Bible Cross References
Abraham
Romans 3:20-28
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For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.
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But now God's way of putting people right with himself has been revealed. It has nothing to do with law, even though the Law of Moses and the prophets gave their witness to it.
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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.
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But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.
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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.
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What, then, can we boast about? Nothing! And what is the reason for this? Is it that we obey the Law? No, but that we believe.
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For we conclude that a person is put right with God only through faith, and not by doing what the Law commands.
Philippians 3:9
and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.
he hath
Romans 3:27
What, then, can we boast about? Nothing! And what is the reason for this? Is it that we obey the Law? No, but that we believe.
Romans 15:17
In union with Christ Jesus, then, I can be proud of my service for God.
Ezekiel 8:9
He told me, "Go in and look at the evil, disgusting things they are doing there."
Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says, "The wise should not boast of their wisdom, nor the strong of their strength, nor the rich of their wealth.
Jeremiah 9:24
If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the LORD, have spoken."
1 Corinthians 9:16
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!
2 Corinthians 5:12
We are not trying again to recommend ourselves to you; rather, we are trying to give you a good reason to be proud of us, so that you will be able to answer those who boast about people's appearance and not about their character.
2 Corinthians 11:12
I will go on doing what I am doing now, in order to keep those other "apostles" from having any reason for boasting and saying that they work in the same way that we do.
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast about things that show how weak I am.
2 Corinthians 12:1-9
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I have to boast, even though it doesn't do any good. But I will now talk about visions and revelations given me by the Lord.
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I know a certain Christian man who fourteen years ago was snatched up to the highest heaven (I do not know whether this actually happened or whether he had a vision---only God knows).
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I repeat, I know that this man was snatched to Paradise (again, I do not know whether this actually happened or whether it was a vision---only God knows), and there he heard things which cannot be put into words, things that human lips may not speak.
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So I will boast about this man---but I will not boast about myself, except the things that show how weak I am.
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If I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will not boast, because I do not want any of you to have a higher opinion of me than you have as a result of what you have seen me do and heard me say.
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But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.
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Three times I prayed to the Lord about this and asked him to take it away.
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But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.
Galatians 6:13
Even those who practice circumcision do not obey the Law; they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast that you submitted to this physical ceremony.
Galatians 6:14
As for me, however, I will boast only about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; for by means of his cross the world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world.
Ephesians 2:9
but
Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live.
Genesis 12:13
Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well."
Genesis 12:18
Then the king sent for Abram and asked him, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
Genesis 12:20
The king gave orders to his men, so they took Abram and put him out of the country, together with his wife and everything he owned.
Genesis 20:9-13
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Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, "What have you done to us? What wrong have I done to you to make you bring this disaster on me and my kingdom? No one should ever do what you have done to me.
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Abraham answered, "I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife.
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She really is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not of my mother, and I married her.
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So when God sent me from my father's house into foreign lands, I said to her, 'You can show how loyal you are to me by telling everyone that I am your brother.' "
Joshua 24:2
Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has to say: 'Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. One of those ancestors was Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor.
1 Corinthians 1:29
This means that no one can boast in God's presence.
1 Corinthians 4:7
Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?
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.