Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
And all the believers [in Jesus] were together and shared everything.
New American Standard Bible
And all those who had believed
King James Version
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Holman Bible
Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.
International Standard Version
All the believers were united and shared everything with one another.
A Conservative Version
And all who believed were together, and had all things common.
American Standard Version
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Amplified
And all those who had believed [in Jesus as Savior]
Anderson New Testament
And all that believed were together, and had all things in common;
Bible in Basic English
And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;
Common New Testament
And all who believed were together and had all things in common;
Daniel Mace New Testament
All that believed were united together, and had all things in common,
Darby Translation
And all that believed were together, and had all things common,
Godbey New Testament
And all those who believed were together and had all things common,
Goodspeed New Testament
The believers all shared everything they had with one another,
John Wesley New Testament
And all that believed were together, and had all things common,
Julia Smith Translation
And all believing were in one and the same place, and had all things common:
King James 2000
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And all who believed were in the same [place], and had everything in common.
Modern King James verseion
And all who believed were together and had all things common.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And all that believed kept themselves together, and had all things common.
Moffatt New Testament
The believers all kept together; they shared all they had with one another,
Montgomery New Testament
And all the believers were together, and had all things in common.
NET Bible
All who believed were together and held everything in common,
New Heart English Bible
All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
Noyes New Testament
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Sawyer New Testament
And all who believed were together and had all things common;
The Emphasized Bible
And, all who believed, with one accord, began to hold all things common;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now all who believed were together, and had all things common;
Twentieth Century New Testament
All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use;
Webster
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Weymouth New Testament
And all the believers kept together, and had everything in common.
Williams New Testament
And all the believers lived together and held all they had as common goods to be shared by one another.
World English Bible
All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
Worrell New Testament
And all who believed were together, and were holding all things common;
Worsley New Testament
And all that believed were together, and had all things common.
Youngs Literal Translation
and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common,
Themes
Alms » Instances of giving » The early Christians
Beneficence » Instances of » The first Christians
Liberality » Instances of » Christians » In jerusalem
Self-denial » Instances of » The early Christians, in having everything in common
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 2:44
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Generous And Growing Church
43 Everyone [who saw this happen] was filled with awe at the many miracles and [supernatural] signs performed by the apostles. 44 And all the believers [in Jesus] were together and shared everything. 45 They sold their belongings and property and divided [the money] among all [the believers] according to each one's need.
Cross References
Acts 4:32
So, the large number of believers were united in heart and soul [i.e., mind and spirit] and not one of them said that anything he owned [really] belonged to him, but they shared all things in common.
Acts 6:1-3
Now during the days when the disciples were multiplying in number [in Jerusalem. See verse 7], some Greek-[speaking] Jews began to complain to the Hebrews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution [of food].
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the unearned favor of our Lord Jesus Christ, [how] that even though He was rich, He became poor for your sakes, so that through His poverty you people could become [spiritually] rich.
2 Corinthians 8:14-15
but that there will be equality [i.e., in everyone's giving]. Your abundance can now supply their need, so that their abundance can [later] supply your need. [That way] there can be equality,
2 Corinthians 9:6-15
But [remember] this: The person who plants only a few seeds will harvest a meager crop. And the one who plants many seeds [Note: The Greek says, "plants with blessings"] will harvest a bumper crop.
1 John 3:16-18
Here is how we can know what genuine love really is: It was [demonstrated by] Jesus laying down His life [on the cross] for us. And [because of that] we [too] should [be willing to] lay down our lives for [the sake of helping] our brothers [and sisters].
Acts 5:4
While you owned it, was it not yours? Then after you sold it, did you not [still] have control over [what you did with] the money? Why did you decide in your heart to do such a thing? You [really] have not lied to men, but to God [about this matter]."