44And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
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And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. …
But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: …
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. …
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 42-47)We often speak of the primitive church, and appeal to it, and to the history of it; in these verses we have the history of the truly primitive church , of the first days of it, its state of infancy indeed, but, like that, the state of its greatest innocence . I. They kept close to holy ordinances, and abounded in all instances of piety and devotion, for Christianity, admitted in the power of it, w…
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