Acts 2:42
They gave themselves fully to the apostles' teaching and to the shared life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.
Treated in 20 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Young Preacher and the Little Flock cites Acts 2:42
…in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42, ASV). The verse contains no elaborate machinery. It presents a people gathered around…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins ·
Sharing Everything cites Acts 2:42
…the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” — Acts 2:42 After the day of Pentecost, there were thousands of new believers in Jerusalem. The very…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites Acts 2:42
…as Luke relates, believers communicated not in adoration, but in the breaking of bread (Acts 2:42). They have the doctrine of the apostles as taught to the Corinthian Church by Paul, who…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Martyn Lloyd-Jones — The Doctor Who Healed Souls cites Acts 2:42–43
…Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles” (Acts 2:42–43, NIV). Awe was the missing ingredient. A church that had lost its awe before God had lost…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Evelyn Christenson — What Happens When Women Pray cites Acts 2:42
…to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Acts 2:42, NIV). Devotion to prayer, practiced together, transforms everything it touches. A Prayer…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites Acts 2:42
…of him.” Colossians 4:2 — “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Acts 2:42 — “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites Acts 2:42–43
…to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed.” Acts 2:42–43 — “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Some Hints and Suggestions cites Acts ii. 42
…i. 6, 7; Rom. xiv. 23; Jno. xiv. 23. (f.) Seek the society of Christians. Eph. iv. 12‒16; Acts ii. 42, 47; Heb. x. 24, 25. (g.) Go to work for Christ. Matt. xxv. 14‒29. (h.) When you fall…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 2:42
…book: the shape of a converted life. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 127:1; Hebrews 10:24-25; Acts 2:42. Reflection 1. Do you belong to a local church, even when it does not suit your tastes?…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
Men in the Church cites Acts 2:42
…to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts 2:42). So must you. A Prayer Father, thank You for Your Church, the body of Christ, the pillar…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 2:42
…clergy class. Every believer is called to participate in the Body. Scriptures to revisit Acts 2:42; Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:12-13; 1 Peter 2:5, 9; Ephesians 4:12; 1 Corinthians…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Do I Have to Go to Church? cites Acts 2:42
…to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Acts 2:42). And the Bible gives a direct instruction: “Let us not neglect meeting together, as some…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
What Is Communion For? cites Acts 2:42
…to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Acts 2:42). Where Christians agree It looks back. “Do this in remembrance of Me.” Communion keeps…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
Spread the Sails cites ACTS 2:42
…in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. ACTS 2:42 The truth her ship picture captures is real: the Christian life is powered by the Spirit…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
The Means of Grace cites ACTS 2:42
…in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. ACTS 2:42 Wait for grace in the means Wesley’s central argument is that all who desire the grace of…
- The Big Story ·
Wind and Fire cites Acts 2:42
…to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Acts 2:42). They shared their possessions with anyone in need. They ate together in their homes…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society cites Acts 2:42
…says the scripture? They continued steadfastly in the apostle's doctrine and fellowship, Acts 2:42. Peter and John were no sooner dismissed by the great council, than they haste away to…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Scriptural Christianity cites Acts 2:42
…with one accord in the Apostles’ doctrine, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers” (Acts 2:42). “And great grace was upon them all; neither was there any among them that lacked: for…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Means of Grace cites Acts 2:42
…in the teaching of the Apostles, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” (Acts 2:42.) 2. But in process of time, when “the love of many waxed cold,” some began to mistake…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Mystery of Iniquity cites Acts 2:42
…all things common, and received the Lord’s supper, and attended all the public service. (Acts 2:42.) “And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their…