Acts 16:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 16:5

3 Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he ^atook him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the ^adecrees to keep, ^bwhich were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.

5 ^aSo the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

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6 Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of ^aGalatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in¹ Asia.

7 After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.

8 So passing by Mysia, they ^acame down to Troas.

Verse Comparison: Acts 16:5

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American Standard Version
So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Amplified® Bible
So the churches were strengthened {and} made firm in the faith, and they increased in number day after day.

Contemporary English Version
The churches became stronger in their faith, and each day more people put their faith in the Lord.

Darby English Version
The assemblies therefore were confirmed in the faith, and increased in number every day.

Good News Bible
So the churches were made stronger in the faith and grew in numbers every day.

International Standard Version
So the churches continued to be strengthened in the faith and to increase in numbers every day.

King James Version
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

New American Standard Bible
So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.

New International Version
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

New King James Version
So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the churches received strengthening in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Young's Literal Translation
then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;

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