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IVP New Testament Commentary Series – The Church's Common Life (4:32â5:11)
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THE JERUSALEM CHURCH: ITS GROWTH (3:1â9:31)
The Church's Common Life (4:32â5:11)
The Church's Common Life (4:32â5:11)
- General Description and Positive Example: Barnabas (4:32-37)
- Unity: Motive for Caring (4:32)
- Mission: Context of Caring (4:33)
- Voluntary, Equitable Sharing: Method of Caring (4:34-35)
- Barnabas: A Man Who Cared (4:36-37)
- Negative Example: Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11)
We would like to know so much more about church life in those early days. Luke lets us catch our breath from the action of the Jerusalem church's advance by giving us some tantalizing glimpses: a summary statement and a few vignettes about its inner life, which further develop 2:44-45.
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