For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
Acts 2:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and to and for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself. [Isa. 57:19; Joel 2:32.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible This promise is for you, your children, and for all who are far away—as many as the Lord our God invites.” Catholic Public Domain Version For the Promise is for you and for your sons, and for all who are far away: for whomever the Lord our God will have called." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call. |
For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
Then all your children will be taught by the Lord, their prosperity will be great,
creating words of praise.’ , The Lord says, ‘Peace, peace to the one who is far or near, and I will heal him.
They will fear the name of the Lord in the west and his glory in the east; , for he will come like a rushing stream driven by the wind of the Lord.
‘The Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
They will not labour without success or bear children destined for disaster, for they will be a people blessed by the Lord along with their descendants.
‘ “They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your ancestors lived. They will live in it for ever with their children and grandchildren, and my servant David will be their prince for ever.
After this I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, for there will be an escape for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as the Lord promised, among the survivors the Lord calls.
The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.
When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.
And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
on us, the ones he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.
For the unbelieving husband is made holy by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy by the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
There is one body and one Spirit #– #just as you were called to one hope , at your calling #– #
but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and with those who are not here today.
In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling, and by his power fulfil your every desire to do good and your work produced by faith,
He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, , so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.
His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.’
Then he said to me, ‘Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb! ’ He also said to me, ‘These words of God are true.’