Acts Chapter 2 verse 39 Holy Bible
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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."
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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.'
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Acts 2 : 39 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 39. - To you is the promise for the promise is unto you, A.V.; shall call unto him for shall call. To you is the promise (see Acts 1:4; Acts 2:33). There is also a reference to the prophecy in Joel, quoted in vers. 17-21. To all that are afar off; i.e. the Gentiles, as appears clearly from Ephesians 2:17, where the same phrase is applied to the Ephesian Christians, and the Jewish Christians are spoken of as "those that were nigh." The fulfilment to the Gentiles is specially recorded (Acts 10:45; Acts 11:15, 18, etc.). Shall call unto him (comp. Romans 1:6; Romans 8:28, 30; Romans 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:6 (etc.), which confirm the application of the "afar off" to the Gentiles.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(39) The promise is unto you, and to your children.--The tendency of sects has always been to claim spiritual gifts and powers as an exclusive privilege limited to a few. It is the essence of St. Peter's appeal that all to whom he speaks can claim the promise as fully as himself. The phrase "those that are afar off," was probably wide enough to cover both the Jews of the Dispersion, to whom the Apostle afterwards wrote (1Peter 1:1-2), and the heathen nations among whom they lived. The use of the phrase in Ephesians 2:13; Ephesians 2:17, inclines rather to the latter meaning.Even as many as the Lord our God shall call.--There seems, at first sight, a limitation on the universality of the previous words. And in some sense there is; but it is not more than is involved in the fact that spiritual knowledge and culture are not bestowed on all nations and ages alike. Wherever there is a difference, some possessing a higher knowledge and greater power than others, the Apostle could only see, not chance, or evolution, but the working of a divine purpose, calling some to special privileges, and yet dealing equitably with all.
