A Generous and Growing Church

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

43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles.(C) 44 Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.(D) 45 They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts,(E) 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number[a] those who were being saved.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:47 Other mss read to the church

42 And de they were eimi devoting proskartereō themselves to the ho teaching didachē of the ho apostles apostolos, · kai to the ho fellowship koinōnia, to the ho breaking klasis of ho bread artos, and kai to ho prayers proseuchē. 43 Fear phobos came ginomai upon · de every pas soul psychē, and te many polys wonders teras and kai signs sēmeion were being done ginomai through dia the ho apostles apostolos. 44 And de all pas who ho believed pisteuō were eimi together epi ho, · ho and kai had echō all hapas things in common koinos; 45 and kai they were selling pipraskō their ho possessions ktēma and kai · ho belongings hyparxis and kai distributing diamerizō the proceeds autos to all pas, as kathoti anyone an tis had echō need chreia. 46 And te every kata day hēmera, they continued to gather proskartereō together homothumadon in en the ho temple hieron, breaking klaō bread artos from house to kata house oikos, sharing metalambanō their food trophē with en joy agalliasis and kai simplicity aphelotēs of heart kardia, 47 praising aineō · ho God theos, and kai finding echō favor charis with pros all holos the ho people laos. And de the ho Lord kyrios was adding prostithēmi to epi their ho number autos day by kata day hēmera those ho who were being saved sōzō.

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