Acts 2:46

New American Bible - revised edition

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart,

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10

He continued: “Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our Lord. Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the Lord is your strength!”

Psalm 86:11

Teach me, Lord, your way that I may walk in your truth, single-hearted and revering your name.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart, because it is now that God favors your works.

Matthew 6:22

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light;

Luke 11:41

But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

Luke 24:30

And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.

Luke 24:53

and they were continually in the temple praising God.

Acts 16:34

He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God.

Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.

Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week when we gathered to break bread, Paul spoke to them because he was going to leave on the next day, and he kept on speaking until midnight.

Acts 3:1

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer.

Acts 5:21

When they heard this, they went to the temple early in the morning and taught. When the high priest and his companions arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin, the full senate of the Israelites, and sent to the jail to have them brought in.

Acts 5:42

And all day long, both at the temple and in their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Messiah, Jesus.

Romans 12:8

if one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in generosity; if one is over others, with diligence; if one does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Mutual Love.

1 Corinthians 10:16

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?

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, [and] not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted from a sincere [and pure] commitment to Christ.

Ephesians 6:5

Slaves, be obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ,

Deuteronomy 12:12

You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord, your God, with your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, as well as with the Levite within your gates, who has no hereditary portion with you.

Deuteronomy 12:7

There, too, in the presence of the Lord, your God, you and your families shall eat and rejoice in all your undertakings, in which the Lord, your God, has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 16:11

You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord, your God, together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow among you, in the place which the Lord, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name.

Colossians 3:22

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything, not only when being watched, as currying favor, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.