³⁷Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,^o what should we do?”^* ³⁸Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.^* ³⁹For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”^* ⁴⁰And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” ⁴¹So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. ⁴²They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Life among the Believers

⁴³Awe came upon everyone because many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.^* ⁴⁴All who believed were together and had all things in common;^* ⁴⁵they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds^p to all, as any had need. ⁴⁶Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home^q and ate their food with glad and generous^r hearts,^* ⁴⁷praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.^*

Read in Logos

Acts 2:38: And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Footnotes

oGk Men, brothers
pGk them
qOr from house to house
rOr sincere

Cross references

*Lk 3:10; Acts 9:6; 16:30
*Lk 24:47; Acts 3:19; 5:31; 8:12, 16; 22:16
*Isa 57:19; Joel 2:32; Acts 10:45; Eph 2:13
*Acts 5:12
*Acts 4:32, 34
*Acts 5:42; 20:7; 1 Cor 10:16
*Acts 4:33; 5:14; 11:24; Rom 14:18