World English Bible

Acts 2:27

“because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.”

Verse in context — Acts 2

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.

Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

The birth and growth of the early church through the power of the Holy Spirit.