Bible Cross References
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John 3:3
Jesus answered, "I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again."
John 3:5
"I am telling you the truth," replied Jesus, "that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.
James 1:18
By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.
1 Peter 1:3
Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,
1 Peter 1:23
For through the living and eternal word of God you have been born again as the children of a parent who is immortal, not mortal.
1 Peter 2:2
Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.
1 John 3:9
Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for God's very nature is in them; and because God is their Father, they cannot continue to sin.
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.
1 John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.
1 John 5:4
because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.
1 John 5:18
We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them.
not
John 8:33-41
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"We are the descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and we have never been anybody's slaves. What do you mean, then, by saying, 'You will be free'?"
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Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
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A slave does not belong to a family permanently, but a son belongs there forever.
36
If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free.
37
I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me, because you will not accept my teaching.
38
I talk about what my Father has shown me, but you do what your father has told you."
39
They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." "If you really were Abraham's children," Jesus replied, "you would do the same things that he did.
40
All I have ever done is to tell you the truth I heard from God, yet you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like this!
41
You are doing what your father did." "God himself is the only Father we have," they answered, "and we are his true children."
Matthew 3:9
And don't think you can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!
Romans 9:7-9
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Nor are all of Abraham's descendants the children of God. God said to Abraham, "It is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I promised you."
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This means that the children born in the usual way are not the children of God; instead, the children born as a result of God's promise are regarded as the true descendants.
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For God's promise was made in these words: "At the right time I will come back, and Sarah will have a son."
nor of the will of the
Genesis 25:22
She was going to have twins, and before they were born, they struggled against each other in her womb. She said, "Why should something like this happen to me?" So she went to ask the LORD for an answer.
Genesis 25:28
Isaac preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed, but Rebecca preferred Jacob.
Genesis 27:4
Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die."
Genesis 27:33
Isaac began to tremble and shake all over, and he asked, "Who was it, then, who killed an animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my final blessing, and so it is his forever."
Romans 9:10-16
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And this is not all. For Rebecca's two sons had the same father, our ancestor Isaac.
11
But in order that the choice of one son might be completely the result of God's own purpose, God said to her, "The older will serve the younger." He said this before they were born, before they had done anything either good or bad; so God's choice was based on his call, and not on anything they had done.
13
As the scripture says, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau."
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Shall we say, then, that God is unjust? Not at all.
15
For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on anyone I wish; I will take pity on anyone I wish."
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So then, everything depends, not on what we humans want or do, but only on God's mercy.
nor of the will of man
Psalm 110:3
On the day you fight your enemies, your people will volunteer. Like the dew of early morning your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.
Romans 9:1-5
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I am speaking the truth; I belong to Christ and I do not lie. My conscience, ruled by the Holy Spirit, also assures me that I am not lying
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when I say how great is my sorrow, how endless the pain in my heart
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for my people, my own flesh and blood! For their sake I could wish that I myself were under God's curse and separated from Christ.
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They are God's people; he made them his children and revealed his glory to them; he made his covenants with them and gave them the Law; they have the true worship; they have received God's promises;
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they are descended from the famous Hebrew ancestors; and Christ, as a human being, belongs to their race. May God, who rules over all, be praised forever! Amen.
Romans 10:1-3
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My friends, how I wish with all my heart that my own people might be saved! How I pray to God for them!
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I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge.
3
They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.
Philippians 2:13
because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.
James 1:18
By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.
of God
John 3:6-8
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A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit.
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Do not be surprised because I tell you that you must all be born again.
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The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is like that with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Titus 3:5
he saved us. It was not because of any good deeds that we ourselves had done, but because of his own mercy that he saved us, through the Holy Spirit, who gives us new birth and new life by washing us.
1 John 2:28
Yes, my children, remain in union with him, so that when he appears we may be full of courage and need not hide in shame from him on the Day he comes.
1 John 2:29
You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.