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Act 3:25 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the children		Act 2:39; Act 13:26; Gen 20:7; Gen 27:36-40; Gen 48:14-20; Gen 49:1-33; Psa 105:8-15; Mat 3:9,10
the covenant		Gen 17:9,10,19; 1Ch 16:17; Neh 9:8; Luk 1:72; Rom 9:4,5; Rom 15:8; Gal 3:29
And in		Gen 12:3; Gen 18:18; Gen 22:18; Gen 26:4; Gen 28:14; Rom 4:13; Gal 3:8,16
all		Psa 22:27; Psa 96:7; Rev 5:9; Rev 7:9; Rev 14:6

Correlating Passages

the children

	Act 2:39	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.
	Act 13:26	Men [and] brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
	Gen 20:7	Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine.
	Gen 27:36	And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
	Gen 27:37	And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
	Gen 27:38	And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
	Gen 27:39	And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
	Gen 27:40	And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
	Gen 48:14	And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon Ephraim's head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.
	Gen 48:15	And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
	Gen 48:16	The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
	Gen 48:17	And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
	Gen 48:18	And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
	Gen 48:19	And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it]: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
	Gen 48:20	And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
	Gen 49:1	And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the last days.
	Gen 49:2	Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
	Gen 49:3	Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
	Gen 49:4	Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch.
	Gen 49:5	Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.
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	Psa 105:8	He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.
	Psa 105:9	Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
	Psa 105:10	And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:
	Psa 105:11	Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
	Psa 105:12	When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
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	Mat 3:9	And 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.
	Mat 3:10	And 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.

the covenant

	Gen 17:9	And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
	Gen 17:10	This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
	Gen 17:19	And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.
	1Ch 16:17	And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,
	Neh 9:8	And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous:
	Luk 1:72	To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
	Rom 9:4	Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
	Rom 9:5	Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
	Rom 15:8	Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:
	Gal 3:29	And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

And in

	Gen 12:3	And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
	Gen 18:18	Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
	Gen 22:18	And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
	Gen 26:4	And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
	Gen 28:14	And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
	Rom 4:13	For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
	Gal 3:8	And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed.
	Gal 3:16	Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

all

	Psa 22:27	All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
	Psa 96:7	Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
	Rev 5:9	And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
	Rev 7:9	After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
	Rev 14:6	And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

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Scott, Thomas. "Acts 3:25," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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