Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
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Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
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Exodus 3:11
And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?
1 Samuel 9:21
And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?
1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,
1 Samuel 18:18
And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?
2 Samuel 7:18
Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
1 Chronicles 17:16
Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
Proverbs 30:2
For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
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1 Chronicles 29:14
But who am I and what is my people, that we have power to give so freely in this way? for all things come from you, and what we have given you is yours.
Luke 17:10
In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.
Acts 17:18
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:8
And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
Ephesians 3:13
For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.
Philippians 4:13
I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.
Colossians 1:24
Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.
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Job 9:10
Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.
Job 11:8
They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
Job 26:14
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
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Psalms 78:2
Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
1 Corinthians 13:2
And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 15:51
See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.
Revelation 10:7
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.
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Psalms 67:1
To the chief music-maker. With corded instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God give us mercy and blessing, and let the light of his face be shining on us; (Selah.)
Psalms 67:2
So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.
Psalms 98:2
The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations.
Psalms 98:3
He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Isaiah 66:19
And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.
Malachi 1:11
For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
Luke 2:10
And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:
Acts 13:48
And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.
Romans 15:8
Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
Romans 15:10
And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.
Romans 15:11
And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.
Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
Psalms 119:127
For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
Proverbs 3:14
For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.
Matthew 13:46
And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
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Ecclesiastes 12:9
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
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Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
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1 Kings 10:23
And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
Matthew 3:11
Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
Romans 1:16
For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
1 Corinthians 3:23
And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
Ephesians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
Colossians 2:9
For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 11:40
Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
1 Peter 1:10
For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;
1 John 3:2
My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
Revelation 7:12
So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.
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Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Proverbs 13:7
A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
Matthew 6:20
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Luke 12:21
So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
Luke 12:33
Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
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Matthew 11:11
Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 13:19
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
Luke 9:48
And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.
John 7:37
On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.
Romans 15:29
And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?
Ephesians 2:8
Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
1 Thessalonians 2:16
Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.
2 Thessalonians 1:10
At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.
2 Timothy 1:12
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
1 Peter 1:5
Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.
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Psalms 68:18
You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.
Isaiah 53:12
For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.
John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
John 4:10
In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.
John 14:2
In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
Acts 10:34
Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
Romans 8:32
He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Romans 10:13
Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.
Romans 15:18
And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
Colossians 1:6
Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
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Acts 5:42
And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Acts 9:20
And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.
Philippians 1:13
So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;
Philippians 1:14
And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.
Philippians 1:15
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
Philippians 1:16
These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:
Philippians 1:18
What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.
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Acts 10:39
And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.
Acts 10:40
On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen,
Acts 10:41
Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
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Habakkuk 1:5
See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.
Acts 13:38
And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:
Acts 13:40
So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;
Acts 13:41
See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.
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Romans 11:1
So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:5
In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
Romans 11:6
But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
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Psalms 104:24
O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
Romans 11:34
Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
Romans 16:27
To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory for ever. So be it.
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1 Corinthians 2:11
For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.
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1 Corinthians 2:12
But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.
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1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,
1 Corinthians 15:2
By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.
1 Corinthians 15:3
For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;
Galatians 1:11
Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.
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Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
Acts 1:17
For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
Acts 1:25
To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.
Acts 20:24
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
1 Corinthians 4:2
And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
2 Corinthians 5:19
That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
2 Corinthians 5:20
So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.
2 Timothy 4:5
But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
Titus 1:3
Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;
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Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:14
For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,
Ephesians 2:18
Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 2:19
So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
Ephesians 2:20
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Ephesians 2:21
In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
Ephesians 2:22
In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:2
With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
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Ephesians 6:24
Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Hebrews 5:4
And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.
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Psalms 130:7
O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
Matthew 5:45
So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
Luke 7:7
And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.
Acts 10:45
And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,
Romans 5:20
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
Romans 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:15
For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.
Galatians 1:6
I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;
Ephesians 1:10
The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
Ephesians 6:18
With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Revelation 7:9
After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
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