The congregation was broken up; the congregation was dissolved, by the offence the Jews generally had taken at the doctrine of the apostles. Religious proselytes; these proselytes were so called, from their coming over from paganism to own the true God: see Acts 2:10. In the grace of God; this grace of God the apostles so earnestly exhorted them to continue in, was,
1. Their present state of being firmly resolved to serve God, whatsoever opposition or temptation they should meet with to the contrary, which was wrought in them by the grace of God.
2. The doctrine of justification by the grace of God, which St. Paul had preached unto them, Acts 13:39. Or:
3. The whole gospel, and doctrine therein contained, which is called the grace of God, Hebrews 12:15, and the true grace wherein we stand, 1 Peter 5:12.