Bible Cross References
Testifying
Acts 20:24
But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.
Acts 2:40
Peter made his appeal to them and with many other words he urged them, saying, "Save yourselves from the punishment coming on this wicked people!"
Acts 8:25
After they had given their testimony and proclaimed the Lord's message, Peter and John went back to Jerusalem. On their way they preached the Good News in many villages of Samaria.
Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul gave his whole time to preaching the message, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.
Acts 28:23
So they set a date with Paul, and a large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained to them his message about the Kingdom of God, and he tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets.
1 John 5:11-13
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The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.
12
Whoever has the Son has this life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13
I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life---you that believe in the Son of God.
to the Jews
Acts 18:4
He held discussions in the synagogue every Sabbath, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.
Acts 19:17
All the Jews and Gentiles who lived in Ephesus heard about this; they were all filled with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was given greater honor.
Romans 1:14
For I have an obligation to all peoples, to the civilized and to the savage, to the educated and to the ignorant.
1 Corinthians 1:22
Jews want miracles for proof, and Greeks look for wisdom.
repentance
Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, "Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do,
Acts 11:18
When they heard this, they stopped their criticism and praised God, saying, "Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!"
Acts 17:30
God has overlooked the times when people did not know him, but now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.
Acts 26:20
First in Damascus and in Jerusalem and then in the whole country of Israel and among the Gentiles, I preached that they must repent of their sins and turn to God and do the things that would show they had repented.
Ezekiel 18:30-32
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"Now I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling you Israelites that I will judge each of you by what you have done. Turn away from all the evil you are doing, and don't let your sin destroy you.
31
Give up all the evil you have been doing, and get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die?
32
I do not want anyone to die," says the Sovereign LORD. "Turn away from your sins and live."
Matthew 3:2
"Turn away from your sins," he said, "because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach his message: "Turn away from your sins, because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"
Matthew 21:31
Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
Matthew 21:32
For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
Mark 1:15
"The right time has come," he said, "and the Kingdom of God is near! Turn away from your sins and believe the Good News!"
Mark 6:12
So they went out and preached that people should turn away from their sins.
Luke 13:3
No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did.
Luke 13:5
No indeed! And I tell you that if you do not turn from your sins, you will all die as they did."
Luke 15:7
In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do not need to repent.
Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents."
Luke 24:47
and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Romans 2:4
Or perhaps you despise his great kindness, tolerance, and patience. Surely you know that God is kind, because he is trying to lead you to repent.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation---and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death.
2 Timothy 2:25
who is gentle as you correct your opponents, for it may be that God will give them the opportunity to repent and come to know the truth.
2 Timothy 2:26
And then they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the Devil, who had caught them and made them obey his will.
faith
Acts 10:43
All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name."
Acts 13:38
All of you, my fellow Israelites, are to know for sure that it is through Jesus that the message about forgiveness of sins is preached to you; you are to know that everyone who believes in him is set free from all the sins from which the Law of Moses could not set you free.
Acts 13:39
Acts 16:31
They answered, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved---you and your family."
John 3:15-18
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so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
16
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.
17
For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.
18
Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God's only Son.
John 3:36-18
John 20:31
But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.
Romans 1:16
I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God's power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles.
Romans 3:22-26
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God puts people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this to all who believe in Christ, because there is no difference at all:
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everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.
24
But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
25
God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.
Romans 4:24
They were written also for us who are to be accepted as righteous, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from death.
Romans 5:1
Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 10:9
If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saved.
Galatians 2:16
Yet we know that a person is put right with God only through faith in Jesus Christ, never by doing what the Law requires. We, too, have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be put right with God through our faith in Christ, and not by doing what the Law requires. For no one is put right with God by doing what the Law requires.
Galatians 2:20
so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.
Galatians 3:22
But the scripture says that the whole world is under the power of sin; and so the gift which is promised on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ is given to those who believe.
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 5:5
Who can defeat the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
1 John 5:11-13
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The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.
12
Whoever has the Son has this life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13
I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life---you that believe in the Son of God.