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NASB | Acts 2:39 "For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:39 "For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is for you and your children and for all who are far away [including the Gentiles], as many as the Lord our God calls to Himself." [Is 57:19; Joel 2:32] |
Subject: Holy Spirit / Tongues for Today? |
Bible Note: Hi, Huron! Peter is not saying that all who are baptized and receive the Holy Spirit will be speaking in tongues as a sign that they are part of the Body of Christ... what he is saying is that all Believers throughout time till the return of our Lord will receive the Holy Spirit--this is the same premise made by Christ (John 14:16-17--compare similar inclusion in 2 Timothy 1:7-9 and John 17:15-21); Scripture never stipulates that all who were baptized and received the Holy Spirit spoke in strange languages or that they performed any extraordinary signs! God Bless! Angel |