40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."


In Context

37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

38 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--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."

41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 2:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:40And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:40With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, |Save yourselves from this crooked generation!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:40Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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