Acts 2:41-42 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.… The community of spirit suggested in the word here rendered "fellowship" must have grown out of the instant recognition of the rule, "A place for every man, and every man in his place." One of the most successful preachers in modern times, being asked how he was able to accomplish so much good in the course of a year, replied, "It is not I that do it, but the Church I serve; I preach as hard as I can on Sunday, and then I have seven hundred members who go out and preach every day of the week afterwards." (C. S. Robinson, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. |