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Acts 2:45–47

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

  1. 1 John 3:17Rank 1 from verse 45
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    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  2. 1 Timothy 6:18–19Rank 2 from verse 45
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    18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

    19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  3. Acts 4:34–2Rank 3 from verse 45
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  4. James 2:14–16Rank 4 from verse 45
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    14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

    15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

    16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

  5. Luke 18:22Rank 5 from verse 45
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    22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

  6. Proverbs 19:17Rank 6 from verse 45
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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  7. 2 Corinthians 9:9Rank 7 from verse 45
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    9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

  8. Acts 11:29Rank 8 from verse 45
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    29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:

  9. Isaiah 58:7–12Rank 9 from verse 45
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    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

    8¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

    9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

    10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

    12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  10. Luke 12:33–34Rank 10 from verse 45
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    33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

    34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  11. Matthew 19:21Rank 11 from verse 45
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    21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

  12. Proverbs 11:24–25Rank 12 from verse 45
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    24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

    25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

  13. Ecclesiastes 11:1–2Rank 13 from verse 45
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    1CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

    2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

  14. Luke 19:8Rank 14 from verse 45
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    8And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

  15. Psalms 112:9Rank 15 from verse 45
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    9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

  16. James 5:1–5Rank 16 from verse 45
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    1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

    3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

    4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

    5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

  17. Luke 16:9Rank 17 from verse 45
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    9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

  18. 2 Corinthians 9:1Rank 18 from verse 45
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    1FOR as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

From verse 46

  1. Acts 5:42Rank 1 from verse 46
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    42And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

  2. Acts 2:42Rank 2 from verse 46
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    42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

  3. Acts 20:7Rank 3 from verse 46
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    7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

  4. Psalms 86:11Rank 4 from verse 46
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    11Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

  5. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 5 from verse 46
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  6. Acts 16:34Rank 6 from verse 46
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    34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

  7. Colossians 3:22Rank 7 from verse 46
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    22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

  8. Acts 1:13–14Rank 8 from verse 46
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    13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

    14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

  9. Romans 12:8Rank 9 from verse 46
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    8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

  10. 1 Corinthians 11:20–22Rank 10 from verse 46
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    20When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

    21For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

    22What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

  11. Ecclesiastes 9:7Rank 11 from verse 46
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    7¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  12. Luke 24:53Rank 12 from verse 46
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    53And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

  13. Nehemiah 8:10Rank 13 from verse 46
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    10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

  14. 1 Corinthians 10:30–31Rank 14 from verse 46
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    30For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

    31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

  15. 2 Corinthians 11:3Rank 15 from verse 46
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    3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  16. Deuteronomy 12:12Rank 16 from verse 46
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    12And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

  17. Deuteronomy 12:7Rank 17 from verse 46
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    7And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  18. Deuteronomy 16:11Rank 18 from verse 46
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    11And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

  19. Luke 24:30Rank 19 from verse 46
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    30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

  20. Acts 3:1Rank 20 from verse 46
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    1NOW Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

  21. Acts 5:21Rank 21 from verse 46
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    21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

  22. Ephesians 6:5Rank 22 from verse 46
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    5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

  23. Luke 11:41Rank 23 from verse 46
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    41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

  24. Matthew 6:22Rank 24 from verse 46
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    22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

From verse 47

  1. Acts 16:5Rank 1 from verse 47
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    5And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

  2. Acts 5:13–14Rank 2 from verse 47
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    13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

    14And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

  3. Acts 2:41Rank 3 from verse 47
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    41¶ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

  4. 1 Corinthians 1:18Rank 4 from verse 47
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    18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

  5. Acts 2:39Rank 5 from verse 47
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    39For 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.

  6. Romans 14:18Rank 6 from verse 47
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    18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

  7. Acts 11:24Rank 7 from verse 47
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    24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

  8. Acts 13:48Rank 8 from verse 47
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    48And 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.

  9. Titus 3:4–5Rank 9 from verse 47
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    4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  10. Romans 11:5–7Rank 10 from verse 47
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    5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

    6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

    7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

  11. Romans 8:30Rank 11 from verse 47
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    30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

  12. Acts 4:21Rank 12 from verse 47
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    21So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

  13. Luke 2:52Rank 13 from verse 47
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    52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

  14. Romans 9:27Rank 14 from verse 47
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    27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

  15. Luke 19:48Rank 15 from verse 47
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    48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

  16. Acts 4:33Rank 16 from verse 47
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    33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

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Acts 2:45

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goods

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Movables; household furniture. Wares; merchandize; commodities bought and sold by merchants and traders. Personal or movable estate.

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parted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of part, meaning to divide, separate, depart, or share.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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need

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Sense 1: Want: occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief. Sense 2: To require or lack something necessary.

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Acts 2:46

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continuing

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of continue, meaning to remain, abide, persist, or endure.

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accord

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Sense 1: Agreement or unity of mind or action. Sense 2: In the expression of one's own accord, voluntarily or of itself.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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temple

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Sense 1: A sacred house, building, or place devoted to the worship or presence of God or an idol. Sense 2: Christ's body, expressly called the temple of his body. Sense 3: A believer's body, or believers collectively, called the temple of God or of the Holy Ghost. Sense 4: The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, expressly called the temple of the city.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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breaking

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The act or process of parting, opening, bursting, demolishing, violating, dividing, or beginning to break forth.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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meat

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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

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gladness

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Joy, delight, or rejoicing; the state or expression of being glad.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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Acts 2:47

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favour

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Sense 1: Goodwill, approval, acceptance, kindness, mercy, support, or beneficial regard. Sense 2: Pleasing appearance or charm. Sense 3: To regard, support, prefer, or treat kindly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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added

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of add, meaning to join or put with something else; to increase by bringing or giving more.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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church

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Sense 1: An assembly or congregation belonging to God or Christ. Sense 2: In passages identifying the church with Christ's body, the body of which Christ is the head.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:41¶ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

2:42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

2:43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

2:44And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

2:45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

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2:46And 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,

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2:47Praising 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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