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Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,

And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.