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Just as God raised Jesus from a decaying body, Peter holds out hope for God to liberate those who follow Him from their decaying culture.

40 Peter was pleading and offering many logical reasons to believe. 41 Whoever made a place for his message in their hearts received the baptism;[a] in fact, that day alone, about 3,000 people joined the disciples.

42 The community continually committed themselves to learning what the apostles taught them, gathering for fellowship, breaking bread, and praying.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:41 Literally, immersion, a rite of initiation and purification

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(A) 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(B) that day.

The Fellowship of the Believers

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching(C) and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread(D) and to prayer.(E)

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