Acts 2:39

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Summary

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.

The promise

Acts 3:25

Romans 11:16

1 Corinthians 7:14

And to all

As many

Bible References

The promise

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'

If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole lump is holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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

And to all

All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

As many

And those whom he predestined, he also called; those whom he called, he also justified; and those whom he justified, he also glorified.

even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call,

To this end we always pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and may fulfill every good resolve and work of faith by his power,

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you.

His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence.

These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with him are the called and chosen and faithful."

Then the angel said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are true words of God."