Acts 2:42

A Generous And Growing Church

⁴¹ So they accepted his message and were baptized, and about three thousand persons united with them on that day. ⁴² And they devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship with one another, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ⁴³ A sense of reverence seized everyone, and many wonders and wonder-works were done by the apostles.

Breaking Bread

Breaking of Bread

Fellowship with One Another

In Me

Jesus

Acts 1:14

With one mind they were all continuing to devote themselves to prayer, with the women and Mary and His brothers.

Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week when we had met to break bread, Paul addressed them, since he was leaving the next day, and prolonged his speech till midnight.

Acts 2:46

Day after day they regularly attended the temple; they practiced breaking their bread together in their homes, and eating their food with glad and simple hearts,

Hebrews 10:25

Let us stop neglecting our meeting together, as some do, but let us continue to encourage one another, and all the more because you see that the great day is drawing near.

John 8:31-32

So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples,

1 John 1:3

I repeat, it is what we have seen and heard that we now announce to you, so that you too may share this fellowship with us, for this fellowship that we have is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ;

Mark 4:16-17

In like manner these are the ones sown on rocky ground; as soon as they hear the truth, they accept it with ecstasy,

Luke 24:35

Then they themselves began to tell what had occurred on the road, and how He was recognized by them when He broke the loaf in pieces.

Acts 4:23

When they were turned loose, the apostles went back to their companions and told them what the high priests and elders had said to them.

Acts 4:31

When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and continued courageously to speak God's message.

Acts 5:12-14

Many signs and wonders were continuously performed by the apostles among the people. And by common consent they all used to meet in Solomon's portico.

Acts 6:4

while we will go on devoting ourselves to prayer and the word of God."

Acts 11:23

When he reached there and saw the spiritual blessing God had given them, he was delighted, and continuously encouraged them all with hearty purpose to continue to be devoted to the Lord;

Acts 14:22

strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.

Acts 20:11

So he went back upstairs, and broke the bread and ate with them, and after talking with them extendedly, even till daylight, he left them.

Romans 12:12

ever happy in hope, always patient in suffering, ever persistent in prayer,

1 Corinthians 10:16-17

Is not the consecrated cup which we consecrate a sign of our sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the loaf which we break a sign of our sharing in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot eat at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 11:2

I prize and praise you for always remembering me and for firmly standing by the teachings as I passed them on to you.

1 Corinthians 11:20-26

So when you hold your meetings, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,

Galatians 1:6

I am astonished that you are beginning so soon to turn away from Him who called you by the favor of Christ, to a different good news,

Ephesians 2:20

for you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself the cornerstone.

Ephesians 6:18

Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue well grounded and firm in faith and never shift from the hope inspired by the good news you heard, which has been preached all over the world, and of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

Colossians 4:2

You must persevere in prayer and by this means stay wide awake when you give thanks.

2 Timothy 3:14

But you, on your part, must continue to abide by what you have learned and been led to rely upon, because you know from whom you learned it

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of a disposition to draw back so as to perish, but we have faith that leads to the saving of the soul.

2 Peter 3:1-2

This is the second letter, dearly beloved, that I have already written to you, in both of which I am trying by reminders to stir up your unsullied minds

2 Peter 3:17-18

So, dearly beloved, since you have been forewarned, you must always be on your guard against being led astray by the errors of lawless men, and so against falling away from your present firmness;

1 John 1:7

But if we continue to live in the light, just as He is in the light, we have unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son continues to cleanse us from every sin.

1 John 2:19

They have gone out from our own number, but they did not really belong to us; for if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to show that none of those who went out really belonged to us.

Jude 1:20

But you, dearly beloved, must continue to build yourselves up on the groundwork of your most holy faith and to pray in the Holy Spirit;