Acts 2:39
“For the promise is vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are afarre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
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Acts 2:39 Context
37¶ Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said vnto Peter, and to the rest of the Apostles, Men and brethren, What shall we doe? 38Then Peter said vnto them, Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shal receiue the gift of the holy Ghost. 39For the promise is vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are afarre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation. 41¶ Then they that gladly receiued his word, were baptized: and the same day there were added vnto them about three thousand soules.
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Other Translations for Acts 2:39
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.
- King James Version
"For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- Webster's Bible
For to you belongs the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, whoever the Lord our God may call."
- Weymouth 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."
- World English Bible
For the biheest is to you, and to youre sones, and to alle that ben fer, which euer oure Lord God hath clepid.
- Wycliffe Bible
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.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Acts 2:39
Ac 2:39 For the promise. Of pardon, and the gift of the Spirit. Unto you. Even unto those who rejected the Lord. To your children. Your children after you. To all that are afar off. To the Gentiles. That he refers to the Gentiles is shown in the next clause, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call. Peter spoke as the Spirit gave him utterance, and perhaps did not fully comprehend his own words.