They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household." (NIV)
And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him, take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well. (AMP)
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (KJV)
He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" (NIV)
And he brought them out [of the dungeon] and said, Men, what is it necessary for me to do that I may be saved? (AMP)
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (KJV)
She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." (NIV)
She kept following Paul and [the rest of] us, shouting loudly, These men are the servants of the Most High God! They announce to you the way of salvation! (AMP)
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. (KJV)
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. (NIV)
As we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination [claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling. (AMP)
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: (KJV)
Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. (NIV)
And Paul and Silas passed through the territory of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Word in [the province of] Asia. (AMP)
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, (KJV)
One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. (NIV)
One of those who listened to us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in fabrics dyed in purple. She was [already] a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. (AMP)
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. (KJV)
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. (NIV)
But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them (AMP)
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (KJV)
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. (NIV)
AND [Paul] went down to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [she had become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and the Author of eternal salvation, and yielded obedience to Him]; but [Timothy's] father was a Greek. (AMP)
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: (KJV)
During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." (NIV)
[There] a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man from Macedonia stood pleading with him and saying, Come over to Macedonia and help us! (AMP)
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. (KJV)
The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God – he and his whole household. (NIV)
Then he took them up into his house and set food before them; and he leaped much for joy and exulted with all his family that he believed in God [accepting and joyously welcoming what He had made known through Christ]. (AMP)
And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. (KJV)
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