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Acts 2:38-40
New International Version
Acts 2:38-40
New International Version
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized,(A) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.(B) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(C) 39 The promise is for you and your children(D) and for all who are far off(E)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(F)
Acts 2:38-40
New King James Version
Acts 2:38-40
New King James Version
38 Then Peter said to them, (A)“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the [a]remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and (B)to your children, and (C)to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
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40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this [b]perverse generation.”
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Acts 2:38-40
English Standard Version
Acts 2:38-40
English Standard Version
38 And Peter said to them, (A)“Repent and (B)be baptized every one of you (C)in the name of Jesus Christ (D)for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive (E)the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For (F)the promise is for you and (G)for your children and for all (H)who are far off, everyone (I)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, (J)“Save yourselves from this (K)crooked generation.”
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Acts 2:38-40
New American Standard Bible
Acts 2:38-40
New American Standard Bible
38 Peter said to them, “(A)Repent, and each of you be (B)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For (C)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are (D)far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” 40 And with many other words he solemnly (E)testified and kept on urging them, saying, “[a]Be saved from this (F)perverse generation!”
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Acts 2:38-40
King James Version
Acts 2:38-40
King James Version
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 he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
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