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Acts 2:40

Salvation

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.

39 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.”

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.

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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BSB
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
KJV
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
WEB
With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
ASV
And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
DARBY
And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
BLB
And he earnestly testified many other words and was exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation.”
ÅB
Og med flere andre ord vitnet han og formante dem, idet han sa: La dere frelse fra denne vanartede slekt!
OTB
Med mange andre ord advarte han dem; og han oppfordret dem: «Frels dere fra denne onde generasjonen.»
B1930
Og med flere andre ord vidnet han og formante dem, idet han sa: La eder frelse fra denne vanartede slekt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Philippians 2:15

    so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

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  • Deuteronomy 32:5

    His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

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  • 1 Timothy 4:16

    Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

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  • Ephesians 4:17

    So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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  • Matthew 17:17

    “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”

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  • Matthew 23:33

    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

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  • Matthew 16:4

    A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

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