²⁹ The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.^{(A) 30} He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”^(B)

³¹ They replied, “Believe^(C) in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved^(D)—you and your household.”^(E)

² For I can testify about them that they are zealous^(A) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.^{(B) 4} Christ is the culmination of the law^(C) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.^(D)

⁸ For it is by grace^(A) you have been saved,^(B) through faith^(C)—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works,^(D) so that no one can boast.^(E)

¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.^(A) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,^(B) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,^(C) and this life is in his Son.^{(D) 12} Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.^(E)

Concluding Affirmations

¹³ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God^(F) so that you may know that you have eternal life.^(G)