Acts 2:42

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They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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  • Acts 1:14 : 14 They all continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 On the first day of the week, we were gathered together to break bread, and Paul began to speak to them. Since he was planning to leave the next day, he continued his message until midnight.
  • Heb 10:25 : 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
  • Acts 2:46 : 46 Day by day, they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith for the preservation of the soul.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
  • Mark 4:16-17 : 16 In a similar way, these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.
  • Luke 24:35 : 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
  • Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
  • 2 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you, in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior communicated through your apostles.
  • 2 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 Therefore, beloved, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own steadfastness. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
  • Acts 4:23 : 23 After they were released, they returned to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
  • Acts 4:31 : 31 After they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
  • Acts 5:12-14 : 12 Through the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And they were all gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade with one accord. 13 None of the others dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were being added to their number.
  • Acts 6:4 : 4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
  • Acts 20:11 : 11 Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread and ate. After talking with them for a long time, until daybreak, he left.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
  • 1 Cor 10:16-17 : 16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? 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 one body, for we all share the one bread.
  • 1 Cor 10:21 : 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
  • 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 I praise you, brothers and sisters, because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
  • 1 Cor 11:20-26 : 20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat. 21 For when you eat, each one takes his own supper ahead of others. One goes hungry, and another gets drunk. 22 Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Shall I praise you? I will certainly not praise you in this matter. 23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, 'This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' 25 In the same way, He also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.' 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
  • Gal 1:6 : 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel—
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and petition. Stay alert with all perseverance as you pray for all the saints.
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, and do not move away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
  • Col 4:2 : 2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
  • 2 Tim 3:14 : 14 But you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you have learned it.

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