Peter's Sermon at Pentecost
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But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
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For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, u since it is only the third hour of the day.
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But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
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v "'And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
w that I will pour out my Spirit x on all flesh,
and your sons and y your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
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even on my male servants and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and z they shall prophesy.
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And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
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a the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before b the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
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And it shall come to pass that c everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
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"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, d a man attested to you by God e with f mighty works and wonders and signs that g God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know -
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this Jesus, h delivered up according to i the definite plan and j foreknowledge of God, k you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
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l God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because m it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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For David says concerning him,
n "'I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
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therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell o in hope.
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For you will not abandon my soul to p Hades,
q or let your r Holy One s see corruption.
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You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'
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"Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about t the patriarch David u that he both died and v was buried, and w his tomb is with us to this day.
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x Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that y God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,
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he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that z he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
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This Jesus a God raised up, b and of that we all are witnesses.
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c Being therefore d exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from e the Father f the promise of the Holy Spirit, g he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
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For h David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,
i "'The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
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until I make your enemies your footstool.'
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Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that j God has made him k both Lord and Christ, this Jesus l whom you crucified."
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Now when m they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, n what shall we do?"
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And Peter said to them, o "Repent and p be baptized every one of you q in the name of Jesus Christ r for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive s the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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For t the promise is for you and u for your children and for all v who are far off, everyone w whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
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And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, x "Save yourselves from this y crooked generation."
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So those who received his word were baptized, and z there were added that day about three thousand souls.
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1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
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Joel 2:28 - 32
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
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Acts 2:18
Even on my male servants and female servants in...
Acts 2:33
Being therefore exalted at the right hand of Go...
Isaiah 32:15
Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high...
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and ...
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause ...
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God'...
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Acts 10:45
And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.
Titus 3:6
Whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.
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Acts 21:9
He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
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Joel 2:28 - 32
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
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Acts 11:28
And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
Acts 21:10
While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
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Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Revelation 16:14
For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
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Romans 10:13
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Acts 16:31
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.
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John 3:2
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.
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Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Luke 24:19
And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.
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2 Corinthians 12:12
The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders.
Hebrews 2:4
While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
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Matthew 12:28
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
Matthew 20:19
And deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.
Luke 24:20
And how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
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Luke 22:22
For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!
Acts 3:18
But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Acts 4:28
To do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
Acts 13:27
For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
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1 Peter 1:2
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1 Peter 1:20
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
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Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
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Acts 2:32
This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all ar...
Acts 3:15
And you killed the Author of life, whom God rai...
Acts 4:10
Let it be known to all of you and to all the pe...
Acts 10:40
But God raised him on the third day and made hi...
Acts 13:30
But God raised him from the dead.
Acts 13:33 - 34
This he has fulfilled to us their children by r...
Acts 13:37
But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
Acts 17:31
Because he has fixed a day on which he will jud...
Romans 4:24
But for ours also. It will be counted to us who...
Romans 6:4
We were buried therefore with him by baptism in...
Romans 8:11
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the ...
Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Je...
1 Corinthians 6:14
And God raised the Lord and will also raise us ...
1 Corinthians 15:15
We are even found to be misrepresenting God, be...
2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will ...
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle - not from men nor through man...
Ephesians 1:20
That he worked in Christ when he raised him fro...
Colossians 2:12
Having been buried with him in baptism, in whic...
1 Thessalonians 1:10
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he ra...
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought again from...
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him are believers in God, who raise...
Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made ...
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Luke 24:5
And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
John 10:18
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.
2 Timothy 1:10
And which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
Hebrews 2:14
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.
Revelation 1:17 - 18
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last.
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Psalms 16:8 - 11
I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
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Psalms 16:8 - 11
I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
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Romans 4:18
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be.
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Acts 2:31
He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Matthew 11:23
And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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Acts 13:35
Therefore he says also in another psalm, "'You will not let your Holy One see corruption.
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Hebrews 7:26
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
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Luke 2:26
And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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Acts 7:8 - 9
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Hebrews 7:4
See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!
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Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption.
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1 Kings 2:10
Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
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Nehemiah 3:16
After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
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2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.
Matthew 22:43
He said to them, "How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying.
Hebrews 11:32
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -
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Luke 1:32
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.
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Acts 2:27
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Acts 1:22
Beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us - one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.
Acts 4:33
And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
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Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Ephesians 1:20
That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.
Philippians 2:9
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
1 Peter 3:22
Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
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Exodus 15:6
Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
Psalms 98:1
Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
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Acts 1:4
And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me.
John 16:7
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
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Galatians 3:14
So that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
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Acts 2:17
'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
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John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
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Psalms 110:1
The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
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Psalms 110:1
The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
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Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
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Acts 2:23
This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
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Acts 5:33
When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
Acts 7:54
Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
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Acts 16:30
Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Luke 3:10
And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?
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Acts 3:19
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.
Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
Acts 26:20
But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
Luke 24:47
And that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
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Acts 22:16
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
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Acts 10:48
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
Acts 8:16
For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Mark 1:4
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
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Acts 10:45
And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.
Acts 8:15
Who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:20
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Acts 11:17
If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?
John 7:39
Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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Romans 9:4
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
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Acts 3:25
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Isaiah 54:13
All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
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Acts 22:21
And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'
Isaiah 57:19
Creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him.
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:17
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
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Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
Romans 8:30
And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
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Acts 2:21
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 2:47
Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
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Deuteronomy 32:5
They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation.
Matthew 17:17
And Jesus answered, "O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.
Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
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Acts 2:47
Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
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