Bible Cross References
set forth
Acts 2:23
In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.
Acts 3:18
God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way.
Acts 4:28
They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.
Acts 15:18
So says the Lord, who made this known long ago.'
1 Peter 1:18-20
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For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;
19
it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw.
20
He had been chosen by God before the creation of the world and was revealed in these last days for your sake.
Revelation 13:8
All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.
to be
Exodus 25:17-22
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"Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
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one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
20
The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
21
Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
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I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.
Leviticus 16:15
After that, he shall kill the goat for the sin offering for the people, bring its blood into the Most Holy Place, and sprinkle it on the lid and then in front of the Covenant Box, as he did with the bull's blood.
Hebrews 9:5
Above the Box were the winged creatures representing God's presence, with their wings spread over the place where sins were forgiven. But now is not the time to explain everything in detail.
1 John 2:2
And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.
1 John 4:10
This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.
through
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 5:9
By his blood we are now put right with God; how much more, then, will we be saved by him from God's anger!
Romans 5:11
But that is not all; we rejoice because of what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has now made us God's friends.
Isaiah 53:11
After a life of suffering, he will again have joy; he will know that he did not suffer in vain. My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased, will bear the punishment of many and for his sake I will forgive them.
John 6:47
I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life.
John 6:53-58
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Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves.
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Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day.
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For my flesh is the real food; my blood is the real drink.
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Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.
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The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me.
58
This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever."
Colossians 1:20-23
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Through the Son, then, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself. God made peace through his Son's blood on the cross and so brought back to himself all things, both on earth and in heaven.
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At one time you were far away from God and were his enemies because of the evil things you did and thought.
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But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence.
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You must, of course, continue faithful on a firm and sure foundation, and must not allow yourselves to be shaken from the hope you gained when you heard the gospel. It is of this gospel that I, Paul, became a servant---this gospel which has been preached to everybody in the world.
Hebrews 10:19
We have, then, my friends, complete freedom to go into the Most Holy Place by means of the death of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:20
He opened for us a new way, a living way, through the curtain---that is, through his own body.
to declare
Romans 3:26
(SEE 3:25)
Psalm 22:31
People not yet born will be told: "The Lord saved his people."
Psalm 40:10
I have not kept the news of salvation to myself; I have always spoken of your faithfulness and help. In the assembly of all your people I have not been silent about your loyalty and constant love.
Psalm 50:6
The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.
Psalm 97:6
The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the nations see his glory.
Psalm 119:142
Your righteousness will last forever, and your law is always true.
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.
remission
Romans 3:23
everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.
Romans 3:24
But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
Romans 4:1-8
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What shall we say, then, of Abraham, the father of our race? What was his experience?
2
If he was put right with God by the things he did, he would have something to boast about---but not in God's sight.
3
The scripture says, "Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous."
4
A person who works is paid wages, but they are not regarded as a gift; they are something that has been earned.
5
But those who depend on faith, not on deeds, and who believe in the God who declares the guilty to be innocent, it is this faith that God takes into account in order to put them right with himself.
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This is what David meant when he spoke of the happiness of the person whom God accepts as righteous, apart from anything that person does:
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"Happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are pardoned!
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Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of !"
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
(SEE 13:38)
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.
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,
Hebrews 9:15-22
15
For this reason Christ is the one who arranges a new covenant, so that those who have been called by God may receive the eternal blessings that God has promised. This can be done because there has been a death which sets people free from the wrongs they did while the first covenant was in effect.
16
In the case of a will it is necessary to prove that the person who made it has died,
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for a will means nothing while the person who made it is alive; it goes into effect only after his death.
18
That is why even the first covenant went into effect only with the use of blood.
19
First, Moses proclaimed to the people all the commandments as set forth in the Law. Then he took the blood of bulls and goats, mixed it with water, and sprinkled it on the book of the Law and all the people, using a sprig of hyssop and some red wool.
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He said, "This is the blood which seals the covenant that God has commanded you to obey."
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In the same way Moses also sprinkled the blood on the Sacred Tent and over all the things used in worship.
22
Indeed, according to the Law almost everything is purified by blood, and sins are forgiven only if blood is poured out.
Hebrews 9:25-22
Hebrews 9:26-22
Hebrews 10:4
For the blood of bulls and goats can never take away sins.
Hebrews 11:7
It was faith that made Noah hear God's warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned, and Noah received from God the righteousness that comes by faith.
Hebrews 11:14
Those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
Hebrews 11:17
It was faith that made Abraham offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God put Abraham to the test. Abraham was the one to whom God had made the promise, yet he was ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice.
Hebrews 11:39
What a record all of these have won by their faith! Yet they did not receive what God had promised,
Hebrews 11:40
because God had decided on an even better plan for us. His purpose was that only in company with us would they be made perfect.
Revelation 5:9
They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.
Revelation 13:8
All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.
Revelation 20:15
Those who did not have their name written in the book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire.