Acts 2:39
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
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 upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Read in contextRomans 8:30
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Read in contextJoel 2:32
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Read in contextGenesis 17:7–8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Read in contextActs 15:8
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Read in context1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Read in contextEphesians 4:4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Read in contextRevelation 19:9
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
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