Acts 2:39 “This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far o…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

Bible in Basic English

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

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Cross references

“the promise”

Joel 2:28 1 Corinthians 7:14 Ezekiel 37:25 Acts 3:25 Acts 3:26 Genesis 17:7

Joel 2:28 · BSB

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

1 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Ezekiel 37:25 · BSB

They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

Acts 3:25 · 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.’

Acts 3:26 · BSB

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

Genesis 17:7 · BSB

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.

“and to all”

Acts 15:8 Acts 10:45 Acts 11:15–18 Acts 14:27 Acts 15:3 Acts 15:14

Acts 15:8 · BSB

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

Acts 10:45 · BSB

All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

Acts 11:15–18 · BSB

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

Acts 14:27 · BSB

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 15:3 · BSB

Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

Acts 15:14 · BSB

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

“as many”

Romans 8:30 Joel 2:32 Ephesians 4:4 1 Peter 5:10 Revelation 19:9 Romans 11:29

Romans 8:30 · BSB

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

Joel 2:32 · BSB

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.

Ephesians 4:4 · BSB

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

1 Peter 5:10 · BSB

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.

Revelation 19:9 · BSB

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.”

Romans 11:29 · BSB

For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

Also

Isaiah 44:3 Isaiah 54:13 Isaiah 57:19 Romans 9:4

Isaiah 44:3 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 54:13 · BSB

Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

Isaiah 57:19 · BSB

bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

Romans 9:4 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38Peter 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.

40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

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