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Acts 2:42-47

Listen to Acts 2:42-47

The Fellowship of the First Believers

42 And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.
43 And fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were being performed by the apostles.
44 And all who believed were in the same [place], and had everything in common.
45 And they began selling [their] possessions and property, and distributing these [things] to all, to the degree that anyone had need.
46 And every day, devoting themselves [to meeting] with one purpose in the temple [courts] and breaking bread from house [to house], they were eating [their] food with joy and simplicity of heart,
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to the total [of] those who were being saved.

Acts 2:42-47 Study Resources

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We're Better Together, Part 2
We're Better Together, Part 2
Stuart and Jill Briscoe

It’s possible to live around the edge of Christian community instead of actually stepping into it. You can easily go to church every Sunday and not talk to a single person. Or, you can stream a Sunday service and watch it from the comfort of your living room couch. You’re free to isolate yourself, you have Jesus, you’re going to heaven, and He loves you—none of that will change. But life here on earth is so much better when we share it together! In this message, Pete Briscoe teaches from Acts chapter 2 where we learn how to avoid the discontentment, despair, and loneliness that isolation breeds and instead step into a rich and fulfilling life.

We're Better Together, Part 1
We're Better Together, Part 1
Stuart and Jill Briscoe

It’s possible to live around the edge of Christian community instead of actually stepping into it. You can easily go to church every Sunday and not talk to a single person. Or, you can stream a Sunday service and watch it from the comfort of your living room couch. You’re free to isolate yourself, you have Jesus, you’re going to heaven, and He loves you—none of that will change. But life here on earth is so much better when we share it together! In this message, Pete Briscoe teaches from Acts chapter 2 where we learn how to avoid the discontentment, despair, and loneliness that isolation breeds and instead step into a rich and fulfilling life.

Footnotes 4

  • [a] *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began selling")
  • [b] *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  • [c] *The words "[to meeting]" are not in the Greek text but are implied
  • [d] *Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.

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