Acts 16:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,“If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.

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  • Acts 11:14 : 14 who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.
  • Acts 16:33 : 33 At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.
  • Gen 19:3 : 3 But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.
  • Gen 33:11 : 11 Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.
  • Judg 19:19-21 : 19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing.” 20 The old man said,“Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.” 21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.
  • 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 But he refused, saying,“I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 Elisha Gives Life to a Boy One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.
  • Matt 10:41 : 41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.
  • Luke 9:4-5 : 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area. 5 Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
  • Luke 10:5-7 : 5 Whenever you enter a house, first say,‘May peace be on this house!’ 6 And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 So the master said to his slave,‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.
  • Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer and our brother Quartus greet you.
  • 1 Cor 1:13-16 : 13 Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name! 16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.
  • Eph 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints[in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.
  • Phlm 1:17 : 17 Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.
  • Acts 8:12 : 12 But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.
  • Acts 8:38 : 38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
  • Gen 18:4-5 : 4 Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree. 5 And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.”“All right,” they replied,“you may do as you say.”
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 Final Greetings Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
  • 2 John 1:10 : 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting,
  • 3 John 1:5 : 5 The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).
  • 3 John 1:8 : 8 Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

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  • Acts 16:8-14
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    8 so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas.

    9 A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him,“Come over to Macedonia and help us!”

    10 After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

    11 Arrival at Philippi We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,

    12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.

    13 On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

    14 A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

  • Acts 16:39-40
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    39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

    40 When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.

  • Acts 16:29-35
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    29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

    30 Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

    31 They replied,“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

    32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

    33 At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

    34 The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

    35 At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”

  • Acts 16:16-19
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    16 Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

    17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

    18 She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit,“I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.

    19 But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

  • Acts 18:7-8
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    7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

    8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

  • Acts 11:12-14
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    12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

    13 He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying,‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,

    14 who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’

  • Acts 17:4
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  • Acts 10:47-48
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    47 “No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

    48 So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

  • Acts 19:5
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    5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

  • Acts 8:12
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  • Acts 8:36
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  • Acts 28:14
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  • Acts 11:23
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    23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

  • Acts 16:23
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    23 After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

  • Acts 11:16
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    16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say,‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

  • Acts 21:8
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    8 On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • Rom 16:2
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    2 so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

  • Acts 21:5
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    5 When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,

  • Acts 13:43
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    43 When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

  • Acts 9:42
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    42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

  • Acts 21:14
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    14 Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except,“The Lord’s will be done.”

  • Acts 14:27
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    27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Acts 22:16
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    16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

  • Acts 18:27
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    27 When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16 and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

  • Acts 20:14
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    14 When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene.

  • 1 Cor 1:16
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    16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)

  • Acts 15:11
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    11 On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”

  • Col 4:15
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    15 Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house.

  • 1 Cor 16:15
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    15 Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you

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