Acts 16:15

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And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs.

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  • Acts 11:14 : 14 He shall speake wordes vnto thee, whereby both thou and all thine house shalbe saued.
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Be not forgetfull to intertaine strangers: for thereby some haue receiued Angels into their houses vnwares.
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with vs: for it is towards night, & the day is farre spent. So he went in to tarie with them.
  • Acts 16:33 : 33 Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.
  • Gen 19:3 : 3 Then he preassed vpon them earnestly, and they turned in to him, and came to his house, and he made them a feast, and did bake vnleauened bread, and they did eate.
  • Gen 33:11 : 11 I pray thee take my blessing, that is brought thee: for God hath had mercie on me, and therefore I haue all things: so he compelled him, and he tooke it.
  • Judg 19:19-21 : 19 Although we haue straw and prouader for our asses, and also bread and wine for me & thine handmayde, and for the boy that is with thy seruant: we lacke nothing. 20 And the olde man sayde, Peace bee with thee: as for all that thou lackest, shalt thou finde with me: onely abide not in the streete al night. 21 So he brought him into his house, & gaue fodder vnto the asses: and they washed their feete, and did eate and drinke.
  • 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eate: but his seruants and the woman together compelled him, and he obeyed their voyce: so he arose from the earth, and sate on the bed.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.
  • Matt 10:41 : 41 Hee that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receiue a Prophetes rewarde: and hee that receiueth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receiue the rewarde of a righteous man.
  • Luke 9:4-5 : 4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 5 And howe many so euer will not receiue you, when ye goe out of that citie, shake off the very dust from your feete for a testimonie against them.
  • Luke 10:5-7 : 5 And into whatsoeuer house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. 6 And if the sonne of peace be there, your peace shall rest vpon him: if not, it shall turne to you againe. 7 And in that house tary still, eating and drinking such things as by them shall be set before you: for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Goe not from house to house.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 Then the master sayd to the seruaunt, Goe out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compell them to come in, that mine house may bee filled.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 And Crispus the chiefe ruler of the Synagogue, beleeued in the Lorde with all his housholde: and many of the Corinthians hearing it, beleeued and were baptized.
  • Rom 16:23 : 23 Gains mine hoste, & of the whole Church saluteth you. Erastus the steward of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
  • 1 Cor 1:13-16 : 13 Is Christ deuided? Was Paul crucified for you? Either were ye baptized into the name of Paul? 14 I thanke God, that I baptized none of you, but Crispus, and Gaius, 15 Lest any should say, that I had baptized into mine owne name. 16 I baptized also the houshold of Stephanas: furthermore knowe I not, whether I baptized any other.
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For that loue of Christ constraineth vs,
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 While we haue therefore time, let vs doe good vnto all men, but specially vnto them, which are of the housholde of faith.
  • Eph 1:1 : 1 Pavl an Apostle of Iesvs Christ by the will of God, to the Saints, which are at Ephesus, and to ye faithfull in Christ Iesus:
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 As it becommeth me so to iudge of you all, because I haue you in remembrance that both in my bands, and in my defence, & confirmation of the Gospell you all were partakers of my grace.
  • Phlm 1:17 : 17 If therefore thou count our thinges common, receiue him as my selfe.
  • Acts 8:12 : 12 But assoone as they beleeued Philip, which preached the thinges that concerned the kingdome of God, and the Name of Iesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
  • Acts 8:38 : 38 Then he commaunded the charet to stand stil: & they went downe both into the water, both Philip and the Eunuche, and he baptized him.
  • Gen 18:4-5 : 4 Let a litle water, I pray you, be brought, and wash your feete, and rest your selues vnder the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsell of bread, that you may comfort your hearts, afterward ye shall go your wayes: for therefore are ye come to your seruant; they said, Do euen as thou hast said.
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 By Syluanus a faithfull brother vnto you, as I suppose, haue I written briefly, exhorting and testifying how that this is the true grace of God, wherein ye stand.
  • 2 John 1:10 : 10 If there come any vnto you, and bring not this doctrine, receiue him not to house, neither bid him, God speede:
  • 3 John 1:5 : 5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,
  • 3 John 1:8 : 8 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.

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    8Therefore they passed through Mysia, and came downe to Troas,

    9Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs.

    10And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.

    11Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis,

    12And from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefe citie in ye partes of Macedonia, & whose inhabitants came from Rome to dwell there, and we were in that citie abiding certaine dayes.

    13And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together.

    14And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake.

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    39Then came they and praied them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the citie.

    40And they went out of the prison, and entred into the house of Lydia: and when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

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    29Then he called for a light, and leaped in, and came trembling, and fell downe before Paul and Silas,

    30And brought them out, and said, Syrs, what must I doe to be saued?

    31And they saide, Beleeue in the Lorde Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, & thine houshold.

    32And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.

    33Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.

    34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.

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    16And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certaine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, mette vs, which gate her masters much vantage with diuining.

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    18And this did she many dayes: but Paul being grieued, turned about, and said to the spirit, I commaund thee in the Name of Iesus Christ, that thou come out of her; he came out the same houre.

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    7So he departed thence, & entred into a certaine mans house, named Iustus, a worshipper of God, whose house ioyned hard to the Synagogue.

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    23Who when he was come and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Lord.

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    23And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

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    2That ye receiue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth Saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer businesse she needeth of your ayde: for she hath giuen hospitalitie vnto many, and to me also.

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    16I baptized also the houshold of Stephanas: furthermore knowe I not, whether I baptized any other.

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    15Nowe brethren, I beseeche you (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue giuen themselues to minister vnto the Saintes)