Acts 2:40 (GNV)

Passage

And with many other words he besought and exhorted them, saying, Saue your selues from this froward generation.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said vnto them, Amend your liues, and bee baptized euery one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes: and ye shall receiue the gift of the holy Ghost.

Acts 2:39 For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Acts 2:40 And with many other words he besought and exhorted them, saying, Saue your selues from this froward generation.

Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly receiued his word, were baptized: and the same day there were added to the Church about three thousand soules.

Acts 2:42 And they continued in the Apostles doctrine, and fellowship, and breaking of bread, and prayers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "other", "words", "besought", "exhorted", "saying", "saue", "selues", and "froward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "other" and "words", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "For the promise is made vnto you..." into verse 41's "Then they that gladly receiued his word...", so "other" and "words" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "other" and "words" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.