Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.

Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they would all meet in Solomon’s Colonnade.

“No, Lord!” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything common and ritually unclean!”

Again, a second time, a voice said to him, “What God has made clean, you must not call common.”

Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.

“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.

What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

To Titus, my true son in our common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil—

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.