Bible Cross References
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Colossians 2:6-9
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Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him.
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Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.
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See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.
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For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,
Colossians 1:18
He is the head of his body, the church; he is the source of the body's life. He is the first-born Son, who was raised from death, in order that he alone might have the first place in all things.
Galatians 1:6-9
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I am surprised at you! In no time at all you are deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ, and are accepting another gospel.
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Actually, there is no "other gospel," but I say this because there are some people who are upsetting you and trying to change the gospel of Christ.
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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may he be condemned to hell!
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We have said it before, and now I say it again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel that is different from the one you accepted, may he be condemned to hell!
Galatians 5:2-4
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Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all.
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Once more I warn any man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the whole Law.
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Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace.
1 Timothy 2:4-6
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who wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth.
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For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus,
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who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved,
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Ephesians 4:15
Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head.
Ephesians 4:16
Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.
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Job 19:9-12
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He has taken away all my wealth and destroyed my reputation.
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He batters me from every side. He uproots my hope and leaves me to wither and die.
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God is angry and rages against me; he treats me like his worst enemy.
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He sends his army to attack me; they dig trenches and lay siege to my tent.
Psalm 139:15
When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there---
Psalm 139:16
you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began.
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John 15:4-6
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Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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"I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.
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Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.
Romans 11:17
Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews.
Ephesians 5:29
(None of us ever hate our own bodies. Instead, we feed them, and take care of them, just as Christ does the church;
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Colossians 2:2
I do this in order that they may be filled with courage and may be drawn together in love, and so have the full wealth of assurance which true understanding brings. In this way they will know God's secret, which is Christ himself.
John 17:21
I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
Acts 4:32
The group of believers was one in mind and heart. None of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they all shared with one another everything they had.
Romans 12:4
We have many parts in the one body, and all these parts have different functions.
Romans 12:5
In the same way, though we are many, we are one body in union with Christ, and we are all joined to each other as different parts of one body.
1 Corinthians 1:10
By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose.
1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup we use in the Lord's Supper and for which we give thanks to God: when we drink from it, we are sharing in the blood of Christ. And the bread we break: when we eat it, we are sharing in the body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:17
Because there is the one loaf of bread, all of us, though many, are one body, for we all share the same loaf.
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
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Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts.
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In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit, and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink.
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For the body itself is not made up of only one part, but of many parts.
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If the foot were to say, "Because I am not a hand, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.
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And if the ear were to say, "Because I am not an eye, I don't belong to the body," that would not keep it from being a part of the body.
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If the whole body were just an eye, how could it hear? And if it were only an ear, how could it smell?
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As it is, however, God put every different part in the body just as he wanted it to be.
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There would not be a body if it were all only one part!
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As it is, there are many parts but one body.
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So then, the eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" Nor can the head say to the feet, "Well, I don't need you!"
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On the contrary, we cannot do without the parts of the body that seem to be weaker;
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and those parts that we think aren't worth very much are the ones which we treat with greater care; while the parts of the body which don't look very nice are treated with special modesty,
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which the more beautiful parts do not need. God himself has put the body together in such a way as to give greater honor to those parts that need it.
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And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another.
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If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it; if one part is praised, all the other parts share its happiness.
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All of you are Christ's body, and each one is a part of it.
Ephesians 4:3
Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.
Philippians 1:27
Now, the important thing is that your way of life should be as the gospel of Christ requires, so that, whether or not I am able to go and see you, I will hear that you are standing firm with one common purpose and that with only one desire you are fighting together for the faith of the gospel.
Philippians 2:2-5
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I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind.
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Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.
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And look out for one another's interests, not just for your own.
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The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had:
1 Peter 3:8
To conclude: you must all have the same attitude and the same feelings; love one another, and be kind and humble with one another.
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Colossians 1:10
Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.
Ephesians 4:16
Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
And you have, in fact, behaved like this toward all the believers in all of Macedonia. So we beg you, our friends, to do even more.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
Our friends, we must thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.
2 Peter 3:18
But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen.