Bible Cross References
I have
Hebrews 13:22
I beg you, my friends, to listen patiently to this message of encouragement; for this letter I have written you is not very long.
1 Peter 5:12
I write you this brief letter with the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful Christian. I want to encourage you and give my testimony that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
1 John 2:12-14
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I write to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of Christ.
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I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.
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I write to you, my children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.
1 John 5:13
I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life---you that believe in the Son of God.
Jude 1:3-5
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My dear friends, I was doing my best to write to you about the salvation we share in common, when I felt the need of writing at once to encourage you to fight on for the faith which once and for all God has given to his people.
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For some godless people have slipped in unnoticed among us, persons who distort the message about the grace of our God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and who reject Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Long ago the Scriptures predicted the condemnation they have received.
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For even though you know all this, I want to remind you of how the Lord once rescued the people of Israel from Egypt, but afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
as
1 Timothy 4:6
If you give these instructions to the believers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, as you feed yourself spiritually on the words of faith and of the true teaching which you have followed.
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to keep alive the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you.
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind your people of this, and give them a solemn warning in God's presence not to fight over words. It does no good, but only ruins the people who listen.
Titus 3:1
Remind your people to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey them, and to be ready to do good in every way.
2 Peter 1:12-15
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And so I will always remind you of these matters, even though you already know them and are firmly grounded in the truth you have received.
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I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive.
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I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me.
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I will do my best, then, to provide a way for you to remember these matters at all times after my death.
2 Peter 3:1
My dear friends, this is now the second letter I have written you. In both letters I have tried to arouse pure thoughts in your minds by reminding you of these things.
2 Peter 3:2
I want you to remember the words that were spoken long ago by the holy prophets, and the command from the Lord and Savior which was given you by your apostles.
because
Romans 1:5
Through him God gave me the privilege of being an apostle for the sake of Christ, in order to lead people of all nations to believe and obey.
Romans 12:3
And because of God's gracious gift to me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you should. Instead, be modest in your thinking, and judge yourself according to the amount of faith that God has given you.
Romans 12:6
So we are to use our different gifts in accordance with the grace that God has given us. If our gift is to speak God's message, we should do it according to the faith that we have;
1 Corinthians 3:10
Using the gift that God gave me, I did the work of an expert builder and laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each of you must be careful how you build.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.
Galatians 1:15
But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided
Galatians 1:16
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice,
Galatians 2:9
James, Peter, and John, who seemed to be the leaders, recognized that God had given me this special task; so they shook hands with Barnabas and me, as a sign that we were all partners. We agreed that Barnabas and I would work among the Gentiles and they among 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.
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 1:11-14
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That teaching is found in the gospel that was entrusted to me to announce, the Good News from the glorious and blessed God.
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I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength for my work. I thank him for considering me worthy and appointing me to serve him,
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even though in the past I spoke evil of him and persecuted and insulted him. But God was merciful to me because I did not yet have faith and so did not know what I was doing.
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And our Lord poured out his abundant grace on me and gave me the faith and love which are ours in union with Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 4:10
Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.
1 Peter 4:11
Those who preach must preach God's messages; those who serve must serve with the strength that God gives them, so that in all things praise may be given to God through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:15
Look on our Lord's patience as the opportunity he is giving you to be saved, just as our dear friend Paul wrote to you, using the wisdom that God gave him.