to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
Acts 3:25 - English Majority Text Version You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You are the descendants (sons) of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant which God made and gave to your forefathers, saying to Abraham, And in your Seed (Heir) shall all the families of the earth be blessed and benefited. [Gen. 22:18; Gal. 3:16.] American Standard Version (1901) Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Common English Bible You are the heirs of the prophets and the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he told Abraham, “Through your descendants, all the families on earth will be blessed.” Catholic Public Domain Version You are sons of the prophets and of the testament which God has appointed for our fathers, saying to Abraham: 'And by your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You are the children of the prophets, and of the testament which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. |
to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
"Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the message of this salvation has been sent.
"For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."
Now I say that Christ Jesus has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers,
For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises spoken. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying that, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."
Then I saw an angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people,
And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; because You were slain, and You redeemed us to God by Your blood, out of every tribe and language and people and nation;
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, out of every nation, and from tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed in long white robes, with palm branches in their hands.