Bible Cross References
Paul
Acts 13:9
Then Saul---also known as Paul---was filled with the Holy Spirit; he looked straight at the magician
Acts 21:40
The commander gave him permission, so Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand for the people to be silent. When they were quiet, Paul spoke to them in Hebrew:
Acts 22:7
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?'
Acts 22:13
He came to me, stood by me, and said, 'Brother Saul, see again!' At that very moment I saw again and looked at him.
Acts 26:1
Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak on your own behalf." Paul stretched out his hand and defended himself as follows:
Acts 26:14
All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by hitting back, like an ox kicking against its owner's stick.'
a servant
Romans 1:9
God is my witness that what I say is true---the God whom I serve with all my heart by preaching the Good News about his Son. God knows that I remember you
Romans 15:16
of being a servant of Christ Jesus to work for the Gentiles. I serve like a priest in preaching the Good News from God, in order that the Gentiles may be an offering acceptable to God, dedicated to him by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 16:18
For those who do such things are not serving Christ our Lord, but their own appetites. By their fine words and flattering speech they deceive innocent people.
John 12:26
Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honor anyone who serves me.
John 13:14-16
14
I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one another's feet.
15
I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you.
16
I am telling you the truth: no slaves are greater than their master, and no messengers are greater than the one who sent them.
John 15:15
I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father.
John 15:20
Remember what I told you: 'Slaves are not greater than their master.' If people persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.
Acts 27:23
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship came to me
2 Corinthians 4:5
For it is not ourselves that we preach; we preach Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Galatians 1:10
Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Philippians 1:1
From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus--- To all God's people in Philippi who are in union with Christ Jesus, including the church leaders and helpers:
Philippians 2:11
and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 3:6
and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.
Philippians 3:7
But all those things that I might count as profit I now reckon as loss for Christ's sake.
Titus 1:1
From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was chosen and sent to help the faith of God's chosen people and to lead them to the truth taught by our religion,
James 1:1
From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.
2 Peter 1:1
From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ--- To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as precious as ours:
Jude 1:1
From Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James--- To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ:
Revelation 1:1
This book is the record of the events that Jesus Christ revealed. God gave him this revelation in order to show to his servants what must happen very soon. Christ made these things known to his servant John by sending his angel to him,
Revelation 22:6
Then the angel said to me, "These words are true and can be trusted. And the Lord God, who gives his Spirit to the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen very soon."
Revelation 22:9
But he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all those who obey the words in this book. Worship God!"
called
Romans 1:5
Through him God gave me the privilege of being an apostle for the sake of Christ, in order to lead people of all nations to believe and obey.
Romans 11:13
I am speaking now to you Gentiles: As long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work.
Acts 9:15
The Lord said to him, "Go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel.
Acts 22:14
He said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice.
Acts 22:15
For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.
Acts 22:21
'Go,' the Lord said to me, 'for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "
Acts 26:16-18
16
But get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant. You are to tell others what you have seen of me today and what I will show you in the future.
17
I will rescue you from the people of Israel and from the Gentiles to whom I will send you.
18
You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.'
1 Corinthians 1:1
From Paul, who was called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes---
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not a free man? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus our Lord? And aren't you the result of my work for the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:16-18
16
I have no right to boast just because I preach the gospel. After all, I am under orders to do so. And how terrible it would be for me if I did not preach the gospel!
17
If I did my work as a matter of free choice, then I could expect to be paid; but I do it as a matter of duty, because God has entrusted me with this task.
18
What pay do I get, then? It is the privilege of preaching the Good News without charging for it, without claiming my rights in my work for the gospel.
1 Corinthians 15:8-10
8
Last of all he appeared also to me---even though I am like someone whose birth was abnormal.
9
For I am the least of all the apostles---I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church.
10
But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.
2 Corinthians 1:1
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, and from our brother Timothy--- To the church of God in Corinth, and to all God's people throughout Achaia:
2 Corinthians 11:5
I do not think that I am the least bit inferior to those very special so-called "apostles" of yours!
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am acting like a fool---but you have made me do it. You are the ones who ought to show your approval of me. For even if I am nothing, I am in no way inferior to those very special "apostles" of yours.
Galatians 1:1
From Paul, whose call to be an apostle did not come from human beings or by human means, but from Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from death.
Galatians 1:11-17
11
Let me tell you, my friends, that the gospel I preach is not of human origin.
12
I did not receive it from any human being, nor did anyone teach it to me. It was Jesus Christ himself who revealed it to me.
