Parallel Verses
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.”
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.
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.'
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 to them, “Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 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.”
Cross References
Joel 2:32
“And it shall come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be saved [from the coming judgment]
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the remnant [of survivors] whom the Lord calls.
Isaiah 44:3
‘For I will pour out water on him who is thirsty,
And streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
And My blessing on your descendants;
Acts 10:45
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.
Acts 15:8
And God, who knows and understands the heart, testified to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;
Romans 8:30
And those whom He predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified [declared free of the guilt of sin]; and those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity].
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body [of believers] and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when called [to salvation]—
Genesis 17:7-8
I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
Psalm 115:14-15
May the Lord give you [great] increase,
You and your children.
Isaiah 54:13
“And all your [spiritual] sons will be disciples [of the Lord],
And great will be the
Isaiah 57:19
As I create the
Peace, peace, to him who is far away [both Jew and Gentile] and to him who is near!”
Says the Lord;
“And I will heal him [making his lips blossom anew with thankful praise].”
Isaiah 59:19
So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun.
For He will come in like a narrow, rushing stream
Which the
Jeremiah 32:39-40
and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may [reverently] fear Me forever, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
Ezekiel 37:25
They will live in the land where your fathers lived, [the land] that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will live there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.
Joel 2:28
“It shall come about after this
That I shall pour out My Spirit on all mankind;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will dream dreams,
Your young men will see visions.
Acts 3:25-26
You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
Acts 11:15-18
When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as He did on us at the beginning [at Pentecost].
Acts 14:27
Arriving there, they gathered the church together and began to report [in great detail] everything that God had done with them and how He had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith [in Jesus as the Messiah and Savior].
Acts 15:3
So, after being supplied and sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the
Acts 15:14
Romans 9:4
who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, the glory (
Romans 9:24
including us, whom He also called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles?
Romans 11:16-17
If the first portion [of dough offered as the first fruits] is holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root (Abraham, the patriarchs) is holy, so are the branches (the Israelites).
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable [for He does not withdraw what He has given, nor does He change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call].
Ephesians 1:18
And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the
Ephesians 2:13-22
But now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away [from God] have been brought near
Ephesians 3:5-8
which in other generations was not disclosed to mankind, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the [Holy] Spirit;
2 Thessalonians 1:11
With this in view, we constantly pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of your calling [to faith] and with [His] power fulfill every desire for goodness, and complete [your] every work of faith,
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But we should and are [morally] obligated [as debtors] always to give thanks to God for you, believers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through the
2 Timothy 1:9
for He delivered us and saved us and called us with a holy calling [a calling that leads to a consecrated life—a life set apart—a life of purpose], not because of our works [or because of any personal merit—we could do nothing to earn this], but because of His own purpose and grace [His amazing, undeserved favor] which was granted to us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago],
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore,
Hebrews 9:15
For this reason He is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.
1 Peter 5:10
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace [who imparts His blessing and favor], who called you to His own eternal glory in Christ, will Himself complete, confirm, strengthen, and establish you [making you what you ought to be].
2 Peter 1:3
For His divine power has bestowed on us [absolutely] everything necessary for [a dynamic spiritual] life and godliness, through
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, believers, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you [be sure that your behavior reflects and confirms your relationship with God]; for by
Revelation 17:14
They will wage war against the Lamb (Christ), and the Lamb will triumph and conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him and on His side are the called and chosen (elect) and faithful.”
Revelation 19:9
Then the angel said to me, “Write, ‘