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13 Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go.
    Guard them, for they are the key to life.

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A Warning against Drifting Away

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

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18 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
    happy are those who hold her tightly.

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23 Get the truth and never sell it;
    also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.

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47 These instructions are not empty words—they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:42 Greek the breaking of bread; also in 2:46.

11 And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
    and by their testimony.
And they did not love their lives so much
    that they were afraid to die.

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21 but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good.

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23 When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

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68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

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13 “I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city.

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27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 By this time they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were going on, 29 but they begged him, “Stay the night with us, since it is getting late.” So he went home with them.

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12 Wisdom and money can get you almost anything,
    but only wisdom can save your life.

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22 for they will refresh your soul.
    They are like jewels on a necklace.

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26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!”

But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

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Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I ever did!” 40 When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days, 41 long enough for many more to hear his message and believe. 42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.”

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