86 The promise refers to the promise of the Holy Spirit that Jesus received from the Father in 2:33 and which he now pours out on others. The promise consists of the Holy Spirit (see note in ). Jesus is the active mediator of God’s blessing.

In other versions

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.”

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

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.”

This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”

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.”

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.

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