²⁵ And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

The Believers Form a Community

⁴² All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper^[a]), and to prayer.

²⁰ For where two or three gather together as my followers,^[a] I am there among them.”

¹¹ So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

¹³ You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

²⁴ Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

⁴ in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church.^[a] I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.

¹⁸ So encourage each other with these words.

The Holy Spirit Comes

2 On the day of Pentecost^[a] all the believers were meeting together in one place.

Paul’s Final Visit to Troas

⁷ On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper.^[a] Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight.