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Three Thousand Believe

Acts 2:39

In 9 translations

BSB
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
LSV
for the promise is to you and to your children, and to all those far off, as many as the LORD our God will call.”
YLT
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.'
DBY
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.Elohim
DRC
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.
GNV
For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὑμῖν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς εἰς μακρὰν ὅσους ἂν προσκαλέσηται κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν.
RP2018
Ὑμῖν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία, καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς εἰς μακράν, ὅσους ἂν προσκαλέσηται κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν.
TR-Boyd
Ὑμῖν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία, καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς εἰς μακράν, ὅσους ἂν προσκαλέσηται Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν.
SCR1894
υμιν γαρ εστιν η επαγγελια και τοις τεκνοις υμων και πασιν τοις εις μακραν οσους αν προσκαλεσηται κυριος ο θεος ημων

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  • Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  • Romans 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
  • Genesis 17:7–8I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. And to you and your descendants I will give the land…
  • Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
  • 1 Peter 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
  • Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
  • Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
  • Revelation 19:9Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
  • 2 Peter 1:3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
  • Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
  • Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
  • Hebrews 9:15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first…
  • Revelation 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
  • 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
  • Ephesians 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:11To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,

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