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Acts 3:25

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

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ASV

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

KJV

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

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31 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771 →
ἐστεesteareG1510 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
υἱοὶhuioisonsG5207 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
προφητῶνprophētōnprophetsG4396 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
διαθήκηςdiathēkēscovenantG1242 →
ἧςhēsthatG3739 →
διέθετοdiethetomadeG1303 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
πρὸςproswithG4314 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
πατέραςpaterasfathersG3962 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
λέγωνlegōnsayingG3004 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
Ἀβραάμ·AbraamAbraham;G11 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
σπέρματίspermatiseedG4690 →
σουsouof youG4771 →
ἐνευλογηθήσονταιeneulogēthēsontaiwill be blessedG1757 →
πᾶσαιpasaiallG3956 →
αἱhaitheG3588 →
πατριαὶpatriaifamiliesG3965 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
γῆς.gēsearth.’G1093 →

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18 strongest cross-references

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Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”Galatians 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”Psalms 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”1 Chronicles 16:17He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:Romans 9:4–5the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Psalms 105:8–15He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—Acts 3:26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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