Acts 3:25

Covenant and promises Israel and the nations

²³ Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’

²⁴ Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

²⁶ When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
KJV: Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
WEB: You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’
ASV: Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
DARBY: *Ye* are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
BLB: You⁺ are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your⁺ fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

ÅB: Dere er barn av profetene og av den pakt som Gud gjorde med våre fedre da han sa til Abraham: Og i din slekt skal alle jordens slekter velsignes.
OTB: Dere er arvingene til profetene og til den pakt Gud inngikk med deres fedre. Han sa til Abraham: 'Gjennom din ætt skal alle folk på jorden bli velsignet.'
B1930: I er barn av profetene og av den pakt som Gud gjorde med våre fedre da han sa til Abraham: Og i din ætt skal alle jordens slekter velsignes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 22:18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
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Galatians 3:8
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
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1 Chronicles 16:17
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
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Acts 2:39
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.”
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Romans 9:4–5
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
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Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
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Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Genesis 26:4
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
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