Acts 2:39
37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
41 Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- KJV
- For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- WEB
- For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- ASV
- For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
- DARBY
- For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who [are] afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God may call.
- BLB
- For the promise is to you⁺ and to your⁺ children and to all those at a distance, as many as the Lord our God shall summon.”
- ÅB
- For løftet hører dere til og deres barn og alle dem som er langt borte, så mange som Herren vår Gud kaller til.
- OTB
- Dette løftet gjelder for dere og deres barn og for alle som er langt borte—for alle som Herren vår Gud vil kalle.»
- B1930
- For løftet hører eder til og eders barn og alle dem som er langt borte, så mange som Herren vår Gud kaller til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Read in contextRomans 8:30
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
Read in contextJoel 2:32
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
Read in contextGenesis 17:7–8
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Read in contextActs 15:8
And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
Read in context1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
Read in contextEphesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
Read in contextRevelation 19:9
Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
Read in context