NT cross references

1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

- Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: 2 Cor. 1:1

- Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Gal. 1:1

- Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: Phil. 1:1

2. To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

- To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Rom. 1:7

- Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: 1 Cor. 1:2

- Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Gal. 1:3

3. We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

- I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 1 Cor. 1:4

- Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; Eph. 1:16

- We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 1 Thess. 1:2

4. Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

- First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. Rom. 1:8

- And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor. 13:13

- For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; Col. 2:1

5. For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

- For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? Rom. 8:24

- Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 1 Thess. 1:3

- To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 1 Pet. 1:4

6. Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

- And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. Mark 4:8

- And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. Acts 6:7

- So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Acts 19:20

7. As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

- Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1 Cor. 4:2

- Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Col. 4:12

- There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; Philem. 1:23

- And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Rom. 5:5

- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal. 5:22

- Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, Col. 1:4

9. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

- Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Eph. 1:8

- That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: Eph. 1:17

- And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; Phil. 1:9

10. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

- Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16

- Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; Phil. 1:27

- But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 2 Pet. 3:18

11. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

- But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 2 Cor. 6:4

- That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Eph. 3:16

- But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 2 Tim. 3:10

12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

- And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Acts 20:32

- The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Eph. 1:18

- To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 1 Pet. 1:4

13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

- And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matt. 3:17

- Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Eph. 2:2

- But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; 1 Pet. 2:9

- Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Rom. 3:24

- In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Eph. 1:7

- Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 1 Pet. 1:18

- Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? John 14:9

- For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom. 8:29

- Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: Heb. 1:3

16. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

- By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Ps. 33:6

- All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:3

- Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Heb. 1:2

- Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:58

- And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. John 17:5

- For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Rom. 11:36

18. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

- That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. Acts 26:23

- But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 1 Cor. 15:20

- For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Eph. 5:23

- And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14

- And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. John 1:16

- For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col. 2:9

20. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

- Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Rom. 5:1

- To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 2 Cor. 5:19

- And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:2

21. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

- For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Rom. 5:10

- Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Rom. 8:7

- Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4:4

22. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

- That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Eph. 5:27

- Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 2 Pet. 3:14

- Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Jude 1:24

23. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

- Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Hos. 6:3

- And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

- Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Eph. 3:7

24. Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

- For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 2 Cor. 1:5

- Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. Eph. 3:13

- But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1 Pet. 4:13

25. Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

- For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 1 Cor. 9:17

- If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: Eph. 3:2

- Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Eph. 3:7

26. Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

- He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. Matt. 13:11

- Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, Rom. 16:25

- Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; Eph. 3:5

27. To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

- And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Rom. 9:23

- But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 1 Cor. 2:7

- The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Eph. 1:18

28. Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

- Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. Acts 20:31

- For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 2 Cor. 11:2

- Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Eph. 4:13

29. Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

- But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1 Cor. 15:10

- Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Eph. 3:7

- I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2 Tim. 4:7