Parallel Verses
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.'
New American Standard Bible
For
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,
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.
Themes
Children » Promises and assurances to
Children » Of God's people, interested in the promises
Children » Promises to special promises to children, examples of » Children of believers
Children » Special promises to children, examples of » Children of believers
Children » Good » Partake of the promises of God
Good Children » Partake of the promises of God
the Gift of the Holy Spirit » Given » According to promise
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » Children of believers
Home » Special promises to children, examples of » Children of believers
Orator » Instances of » Apostles
Peter » Preaches on pentecost day
Preaching » Effective » By peter and other apostles
The promises of God » Made to » All who are called of God
Religious zeal » Instances of » Peter
Revivals » Instances of » At pentecost, and times after pentecost
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 2:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Response To Peter's Sermon
38 and Peter said unto them, 'Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, 39 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.' 40 Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'
Cross References
Joel 2:32
And it hath come to pass, Every one who calleth in the name of Jehovah is delivered, For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there is an escape, As Jehovah hath said, And among the remnants whom Jehovah is calling!
Isaiah 44:3
For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on thy seed, And My blessing on thine offspring.
Acts 10:45
and those of the circumcision believing were astonished -- as many as came with Peter -- because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,
Acts 15:8
and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,
Romans 8:30
and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.
1 Corinthians 7:14
for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
Ephesians 4:4
one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
Genesis 17:7-8
'And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;
Psalm 115:14-15
Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons.
Isaiah 54:13
And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant is the peace of thy sons.
Isaiah 57:19
Producing the fruit of the lips, 'Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.
Isaiah 59:19
And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
Jeremiah 32:39-40
and I have given to them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for good to them, and to their sons after them:
Ezekiel 37:25
And they have dwelt on the land that I gave to My servant, to Jacob, In which your fathers have dwelt, And they have dwelt on it, they and their sons, And their son's sons -- unto the age, And David My servant is their prince -- to the age.
Joel 2:28
And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.
Acts 3:25-26
'Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;
Acts 11:15-18
'And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,
Acts 14:27
and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;
Acts 15:3
they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.
Acts 15:14
Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,
Romans 9:4
who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,
Romans 9:24
not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
Romans 11:16-17
and if the first-fruit is holy, the lump also; and if the root is holy, the branches also.
Romans 11:29
for unrepented of are the gifts and the calling of God;
Ephesians 1:18
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 2:13-22
and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,
Ephesians 3:5-8
which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --
2 Thessalonians 1:11
for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,
2 Timothy 1:9
who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,
Hebrews 3:1
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 9:15
And because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance,
1 Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you;
2 Peter 1:3
As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,
2 Peter 1:10
wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,
Revelation 17:14
these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'
Revelation 19:9
And he saith to me, 'Write: Happy are they who to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb have been called;' and he saith to me, 'These are the true words of God;'