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They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your house."
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Salvation's Simple Command
Commentators unanimously highlight that "Believe on the Lord Jesus" is the simple, direct, and complete answer to the question of salvation. Scholars like Matthew Henry call it the "sum of the whole gospel." It is not a call to perform complex rituals or good works, but an immediate command to place one's personal trust in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. This was a simple, a plain, and an effective direction. They did not direct him to use the means of grac…
To be saved (ινα σωθω). Final clause with ινα and first aorist passive subjunctive. What did he mean by "saved"? Certainly more th…
19th Century
Anglican
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. The plural pronoun is not without significance. St. Paul was not the only teacher. Silvan…
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Baptist
What must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him th…
What Paul and Silas gave the Philippian jailer was the same Christcentered Gospel that had been proclaimed since Pentecost: “Believe in the Lord Je…
16th Century
Protestant
Believe in the Lord Jesus. This is but a short, and, at first glance, a seemingly cold and unsatisfying definition of salvation, and yet, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they said, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ Not with a bare historical faith, as only to believe that he was the Son of Go…
The consolations of God to His suffering servants are neither few nor small. How much happier are true Christians than their prosperous enemies! As…
