Bible Cross References
who
1 Thessalonians 5:5
All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Romans 13:13
Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day---no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy.
Ephesians 5:8
You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,
Ephesians 5:9
for it is the light that brings a rich harvest of every kind of goodness, righteousness, and truth.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.
1 John 1:7
But if we live in the light---just as he is in the light---then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.
the breastplate
Isaiah 59:17
He will wear justice like a coat of armor and saving power like a helmet. He will clothe himself with the strong desire to set things right and to punish and avenge the wrongs that people suffer.
Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up weapons for fighting in the light.
2 Corinthians 6:7
by our message of truth, and by the power of God. We have righteousness as our weapon, both to attack and to defend ourselves.
Ephesians 6:11
Put on all the armor that God gives you, so that you will be able to stand up against the Devil's evil tricks.
Ephesians 6:13-18
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So put on God's armor now! Then when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist the enemy's attacks; and after fighting to the end, you will still hold your ground.
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So stand ready, with truth as a belt tight around your waist, with righteousness as your breastplate,
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and as your shoes the readiness to announce the Good News of peace.
16
At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One.
17
And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you.
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Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help. Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads. For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for all God's people.
the hope
Job 19:23-27
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How I wish that someone would remember my words and record them in a book!
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Or with a chisel carve my words in stone and write them so that they would last forever.
25
But I know there is someone in heaven who will come at last to my defense.
26
Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God.
27
I will see him with my own eyes, and he will not be a stranger. My courage failed because you said,
Psalm 42:5
Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.
Psalm 42:11
Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.
Psalm 43:5
Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.
Lamentations 3:26
So it is best for us to wait in patience---to wait for him to save us---
Romans 5:2-5
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He has brought us by faith into this experience of God's grace, in which we now live. And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God's glory!
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We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,
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endurance brings God's approval, and his approval creates hope.
5
This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us.
Romans 8:24
For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see?
Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.
Galatians 5:5
As for us, our hope is that God will put us right with him; and this is what we wait for by the power of God's Spirit working through our faith.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope,
Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for our lives. It is safe and sure, and goes through the curtain of the heavenly temple into the inner sanctuary.
Hebrews 10:35
Do not lose your courage, then, because it brings with it a great reward.
Hebrews 10:36
You need to be patient, in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.
1 Peter 1:3-5
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Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,
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and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away.
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They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.
1 Peter 1:13-5
1 John 3:1-3
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See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children---and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.
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My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.
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Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.