Acts 2:47 (YLT)

Passage

praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:45 and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need.

Acts 2:46 Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart,

Acts 2:47 praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "praising", "having", "favour", "people", "lord", "adding", and "assembly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saved" and "praising", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Daily also continuing with one accord in...", giving immediate footing for "saved" and "praising". In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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