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Acts 2:39–40

39 For the promise is to you and jto your children, and kto all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

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40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this 3perverse generation.”

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Acts 2:39–40 — The New International Version (NIV)

39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

Acts 2:39–40 — English Standard Version (ESV)

39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”

Acts 2:39–40 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

39 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. 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

Acts 2:39–40 — New Living Translation (NLT)

39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God.” 40 Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

Acts 2:39–40 — New Century Version (NCV)

39 This promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself.”

40 Peter warned them with many other words. He begged them, “Save yourselves from the evil of today’s people!”

Acts 2:39–40 — American Standard Version (ASV)

39 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. 40 And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

Acts 2:39–40 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

39 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. 40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

Acts 2:39–40 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

39 This promise belongs to you and to your children and to everyone who is far away. It belongs to everyone who worships the Lord our God.” 

40 Peter said much more to warn them. He urged, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

Acts 2:39–40 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

39 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.” 40 And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

Acts 2:39–40 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.” 40 And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

Acts 2:39–40 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

39 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.” 40 And with many other words he solemnly urged and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation!”

Acts 2:39–40 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

39 The promise is for you and your children. It is also for all who are far away. It is for all whom the Lord our God will choose.”

40 Peter said many other things to warn them. He begged them, “Save yourselves from these evil people.”

Acts 2:39–40 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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 solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”


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