what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

In breaking

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the

bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,

And in prayers

These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

With all prayer and petition

pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view,

be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;

not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,