Acts 2:42 (YLT)

Passage

and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:40 Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, `Be saved from this perverse generation;'

Acts 2:41 then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

Acts 2:42 and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

Acts 2:43 And fear came on every soul, many wonders also and signs were being done through the apostles,

Acts 2:44 and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "continuing", "stedfastly", "teaching", "apostles", "fellowship", "breaking", "bread", and "prayers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "continuing" and "stedfastly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "then those indeed who did gladly receive..." into verse 43's "And fear came on every soul many...", so "continuing" and "stedfastly" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "continuing" and "stedfastly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.