rom 5:1–2Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 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.
  • Hab 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
  • Gal 3:14He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
  • 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 13:38–39Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
  • Rom 11:16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
  • Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

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  • VideoBibleProject — Acts videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on ActsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 16:31 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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