A UNITED PURPOSE! ACTS 2

³⁸And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
   
³⁹For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and to and for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself.^{(E)
   
40}And [Peter] ^[i]solemnly and earnestly witnessed (testified) and admonished (exhorted) with much more continuous speaking and warned (reproved, advised, encouraged) them, saying, Be saved from this crooked (perverse, wicked, unjust) generation.
   
⁴¹Therefore those who accepted and welcomed his message were baptized, and there were added that day about 3,000 souls.
   
⁴²And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord's Supper] and prayers.
   
⁴³And a sense of awe (reverential fear) came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were performed through the apostles (the special messengers).
   
⁴⁴And all who believed (who adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus Christ) were united and [together] they had everything in common;
   
⁴⁵And they sold their possessions (both their landed property and their movable goods) and distributed the price among all, according as any had need.
   
⁴⁶And day after day they regularly assembled in the temple with united purpose, and in their homes they broke bread [including the Lord's Supper]. They partook of their food with gladness and simplicity and generous hearts,
   
⁴⁷Constantly praising God and being in favor and goodwill with all the people; and the Lord kept adding [to their number] daily those who were being saved [from spiritual death].