Acts 16:31 does not teach household salvation -- the household's rejoicing proves they individually believed
Responding to Sarah P's report that her Bible teacher taught household salvation from Acts 16:31
Mike reads Acts 16:31-34. The teacher's error: taking 'believe and you will be saved, you and your household' to mean the jailer's faith saves his family. Mike's corrected reading: the promise applies equally to each household member -- if they believe, they will be saved. The clincher is verse 34: the entire household 'rejoiced that he had believed in God.' Non-believing family members would not celebrate a father's conversion; their joy evidences their own faith.
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