Acts 2:42

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Acts 2:40–44 · Berean Standard Bible

40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

41 Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

43 A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.

44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.

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Acts 2:46

With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

Mark 4:16

Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

Mark 4:17

But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

John 8:31

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

1 Corinthians 11:2

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

Galatians 1:6

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Ephesians 2:20

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

2 Timothy 3:14

But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

2 Peter 3:1

Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

2 Peter 3:2

by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

2 Peter 3:17

Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

Acts 4:23

On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Acts 5:12

The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Acts 5:13

Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

Acts 5:14

Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

1 John 1:3

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

Acts 20:11

Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

1 Corinthians 10:16

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:17

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

1 Corinthians 11:20

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

1 Corinthians 11:21

For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

1 Corinthians 11:22

Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

1 Corinthians 11:24

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

1 Corinthians 11:26

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

Acts 1:14

With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

Acts 4:31

After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

Acts 6:4

and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

Ephesians 6:18

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Colossians 4:2

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

Hebrews 10:25

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Jude 1:20

But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,