Bible Cross References
I tell
John 8:45
But I tell the truth, and that is why you do not believe me.
John 8:46
Which one of you can prove that I am guilty of sin? If I tell the truth, then why do you not believe me?
Luke 4:25
Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.
Luke 9:27
I assure you that there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God."
Acts 10:34
Peter began to speak: "I now realize that it is true that God treats everyone on the same basis.
It
John 11:50-52
50
Don't you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?"
51
Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people,
52
and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.
John 14:3
And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am.
John 14:28
You heard me say to you, 'I am leaving, but I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father; for he is greater than I.
Romans 8:28
We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17
And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.
the Comforter
John 7:39
Jesus said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were going to receive. At that time the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not been raised to glory.
John 14:16
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you forever.
John 14:17
He is the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God. The world cannot receive him, because it cannot see him or know him. But you know him, because he remains with you and is in you.
John 14:26
The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you.
John 15:26
"The Helper will come---the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the Father, and he will speak about me.
but
Psalm 68:18
He goes up to the heights, taking many captives with him; he receives gifts from rebellious people. The LORD God will live there.
Luke 24:49
And I myself will send upon you what my Father has promised. But you must wait in the city until the power from above comes down upon you."
Acts 1:4
And when they came together, he gave them this order: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift I told you about, the gift my Father promised.
Acts 1:5
John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
Acts 2:33
He has been raised to the right side of God, his Father, and has received from him the Holy Spirit, as he had promised. What you now see and hear is his gift that he has poured out on us.
Ephesians 4:8-13
8
As the scripture says, "When he went up to the very heights, he took many captives with him; he gave gifts to people."
9
Now, what does "he went up" mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth.
10
So the one who came down is the same one who went up, above and beyond the heavens, to fill the whole universe with his presence.
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.
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He did this to prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ.
13
And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature.