5. Persevering

Acts 16:25-34 (NASB)

^25  But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

^26  and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.

^27  When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

^28  But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

^29  And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,

^30  and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

^31  They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."

^32  And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.

^33  And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

^34  And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.