Acts 2:42

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They spent their time learning from the apostles, and they were like family to each other. They also broke bread and prayed together.

Cross References

Luke 24:30

After Jesus sat down to eat, he took some bread. He blessed it and broke it. Then he gave it to them.

Luke 24:35

Then the disciples from Emmaus told what happened on the road and how they knew he was the Lord when he broke the bread.

Acts 1:14

The apostles often met together and prayed with a single purpose in mind. The women and Mary the mother of Jesus would meet with them, and so would his brothers.

Acts 11:23

When Barnabas got there and saw what God had been kind enough to do for them, he was very glad. So he begged them to remain faithful to the Lord with all their hearts.

Acts 14:22

They encouraged the followers and begged them to remain faithful. They told them, “We have to suffer a lot before we can get into God's kingdom.”

Acts 2:46

Day after day they met together in the temple. They broke bread together in different homes and shared their food happily and freely,

Acts 20:11

After Paul had gone back upstairs, he broke bread, and ate with us. He then spoke until dawn and left.

Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week we met to break bread together. Paul spoke to the people until midnight because he was leaving the next morning.

Acts 4:23

As soon as Peter and John had been set free, they went back and told the others everything that the chief priests and the leaders had said to them.

Acts 4:31

After they had prayed, the meeting place shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and bravely spoke God's message.

Acts 6:4

We can spend our time praying and serving God by preaching.”

Romans 12:12

Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink from the cup of demons and still drink from the Lord's cup. You cannot eat at the table of demons and still eat at the Lord's table.

1 Corinthians 11:2

I am proud of you, because you always remember me and obey the teachings I gave you.

1 Corinthians 14:6

My friends, what good would it do, if I came and spoke unknown languages to you and didn't explain what I meant? How would I help you, unless I told you what God had shown me or gave you some knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

Galatians 1:6

I am shocked that you have so quickly turned from God, who chose you because of his wonderful kindness. You have believed another message,

Ephesians 2:20

You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone.

Ephesians 6:18

Never stop praying, especially for others. Always pray by the power of the Spirit. Stay alert and keep praying for God's people.

Philippians 1:5

This is because you have taken part with me in spreading the good news from the first day you heard about it.

Colossians 1:23

But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.

Colossians 4:2

Never give up praying. And when you pray, keep alert and be thankful.

2 Timothy 3:14

Keep on being faithful to what you were taught and to what you believed. After all, you know who taught you these things.

Hebrews 10:25

Some people have got out of the habit of meeting for worship, but we must not do that. We should keep on encouraging each other, especially since you know that the day of the Lord's coming is getting closer.

Hebrews 10:39

We are not like those people who turn back and get destroyed. We will keep on having faith until we are saved.

1 John 1:3

We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so that you may share in this life with us. And we share in it with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away.

1 John 2:19

These people came from our own group, yet they were not part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves that they did not belong to our group.

Jude 1:20

Dear friends, keep building on the foundation of your most holy faith, as the Holy Spirit helps you to pray.