Acts 16:15

Webster's Bible (1833)

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.

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  • Acts 11:14 : 14 who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.'
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
  • Acts 16:33 : 33 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
  • Gen 19:3 : 3 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
  • Gen 33:11 : 11 Please take the gift that I brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
  • Judg 19:19-21 : 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything. 20 The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
  • 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
  • Matt 10:41 : 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
  • Luke 9:4-5 : 4 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there. 5 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
  • Luke 10:5-7 : 5 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' 6 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
  • Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.
  • 1 Cor 1:13-16 : 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name. 16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don't know whether I baptized any other.)
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
  • Eph 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
  • Phlm 1:17 : 17 If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
  • Acts 8:12 : 12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
  • Acts 8:38 : 38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
  • Gen 18:4-5 : 4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
  • 2 John 1:10 : 10 If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him,
  • 3 John 1:5 : 5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
  • 3 John 1:8 : 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 16:8-14
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    8Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.

    9A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."

    10When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Gospel to them.

    11Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;

    12and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

    13On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.

    14A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

  • Acts 16:39-40
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    39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

    40They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.

  • Acts 16:29-35
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    29He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

    30and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

    31They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."

    32They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.

    33He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.

    34He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.

    35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."

  • Acts 16:16-19
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    16It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.

    17Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation!"

    18She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very hour.

    19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

  • Acts 18:7-8
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    72%

    7He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

    8Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

  • Acts 11:12-14
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    12The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house.

    13He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,

    14who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.'

  • Acts 17:4
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    4Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

  • Acts 10:47-48
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    47"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"

    48He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.

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

  • Acts 8:12
    68%

    12But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

  • Acts 8:36
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    36As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"

  • Acts 28:14
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    14where we found brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

  • Acts 11:23
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    23who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

  • Acts 16:23
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    23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

  • Acts 11:16
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    16I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

  • Acts 21:8
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    8On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • Rom 16:2
    67%

    2that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

  • Acts 21:5
    67%

    5When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

  • Acts 13:43
    66%

    43Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

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

  • Acts 21:14
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    14When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."

  • Acts 14:27
    66%

    27When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 22:16
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    16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

  • Acts 18:27
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    27When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

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

  • 1 Cor 1:16
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    16(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don't know whether I baptized any other.)

  • Acts 15:11
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    11But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus,{TR adds "Christ"} just as they are."

  • Col 4:15
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    15Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.

  • 1 Cor 16:15
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    15Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister to the saints),