Bible Cross References
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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?
Romans 11:1
I ask, then: Did God reject his own people? Certainly not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:5
It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of his grace.
Romans 11:6
His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
Ephesians 2:7
He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.
Ephesians 3:7
I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power.
Ephesians 3:8
I am less than the least of all God's people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ,
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.
his grace
1 Corinthians 15:2
That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it---unless it was for nothing that you believed.
2 Corinthians 6:1
In our work together with God, then, we beg you who have received God's grace not to let it be wasted.
but I
Romans 15:17-20
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In union with Christ Jesus, then, I can be proud of my service for God.
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I will be bold and speak only about what Christ has done through me to lead the Gentiles to obey God. He has done this by means of words and deeds,
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by the power of miracles and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. And so, in traveling all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum, I have proclaimed fully the Good News about Christ.
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My ambition has always been to proclaim the Good News in places where Christ has not been heard of, so as not to build on a foundation laid by someone else.
2 Corinthians 10:12-16
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Of course we would not dare classify ourselves or compare ourselves with those who rate themselves so highly. How stupid they are! They make up their own standards to measure themselves by, and they judge themselves by their own standards!
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As for us, however, our boasting will not go beyond certain limits; it will stay within the limits of the work which God has set for us, and this includes our work among you.
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And since you are within those limits, we were not going beyond them when we came to you, bringing the Good News about Christ.
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So we do not boast about the work that others have done beyond the limits God set for us. Instead, we hope that your faith may grow and that we may be able to do a much greater work among you, always within the limits that God has set.
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Then we can preach the Good News in other countries beyond you and shall not have to boast about work already done in someone else's field.
2 Corinthians 11:23-30
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Are they Christ's servants? I sound like a madman---but I am a better servant than they are! I have worked much harder, I have been in prison more times, I have been whipped much more, and I have been near death more often.
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Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
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three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water.
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In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from my own people and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.
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There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.
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And not to mention other things, every day I am under the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
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When someone is weak, then I feel weak too; when someone is led into sin, I am filled with distress.
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If I must boast, I will boast about things that show how weak I am.
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.
yet
Matthew 10:20
For the words you will speak will not be yours; they will come from the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
2 Corinthians 3:5
There is nothing in us that allows us to claim that we are capable of doing this work. The capacity we have comes from God;
Galatians 2:8
For by God's power I was made an apostle to the Gentiles, just as Peter was made an apostle to the Jews.
Ephesians 3:7
I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power.
Philippians 2:13
because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.
Philippians 4:13
I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.
Colossians 1:28
So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.
Colossians 1:29
To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.