Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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.”

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.

Holman Bible

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

International Standard Version

For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

A Conservative Version

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those in afar, as many as Lord our God may call.

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.

Amplified

For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is for you and your children and for all who are far away [including the Gentiles], as many as the Lord our God calls to Himself.”

An Understandable Version

For the promise [of forgiveness and the Holy Spirit] is being given to you [Jews] and to your descendants and [also] to all those who are far away [i.e., Gentiles. See Eph. 2:17]. [This promise is] to as many as [respond to] the Lord, our God's call [through the Gospel, See II Thess. 2:14]."

Anderson New Testament

For the promise is to you, and your children, and to all that are 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.

Common New Testament

For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, for all whom the Lord our God will call to himself."

Daniel Mace New Testament

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.

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.

Godbey New Testament

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are afar off, so many as the Lord our God may call.

Goodspeed New Testament

for the promise of it belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those far away whom the Lord our God calls to him."

John Wesley New Testament

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

Julia Smith Translation

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all afar off, as many as the Lord our God should call.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar, even as many as the Lord God shall call."

Moffatt New Testament

For the promise is meant for you and for your children and for all who are far off, for anyone whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

Montgomery New Testament

"For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all who are afar off, whomever the Lord may call."

NET Bible

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

New Heart English Bible

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

Noyes New Testament

For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Sawyer New Testament

For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

The Emphasized Bible

For, unto you, is the promise, and unto your children, - and unto all them who are afar off: as many soever as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God."

Webster

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.

Weymouth New Testament

For to you belongs the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, whoever the Lord our God may call."

Williams New Testament

for the promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are far away whom the Lord our God may call to Him."

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."

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

for the promise is to you and to your children, yea and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Youngs 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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

the promise
ἐπαγγελία 
Epaggelia 
Usage: 51

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

to
τέκνον 
Teknon 
Usage: 69

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

τέκνον 
Teknon 
Usage: 69

to all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704


which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

are
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

μακράν 
Makran 
Usage: 7

even as many as
ὅσος 
Hosos 
Usage: 76

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

Context Readings

The Response To Peter's Sermon

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized each one of you into the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 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.” 40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.


Cross References

Joel 2:32

And it shall come to pass that whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall escape: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be salvation, as the LORD has said, and in those who are left, to whom the LORD shall have called.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Acts 10:45

And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that also on the Gentiles the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out.

Acts 15:8

And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us,

Romans 8:30

And unto those whom he did mark out beforehand the way, to these he also called; and to whom he called, these he also justified; and to whom he justified, these he also glorified.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Ephesians 4:4

There is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling,

Genesis 17:7-8

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

Psalm 115:14-15

The LORD shall increase his blessing upon you more and more, upon you and your sons.

Isaiah 54:13

And all thy sons shall be taught of the LORD; and the peace of thy sons shall be multiplied.

Isaiah 57:19

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off and to him that is near, said the LORD; and healed him.

Isaiah 59:19

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he shall come like a violent river impelled by the breath of the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:39-40

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever for the good of them and of their sons after them:

Ezekiel 37:25

And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my slave, in which your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they and their sons and their son's sons for ever; and my slave David shall be their prince for ever.

Joel 2:28

And it shall come to pass after this that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Acts 3:25-26

Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Acts 11:15-18

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

Acts 14:27

And when they were come and had gathered the congregation together, they related what great things God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

Acts 15:3

And they, being accompanied by some from the congregation , passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles, and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

Acts 15:14

Simeon has declared how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Romans 9:4

who are Israelites, to whom pertains the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises,

Romans 9:24

Even us, whom he has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles!

Romans 11:16-17

For if the firstfruit is holy, so shall the rest be; and if the root is holy, so shall be the branches.

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Ephesians 1:18

illuminating the eyes of your understanding, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints

Ephesians 2:13-22

but now in Christ Jesus ye who at another time were far off are made near by the blood of the Christ.

Ephesians 3:5-8

which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

2 Thessalonians 1:11

Therefore in this manner we pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of his calling and fill each will with goodness and the work of faith with power

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to saving health through the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the ages,

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, brethren, saints, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 9:15

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, so that death intervening for the redemption of the rebellions that took place under the first testament, those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus, the Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, he himself perfects, confirms, strengthens, and establishes you.

2 Peter 1:3

as all things that pertain to life and to godliness are given us of his divine power, through the knowledge of him that has called us by his glory and virtue,

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brethren, give all the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things, ye shall never fall.

Revelation 17:14

These shall make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those that are with him are called and chosen and faithful.

Revelation 19:9

And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are those who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true words of God.

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