Acts 2:39
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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Psalms 115:14May the Lord increase you more and more,you and your children.
Isaiah 54:13All your children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of your children.
Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of the Lord drives.
Ezekiel 37:25They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
Joel 2:32It will happen that whoever will call on the name of the Lord shall be saved;for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape,as the Lord has said,and among the remnant, those whom the Lord calls.
Acts 10:45They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.
Matthew Henry on Acts 2:38-42
Peter's Sermon at Jerusalem. 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 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… Read the whole commentary →