| They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, and so too will your household.” | They answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” |
| Then, after completing their fasting and prayer, they laid their hands on them and sent them off. | Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. |
| God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent. | While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent. |
| As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit descended upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. | And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. |
| But the one who did not know those wishes, and who acted in such a manner as to deserve a beating, will be beaten less severely. Much will be demanded of a person to whom much has been given, and even more will be asked of a person to whom more has been entrusted. | But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded. |
| And we are witnesses to these things, as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him. | And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him. |
| And now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name. | And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name. |
| Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of your opportunity. Let your speech always be gracious and seasoned with wisdom, so that you will know how to respond properly to all. | Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. |
| For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’ As even your own poets have said, ‘We are all his offspring.’ | For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ |
| And every day, both in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming Jesus as the Christ. | And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah. |
| Can anyone withhold the water of baptism from these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? | Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? |
| There is no salvation in anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to men by which we can be saved. | There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved. |
| Those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand people were added to their number. | So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. |
| When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your wicked ways. | When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways. |
| About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. | About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. |
| All of these were constantly engaged in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. | All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers. |
| To him all the Prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name. | All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. |
| They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers. | They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. |
| Exalted at God’s right hand, he received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. | Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear. |
| Do not let this book of the law be absent from your mouth; meditate upon it day and night, so that you might carefully observe everything that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful. | This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. |
| Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” | Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” |
| I did not hesitate to tell you what was for your benefit as I proclaimed the word to you and taught you publicly as well as from house to house. | I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house. |
| The entire community of believers was united in heart and soul. No one claimed any of his possessions as his own, for everything was held in common. | Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. |
| Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation. | Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. |
| Enriched in every way, you will be able to practice all your acts of generosity, which, through our intervention, will result in thanksgiving to God. | You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us. |
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