Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
praising God and enjoying favor with all the people [of the area]. And every day the Lord added to their number [i.e., to the church] those who were being saved [i.e., upon their obedience to the Gospel].
New American Standard Bible
praising God and
King James Version
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Holman Bible
praising God and having favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to them
International Standard Version
They were praising God and enjoying the good will of all the people. Every day the Lord was adding to their number those who were being saved.
A Conservative Version
praising God, and having favor with the whole populace. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those being saved.
American Standard Version
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
Amplified
praising God continually, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were being saved.
Anderson New Testament
praising God, and being in favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved daily to the Church.
Bible in Basic English
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
Common New Testament
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Daniel Mace New Testament
praising God, and showing benevolence to all the people. and the Lord encreased the church daily with new converts.
Darby Translation
praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added to the assembly daily those that were to be saved.
Godbey New Testament
praising God, and having favor unto all the people. And the Lord was daily adding to them those who were being saved.
Goodspeed New Testament
constantly praising God and respected by all the people. And every day the Lord added people who were saved to their number.
John Wesley New Testament
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added daily to the church those who were saved.
Julia Smith Translation
Praising God, and having favor with the whole people. And in the day the Lord added the saved to the church.
King James 2000
Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as were being saved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to the total [of] those who were being saved.
Modern King James verseion
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and had favour with all the people, and the Lord added to the congregation daily such as should be saved.
Moffatt New Testament
praising God and looked on with favour by all the people. Meantime the Lord added the saved daily to their number.
Montgomery New Testament
praising God, and looked on with favor by all the people. Meanwhile the Lord kept adding to them daily those that were being saved.
NET Bible
praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.
New Heart English Bible
praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Noyes New Testament
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were in the way of salvation.
Sawyer New Testament
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved, day by day, to the assembly [church].
The Emphasized Bible
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And, the Lord, was adding them who were being saved, daily, together.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added the saved ones daily to the church.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the Lord daily added to their company those who were in the path of Salvation.
Webster
Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Weymouth New Testament
praising God and being regarded with favour by all the people. Also, day by day, the Lord added to their number those whom He was saving.
Williams New Testament
constantly praising God and always having the favor of all the people. And every day the Lord continued to add to them the people who were being saved.
World English Bible
praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
Worrell New Testament
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to them daily those who were being saved.
Worsley New Testament
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Youngs Literal Translation
praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.
Themes
Accessions » Accessions to the church » Daily additions
The call of God » Effectual to saints
Church » Called church in the n. T. (K. J. V.), But congregation earlier in tyndale's translation
Church » Believers continually added to, by the lord
Church » Growth of accessions to » Daily additions
Church » Accessions to » Daily additions
Praise » Exemplified » First converts
Revivals » Instances of » At pentecost, and times after pentecost
The Saved » Description of » Description of the saved
the future » The inhabitants of heaven » Description of the saved
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 2:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Generous And Growing Church
46 And every day they continued to meet together in the Temple [i.e., for teaching and worship]. They were enjoying their meals and the close fellowship they shared in the various homes, and were 47 praising God and enjoying favor with all the people [of the area]. And every day the Lord added to their number [i.e., to the church] those who were being saved [i.e., upon their obedience to the Gospel].
Cross References
Acts 11:24
[Now] Barnabas was a good man who was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith [in the Lord], and many people were added to the [church of the] Lord.
Acts 2:41
Then those who responded [by faith] to the words [spoken by Peter and the apostles] were immersed, and about three thousand persons were added to them [i.e., the apostles] on that day.
Romans 14:18
For the person who serves Christ with these qualities is very pleasing to God and wins the approval of people.
Luke 2:52
And Jesus advanced in wisdom; He grew up and [increased] in favor with God and men.
Luke 19:48
but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were listening to Him attentively.
Acts 2:39
For the promise [of forgiveness and the Holy Spirit] is being given to you [Jews] and to your descendants and [also] to all those who are far away [i.e., Gentiles. See Eph. 2:17]. [This promise is] to as many as [respond to] the Lord, our God's call [through the Gospel, See II Thess. 2:14]."
Acts 4:21
And when the Council had threatened them some more, they [finally] released them because they could not find any reason to punish them. [Actually] they were worried about how the people felt [about the matter], since everybody was giving honor to God for the miracle that had been performed.
Acts 4:33
And the apostles testified concerning the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and the favor [of God] was upon all of them.
Acts 5:13-14
But none [of the outsiders] dared to associate with the disciples, yet the [majority of the] people commended them.
Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles heard this they were glad and gave honor to the message of God [i.e., they accepted it as true]. And all those who were appointed [by God] to receive never ending life [through faith and obedience] became believers.
Acts 16:5
So, the churches [of the region] were being [spiritually] strengthened in the faith and grew in number daily.
Romans 8:30
And [that class of] persons whom God [so] predetermined, He also called [through the Gospel. See II Thess. 2:14]. And those He called, He also made right with Himself. And those He made right with Himself, He also [determined to be] honored [i.e., in the future life].
Romans 9:27
And Isaiah declares about [the nation of] Israel [Isa. 10:22-23], "[Even] if the number of Israelites were [as many] as the grains of sand in the ocean, [still only] a small minority will be saved.
Romans 11:5-7
So, now also, there is a small minority which has been selected by God's unearned favor [i.e., to be saved].
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message of [Christ dying on] the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing [i.e., in a lost state], but it is God's power to us who are being saved.
Titus 3:4-5
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward mankind appeared,