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Acts 2:40–41

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And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
¶ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
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From verse 40

  1. Philippians 2:15Rank 1 from verse 40
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    15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

  2. Deuteronomy 32:5Rank 2 from verse 40
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    5They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

  3. 1 Timothy 4:16Rank 3 from verse 40
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    16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

  4. 2 Corinthians 6:17Rank 4 from verse 40
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    17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  5. Ephesians 4:17Rank 5 from verse 40
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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  6. Matthew 17:17Rank 6 from verse 40
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    17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

  7. Hebrews 3:12–13Rank 7 from verse 40
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    12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

    13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

  8. Matthew 16:4Rank 8 from verse 40
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    4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

  9. Acts 28:23Rank 9 from verse 40
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    23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

  10. Matthew 23:33Rank 10 from verse 40
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    33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

  11. 1 Peter 5:12Rank 11 from verse 40
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    12By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

  12. 2 Corinthians 5:20Rank 12 from verse 40
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    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

  13. Acts 20:24Rank 13 from verse 40
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    24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

  14. Galatians 5:3Rank 14 from verse 40
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    3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

  15. James 4:8–10Rank 15 from verse 40
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    8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

    10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  16. Luke 21:36Rank 16 from verse 40
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    36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  17. Mark 8:38Rank 17 from verse 40
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    38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

  18. Matthew 3:7–10Rank 18 from verse 40
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    7¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

    8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

    9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

    10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  19. Numbers 16:28–34Rank 19 from verse 40
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    28And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

    29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.

    30But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

    31¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

    32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

    33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

    34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

  20. 1 Thessalonians 2:11Rank 20 from verse 40
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    11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

  21. Acts 20:21Rank 21 from verse 40
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    21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

  22. John 21:25Rank 22 from verse 40
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    25And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

  23. Revelation 18:4–5Rank 23 from verse 40
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    4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

    5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

  24. Acts 10:42Rank 24 from verse 40
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    42And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

  25. Acts 15:32Rank 25 from verse 40
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    32And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

  26. Acts 20:2Rank 26 from verse 40
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    2And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

  27. Acts 20:9Rank 27 from verse 40
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    9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

  28. Matthew 12:34Rank 28 from verse 40
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  29. Proverbs 9:6Rank 29 from verse 40
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    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  30. Acts 20:11Rank 30 from verse 40
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    11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

  31. Revelation 3:17–19Rank 31 from verse 40
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    17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

    18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

From verse 41

  1. Acts 4:4Rank 1 from verse 41
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    4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

  2. Acts 2:47Rank 2 from verse 41
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    47Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

  3. Acts 16:31–34Rank 3 from verse 41
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    31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

    32And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

    33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

    34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

  4. John 14:12Rank 4 from verse 41
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    12Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

  5. Acts 2:37Rank 5 from verse 41
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    37¶ Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

  6. Acts 1:15Rank 6 from verse 41
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    15¶ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

  7. Acts 13:48Rank 7 from verse 41
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    48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

  8. Acts 8:6–8Rank 8 from verse 41
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    6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

    7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

    8And there was great joy in that city.

  9. Luke 5:5–7Rank 9 from verse 41
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    5And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

    6And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

    7And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

  10. Matthew 13:44–46Rank 10 from verse 41
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    44¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

    45¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

    46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

  11. Psalms 72:16–17Rank 11 from verse 41
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    16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

    17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

  12. Psalms 110:3Rank 12 from verse 41
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    3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

  13. 1 Thessalonians 1:6Rank 13 from verse 41
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    6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

  14. Galatians 4:14–15Rank 14 from verse 41
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    14And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

    15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

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Acts 2:40

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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save

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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

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Acts 2:41

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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added

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of add, meaning to join or put with something else; to increase by bringing or giving more.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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2:37¶ Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

2:38Then 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.

2:39For 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.

2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

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2:41¶ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

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2:42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

2:43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

2:44And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

2:45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

2:47Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

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