Bible Cross References
expedient
2 Corinthians 8:10
My opinion is that it is better for you to finish now what you began last year. You were the first, not only to act, but also to be willing to act.
John 16:7
But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send him to you.
John 18:14
It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish authorities that it was better that one man should die for all the people.
1 Corinthians 6:12
Someone will say, "I am allowed to do anything." Yes; but not everything is good for you. I could say that I am allowed to do anything, but I am not going to let anything make me its slave.
1 Corinthians 10:23
"We are allowed to do anything," so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. "We are allowed to do anything"---but not everything is helpful.
to glory
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.
2 Corinthians 11:16-30
16
I repeat: no one should think that I am a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool, just so I will have a little to boast of.
17
Of course what I am saying now is not what the Lord would have me say; in this matter of boasting I am really talking like a fool.
18
But since there are so many who boast for merely human reasons, I will do the same.
19
You yourselves are so wise, and so you gladly tolerate fools!
20
You tolerate anyone who orders you around or takes advantage of you or traps you or looks down on you or slaps you in the face.
21
I am ashamed to admit that we were too timid to do those things! But if anyone dares to boast about something---I am talking like a fool---I will be just as daring.
22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.
23
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.
24
Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
25
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.
26
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.
27
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.
28
And not to mention other things, every day I am under the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29
When someone is weak, then I feel weak too; when someone is led into sin, I am filled with distress.
30
If I must boast, I will boast about things that show how weak I am.
visions
2 Corinthians 12:7
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.
Numbers 12:6
and the LORD said, "Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you, I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams.
Ezekiel 1:1-28
1
On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the Chebar River in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God.
2
(It was the fifth year since King Jehoiachin had been taken into exile.)
3
There in Babylonia beside the Chebar River, I heard the LORD speak to me, and I felt his power.
4
I looked up and saw a windstorm coming from the north. Lightning was flashing from a huge cloud, and the sky around it was glowing. Where the lightning was flashing, something shone like bronze.
5
At the center of the storm I saw what looked like four living creatures in human form,
6
but each of them had four faces and four wings.
7
Their legs were straight, and they had hoofs like those of a bull. They shone like polished bronze.
8
In addition to their four faces and four wings, they each had four human hands, one under each wing.
9
Two wings of each creature were spread out so that the creatures formed a square, with their wing tips touching. When they moved, they moved as a group without turning their bodies.
10
Each living creature had four different faces: a human face in front, a lion's face at the right, a bull's face at the left, and an eagle's face at the back.
11
Two wings of each creature were raised so that they touched the tips of the wings of the creatures next to it, and their other two wings were folded against their bodies.
12
Each creature faced all four directions, and so the group could go wherever they wished, without having to turn.
13
Among the creatures there was something that looked like a blazing torch, constantly moving. The fire would blaze up and shoot out flashes of lightning.
14
The creatures themselves darted back and forth with the speed of lightning.
15
As I was looking at the four creatures I saw four wheels touching the ground, one beside each of them.
16
All four wheels were alike; each one shone like a precious stone, and each had another wheel intersecting it at right angles,
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so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions.
18
The rims of the wheels were covered with eyes.
19
Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels moved with them, and if the creatures rose up from the earth, so did the wheels.
20
The creatures went wherever they wished, and the wheels did exactly what the creatures did, because the creatures controlled them.
21
So every time the creatures moved or stopped or rose in the air, the wheels did exactly the same.
22
Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal.
23
There under the dome stood the creatures, each stretching out two wings toward the ones next to it and covering its body with the other two wings.
24
I heard the noise their wings made in flight; it sounded like the roar of the sea, like the noise of a huge army, like the voice of Almighty God. When they stopped flying, they folded their wings,
25
but there was still a sound coming from above the dome over their heads.
26
Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire, and sitting on the throne was a figure that looked like a human being.
27
The figure seemed to be shining like bronze in the middle of a fire. It shone all over with a bright light
28
that had in it all the colors of the rainbow. This was the dazzling light which shows the presence of the LORD. When I saw this, I fell face downward on the ground. Then I heard a voice
Ezekiel 11:24
In the vision the spirit of God lifted me up and brought me back to the exiles in Babylonia. Then the vision faded,
Daniel 10:5-10
5
I looked up and saw someone who was wearing linen clothes and a belt of fine gold.
6
His body shone like a jewel. His face was as bright as a flash of lightning, and his eyes blazed like fire. His arms and legs shone like polished bronze, and his voice sounded like the roar of a great crowd.
7
I was the only one who saw the vision. Those who were with me did not see anything, but they were terrified and ran and hid.
8
I was left there alone, watching this amazing vision. I had no strength left, and my face was so changed that no one could have recognized me.
9
When I heard his voice, I fell to the ground unconscious and lay there face downward.
10
Then a hand took hold of me and raised me to my hands and knees; I was still trembling.
Joel 2:28
"Afterward I will pour out my Spirit on everyone: your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your old people will have dreams, and your young people will see visions.
Joel 2:29
At that time I will pour out my Spirit even on servants, both men and women.
Acts 9:10-17
10
There was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. He had a vision, in which the Lord said to him, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord," he answered.
11
The Lord said to him, "Get ready and go to Straight Street, and at the house of Judas ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying,
12
and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he might see again."
13
Ananias answered, "Lord, many people have told me about this man and about all the terrible things he has done to your people in Jerusalem.
14
And he has come to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who worship you."
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.
16
And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake."
17
So Ananias went, entered the house where Saul was, and placed his hands on him. "Brother Saul," he said, "the Lord has sent me---Jesus himself, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here. He sent me so that you might see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
Acts 18:9
One night Paul had a vision in which the Lord said to him, "Do not be afraid, but keep on speaking and do not give up,
Acts 22:17-21
17
"I went back to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the Temple, I had a vision,
18
in which I saw the Lord, as he said to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your witness about me.'
19
'Lord,' I answered, 'they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.
20
And when your witness Stephen was put to death, I myself was there, approving of his murder and taking care of the cloaks of his murderers.'
21
'Go,' the Lord said to me, 'for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "
Acts 23:11
That night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Don't be afraid! You have given your witness for me here in Jerusalem, and you must also do the same in Rome."
Acts 26:13-19
13
It was on the road at midday, Your Majesty, that I saw a light much brighter than the sun, coming from the sky and shining around me and the men traveling with me.
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.'
15
'Who are you, Lord?' I asked. And the Lord answered, 'I am Jesus, whom you persecute.
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.'
19
"And so, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the vision I had from heaven.
Galatians 1:12
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.
Galatians 2:2
I went because God revealed to me that I should go. In a private meeting with the leaders I explained the gospel message that I preach to the Gentiles. I did not want my work in the past or in the present to be a failure.
1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God---in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.