Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
King James Version
World English Bible (WEB)
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
American Standard Version (ASV)
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
What this verse means
The jailer's midnight question gets the shortest possible answer: believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
A short prayer
Lord, I believe on You. Let salvation run through my whole household.
Read in context — Acts 16
29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
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“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”Philippians 4:13
“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”Philippians 4:4
“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.”Psalms 84:10
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