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Acts 2:47

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Praise and worshipWitness and missionFellowship and the church

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
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BSB
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
KJV
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
WEB
praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
ASV
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
DARBY
praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added [to the assembly] daily those that were to be saved.
BLB
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding every day to the same those being saved.
ÅB
idet de lovet Gud og hadde yndest hos hele folket. Og Herren la hver dag dem som lot seg frelse, til menigheten.
OTB
priste Gud og hadde velvilje hos hele folket. Og Herren la daglig til deres antall de som ble frelst.
B1930
idet de lovet Gud og hadde yndest hos hele folket. Og Herren la hver dag dem som lot sig frelse, til menigheten.

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  • Acts 16:5

    And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

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  • Acts 5:13–14

    And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

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  • Acts 2:41

    Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:18

    For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

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  • Acts 2:39

    For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

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  • Romans 14:18

    For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

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  • Acts 11:24

    For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

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  • Acts 13:48

    And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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