13
You have been told how I used to live when I was devoted to the Jewish religion, how I persecuted without mercy the church of God and did my best to destroy it.
14
I was ahead of most other Jews of my age in my practice of the Jewish religion, and was much more devoted to the traditions of our ancestors.
15
But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided
16
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice,
17
nor did I go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went at once to Arabia, and then I returned to Damascus.
Ephesians 1:1
From Paul, who by God's will is an apostle of Christ Jesus--- To God's people in Ephesus, who are faithful in their life in union with Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 3:5-7
5
In past times human beings were not told this secret, but God has revealed it now by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
6
The secret is that by means of the gospel the Gentiles have a part with the Jews in God's blessings; they are members of the same body and share in the promise that God made through Christ Jesus.
7
I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power.
Ephesians 4:11
It was he who "gave gifts to people"; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers.
Colossians 1:1
From Paul, who by God's will is an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy---
Colossians 1:25
And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming his message,
1 Timothy 1:1
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by order of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope---
1 Timothy 1:11
That teaching is found in the gospel that was entrusted to me to announce, the Good News from the glorious and blessed God.
1 Timothy 1:12
I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength for my work. I thank him for considering me worthy and appointing me to serve him,
1 Timothy 2:7
and that is why I was sent as an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles, to proclaim the message of faith and truth. I am not lying; I am telling the truth!
2 Timothy 1:11
God has appointed me as an apostle and teacher to proclaim the Good News,
Titus 1:1
From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was chosen and sent to help the faith of God's chosen people and to lead them to the truth taught by our religion,
Hebrews 5:4
No one chooses for himself the honor of being a high priest. It is only by God's call that a man is made a high priest---just as Aaron was.
separated
Leviticus 20:24-26
24
But I have promised you this rich and fertile land as your possession, and I will give it to you. I am the LORD your God, and I have set you apart from the other nations.
25
So then, you must make a clear distinction between animals and birds that are ritually clean and those that are not. Do not eat unclean animals or birds. I have declared them unclean, and eating them would make you unclean.
26
You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the LORD and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.
Numbers 16:9
Do you consider it a small matter that the God of Israel has set you apart from the rest of the community, so that you can approach him, perform your service in the LORD's Tent, and minister to the community and serve them?
Numbers 16:10
He has let you and all the other Levites have this honor---and now you are trying to get the priesthood too!
Deuteronomy 10:8
At the mountain the LORD appointed the men of the tribe of Levi to be in charge of the Covenant Box, to serve him as priests, and to pronounce blessings in his name. And these are still their duties.
1 Chronicles 23:13
His oldest son, Amram, was the father of Aaron and Moses. (Aaron and his descendants were set apart to be in charge of the sacred objects forever, to burn incense in the worship of the LORD, to serve him, and to bless the people in his name.
Isaiah 49:1
Listen to me, distant nations, you people who live far away! Before I was born, the LORD chose me and appointed me to be his servant.
Jeremiah 1:5
"I chose you before I gave you life, and before you were born I selected you to be a prophet to the nations."
Acts 13:2-4
2
While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them."
3
They fasted and prayed, placed their hands on them, and sent them off.
4
Having been sent by the Holy Spirit, Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia and sailed from there to the island of Cyprus.
Galatians 1:15
But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them,
1 Timothy 1:16
but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those who would later believe in him and receive eternal life.
Hebrews 7:26
Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.
the gospel
Romans 1:9
God is my witness that what I say is true---the God whom I serve with all my heart by preaching the Good News about his Son. God knows that I remember you
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 15:16
of being a servant of Christ Jesus to work for the Gentiles. I serve like a priest in preaching the Good News from God, in order that the Gentiles may be an offering acceptable to God, dedicated to him by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:29
When I come to you, I know that I shall come with a full measure of the blessing of Christ.
Romans 16:25
Let us give glory to God! He is able to make you stand firm in your faith, according to the Good News I preach about Jesus Christ and according to the revelation of the secret truth which was hidden for long ages in the past.
Mark 16:15
He said to them, "Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people.
Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Luke 2:10
but the angel said to them, "Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people.
Luke 2:11
This very day in David's town your Savior was born---Christ the Lord!
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.
Ephesians 1:13
And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
You know how we had already been mistreated and insulted in Philippi before we came to you in Thessalonica. And even though there was much opposition, our God gave us courage to tell you the Good News that comes from him.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:14
God called you to this through the Good News we preached to you; he called you to possess your share of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:11
That teaching is found in the gospel that was entrusted to me to announce, the Good News from the glorious and blessed God.