Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Acts 2:46 - New Revised Standard Version Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And day after day they regularly assembled in the temple with united purpose, and in their homes they broke bread [including the Lord's Supper]. They partook of their food with gladness and simplicity and generous hearts, American Standard Version (1901) And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, Common English Bible Every day, they met together in the temple and ate in their homes. They shared food with gladness and simplicity. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, they continued, daily, to be of one accord in the temple and to break bread among the houses; and they took their meals with exultation and simplicity of heart, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they took their meat with gladness and simplicity of heart; |
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.
Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light;
So give for alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you.
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was holding a discussion with them; since he intended to leave the next day, he continued speaking until midnight.
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
When they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and went on with their teaching. When the high priest and those with him arrived, they called together the council and the whole body of the elders of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.
the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ;
And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you together with your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who reside in your towns (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).
And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households together, rejoicing in all the undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.
Rejoice before the Lord your God—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, the Levites resident in your towns, as well as the strangers, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—at the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched and in order to please them, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.