Acts 2:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμῖν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία, καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς εἰς μακράν, ὅσους ἂν προσκαλέσηται Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν.

Transliteration

To you gar estin the epangelia, and to the teknois of you, and to all those at makran, as many as an proskalēsētai Kurios the Theos of us.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: conjunction - for
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *epangelia*: nominative, feminine, singular - promise
• *teknois*: dative, neuter, plural - to children
• *makran*: accusative, feminine, singular - far/distant
• *an*: particle - modal particle with subjunctive
• *proskalēsētai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might call to himself
• *Kurios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *estin*: is/exists/belongs
• *epangelia*: promise/pledge
• *teknois*: children/descendants/offspring
• *makran*: far/distant/far away
• *proskalēsētai*: might call/summon/invite
• *Kurios*: Lord/Master
• *Theos*: God/deity

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} to you{G5213} is{G2076} the promise,{G1860} and{G2532} to{G5043} your{G5216} children,{G5043} and{G2532} to all{G3956} that{G3588} are{G1519} afar off,{G3112} [even] as many as{G3745} {G302} the Lord{G2962} our{G2257} God{G2316} shall call{G4341} unto him.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} the promise{G1860} is{G2076}{(G5748)} unto you{G5213}, and{G2532} to your{G5216} children{G5043}, and{G2532} to all{G3956} that are afar off{G1519}{G3112}, even as many as{G3745} the Lord{G2962} our{G2257} God{G2316} shall call{G302}{G4341}{(G5667)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For ye promyse was made vnto you and to youre chyldre and to all that are afarre even as many as ye Lorde oure God shall call.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the promise was made vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.'

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
• Rom 8:30 : 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
• 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
• Eph 4:4 : 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called in one hope of your calling;
• Acts 15:8 : 8 And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as He did to us;
• 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus;
• Acts 10:45 : 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring:
• Isa 54:13 : 13 And all your children shall be taught by the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children.
• Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near, says the LORD, and I will heal him.
• Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
• Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
• Joel 2:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.
• Ps 115:14-15 : 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 You are blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
• Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 To you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 11:15-18 : 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. 17 Since then God gave them the same gift as he did to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
• Acts 15:3 : 3 And being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they brought great joy to all the brethren.
• Rom 9:4 : 4 Who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
• Rom 9:24 : 24 Even us whom He has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
• Rom 11:16-17 : 16 For if the first fruit is holy, the batch is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
• Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
• 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 According to his divine power, he has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to glory and virtue:
• Rev 17:14 : 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.
• Rev 19:9 : 9 And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God.
• Acts 15:14 : 14 Simeon has declared how God at first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Therefore, we also pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 To which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who 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 the world began,
• Eph 1:18 : 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
• Eph 2:13-22 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
• Eph 3:5-8 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;