Bible Cross References
Because
Romans 4:16
And so the promise was based on faith, in order that the promise should be guaranteed as God's free gift to all of Abraham's descendants---not just to those who obey the Law, but also to those who believe as Abraham did. For Abraham is the spiritual father of us all;
Romans 10:3
They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.
Matthew 19:16-20
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Once a man came to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what good thing must I do to receive eternal life?"
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"Why do you ask me concerning what is good?" answered Jesus. "There is only One who is good. Keep the commandments if you want to enter life."
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"What commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely;
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respect your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as you love yourself."
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"I have obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else do I need to do?"
John 6:27-29
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Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him."
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So they asked him, "What can we do in order to do what God wants us to do?"
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Jesus answered, "What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent."
Acts 16:30-34
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Then he led them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
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They answered, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved---you and your family."
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Then they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in the house.
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At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once.
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Then he took Paul and Silas up into his house and gave them some food to eat. He and his family were filled with joy, because they now believed in God.
1 John 5:9-12
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We believe human testimony; but God's testimony is much stronger, and he has given this testimony about his Son.
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So those who believe in the Son of God have this testimony in their own heart; but those who do not believe God, have made a liar of him, because they have not believed what God has said about his Son.
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The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.
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Whoever has the Son has this life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
they stumbled
Romans 11:11
I ask, then: When the Jews stumbled, did they fall to their ruin? By no means! Because they sinned, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make the Jews jealous of them.
Matthew 13:57
And so they rejected him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is respected everywhere except in his hometown and by his own family."
Luke 2:34
Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, "This child is chosen by God for the destruction and the salvation of many in Israel. He will be a sign from God which many people will speak against
Luke 7:23
How happy are those who have no doubts about me!"
1 Corinthians 1:23
As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;