The Fellowship of the Believers

⁴² And ^(A)they devoted themselves to the apostles' ^(B)teaching and the ^(C)fellowship, to ^(D)the breaking of bread and the prayers. ⁴³ And awe^[a] came upon every soul, and ^(E)many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all who believed were together and ^(F)had all things in common. ⁴⁵ And ^(G)they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. ⁴⁶ And day by day, ^(H)attending the temple ^(I)together and ^(J)breaking bread in their homes, they received their food ^(K)with glad and generous hearts, ⁴⁷ praising God and ^(L)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(M)added to their number ^(N)day by day those who ^(O)were being saved.

¹⁴ Therefore, my beloved, ^(A)flee from idolatry. ¹⁵ I speak ^(B)as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. ^16 (C)The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? ^(D)The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? ¹⁷ Because there is one bread, we who are many are ^(E)one body, for we all partake of the one bread. ¹⁸ Consider ^(F)the people of Israel:^{[a] (G)}are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? ¹⁹ What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that ^(H)an idol is anything? ²⁰ No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice ^(I)they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. ^21 (J)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and ^(K)the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(L)the table of demons. ^22 (M)Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? ^(N)Are we stronger than he?

²⁸ So they drew near to the village to which they were going. ^(A)He acted as if he were going farther, ²⁹ but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and ^(B)the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ When he was at table with them, he took the bread and ^(C)blessed and broke it and gave it to them. ^31 (D)And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And ^(E)he vanished from their sight. ³² They said to each other, ^(F)“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he ^(G)opened to us the Scriptures?” ³³ And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they ^(H)found the eleven and ^(I)those who were with them gathered together, ³⁴ saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and ^(J)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ Then they told what had happened on the road, and ^(K)how he was known to them in ^(L)the breaking of the bread.