11 translations · Greek
Acts 16:31
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 16:31 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- KJV King James Version
- And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “Trust in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your whole household,” they replied.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved — thou and thy house;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But they said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Οἱ | Hoi | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | — | G1161 δέ then |
| εἶπαν | eipan | They replied | G2036 εἶπον to say |
| Πίστευσον | Pisteuson | Believe | G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in) |
| ἐπὶ | epi | in | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Κύριον | Kyrion | Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| Ἰησοῦν | Iēsoun | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| σωθήσῃ | sōthēsē | you will be saved | G4982 σῴζω to save |
| σὺ | sy | you | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| οἶκός | oikos | household | G3624 οἶκος house: home |
| σου | sou | your | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
- John 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Acts 2:38–39
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- Romans 10:9–10
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
- Acts 11:13–14
He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa, and get Simon, who is called Peter, who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’
- Mark 16:16
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
- Galatians 3:26
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Isaiah 45:22
“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- John 11:25–26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- Genesis 17:7
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
29 He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
30 brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
33 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
Read all of Acts 16 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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