Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
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Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
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Genesis 6:8
But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.
Genesis 19:19
See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;
Exodus 33:12
And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.
Exodus 33:13
If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.
Exodus 33:14
And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.
Exodus 33:15
And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.
Exodus 33:17
And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.
Psalms 145:20
The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
Proverbs 3:4
So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
Jeremiah 31:2
The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
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Genesis 18:6
Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.
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Genesis 18:7
And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;
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Exodus 28:1
Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.
Exodus 28:2
And make holy robes for Aaron your brother, so that he may be clothed with glory and honour.
Exodus 28:3
Give orders to all the wise-hearted workmen, whom I have made full of the spirit of wisdom, to make robes for Aaron, so that he may be made holy as my priest.
Exodus 28:4
This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.
Exodus 28:5
They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,
Exodus 28:6
And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.
Exodus 28:7
It is to have two bands stitched to it at the top of the arms, joining it together.
Exodus 28:8
And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.
Exodus 28:9
You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut:
Exodus 28:10
Six names on the one stone and six on the other, in the order of their birth.
Exodus 28:11
With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.
Exodus 28:12
And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.
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Exodus 28:13
And you are to make twisted frames of gold;
Exodus 28:14
And two chains of the best gold, twisted like cords; and have the chains fixed on to the frames.
Numbers 18:1
And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.
Psalms 106:16
They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
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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Leviticus 13:16
Or if the diseased flesh is turned again and changed to white then he is to come to the priest,
Romans 7:14
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
Romans 7:15
And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.
Romans 7:16
But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
Romans 7:17
So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
Romans 7:18
For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.
Romans 7:19
For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.
Romans 7:20
But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
Romans 7:21
So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.
Romans 7:22
In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
Romans 7:23
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
Romans 7:24
How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
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Leviticus 20:24
But I have said to you, You will take their land and I will give it to you for your heritage, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God who have made you separate from all other peoples.
Leviticus 20:25
So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.
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Numbers 6:5
All the time he is under his oath let no blade come near his head; till the days while he is separate are ended he is holy and his hair may not be cut.
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Numbers 6:6
All the time he is separate he may not come near any dead body.
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Numbers 8:7
And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean.
Numbers 8:11
And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.
Numbers 8:12
And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.
Numbers 8:13
Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
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Numbers 16:9
Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;
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Numbers 16:10
Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
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Deuteronomy 7:7
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
Deuteronomy 7:8
But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
1 Samuel 12:22
For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.
1 Kings 8:18
But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;
Romans 9:10
And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--
Romans 9:15
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
Romans 9:16
So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.
Romans 9:17
For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.
Romans 9:18
So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
Romans 9:19
But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?
Romans 9:20
But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
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1 Samuel 2:7
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
1 Samuel 2:8
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
1 Samuel 15:23
For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.
1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.
1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
2 Samuel 3:17
Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:
2 Samuel 3:18
For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.
2 Samuel 5:2
In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.
2 Samuel 6:21
And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;
1 Chronicles 28:4
Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;
1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
Psalms 75:7
But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.
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Exodus 21:22
If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
Job 10:8
Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.
Job 10:9
O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?
Job 10:10
Was I not drained out like milk, becoming hard like cheese?
Job 10:11
By you I was clothed with skin and flesh, and joined together with bones and muscles.
Job 10:12
You have been kind to me, and your grace has been with me, and your care has kept my spirit safe.
Ecclesiastes 11:5
As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.
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Job 15:14
What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
Psalms 51:5
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
Psalms 58:3
The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
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Psalms 84:11
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
Luke 1:33
He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
Romans 4:4
Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.
Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
Romans 11:6
But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
Philippians 3:6
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
Philippians 3:7
But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
2 Timothy 1:18
(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,
Titus 3:7
So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.
Hebrews 4:16
Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
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Psalms 113:7
He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;
Psalms 113:8
To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.
Jeremiah 27:4
And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
Jeremiah 27:6
And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.
Jeremiah 27:7
And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.
Jeremiah 27:8
And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.
Daniel 2:22
He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.
Daniel 2:37
You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,
Daniel 5:18
As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
Luke 1:52
He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.
Romans 11:15
For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?
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Genesis 22:3
And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
Psalms 119:59
I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.
Psalms 119:60
I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.
Luke 2:16
And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
Luke 19:6
And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy.
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Psalms 145:1
A Song of praise. Of David. Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.
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Psalms 145:2
Every day will I give you blessing, praising your name for ever and ever.
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Job 31:15
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
Isaiah 43:1
But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.
Isaiah 43:7
Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.
Isaiah 44:24
The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?
Ezekiel 16:6
And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life;
Ezekiel 16:7
And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.
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Isaiah 46:3
Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
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Isaiah 46:4
Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.
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Jeremiah 1:16
And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.
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Jeremiah 44:24
Further, Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all those of Judah who are living in Egypt:
Jeremiah 49:5
See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.
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Daniel 2:49
And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person.
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Matthew 3:17
And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 12:18
See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.
Matthew 17:5
While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
John 10:36
Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?
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Matthew 9:9
And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
Mark 1:19
And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.
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Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
Matthew 13:11
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:12
Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
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1 Kings 19:18
But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.
Psalms 4:3
See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.
Isaiah 43:20
The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:
Matthew 26:28
Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 10:21
In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
Acts 4:28
To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
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.
Ephesians 1:11
In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
Ephesians 1:18
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
Ephesians 1:19
And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,
Ephesians 3:14
For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
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Mark 2:4
And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.
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Luke 1:30
And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.
Acts 7:46
Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.
2 Peter 2:5
And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;
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Matthew 1:20
But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.
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:
Luke 2:11
For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.
Romans 3:27
What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.
Romans 4:6
As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,
Romans 5:20
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
Galatians 2:17
But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!
Galatians 2:19
For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.
Galatians 2:21
I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.
Galatians 5:4
You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is an all-burning fire.
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Mark 3:14
And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,
Acts 1:24
And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
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 13:3
Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
Acts 13:4
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.
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Acts 4:32
And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.
Acts 4:33
And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.
Acts 4:34
And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,
Acts 4:35
And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.
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Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
Acts 9:2
And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:3
And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;
Acts 9:4
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
Acts 9:8
And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.
Acts 9:13
But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:
Acts 9:14
And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.
Acts 9:16
For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.
Acts 9:17
And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 11:24
For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.
Acts 22:15
For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.
Acts 26:13
In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.
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Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make you a strong wall of brass to this people; they will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you to keep you safe, says the Lord.
Micah 2:3
For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.
Acts 2:33
And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
Acts 4:30
While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
Acts 4:31
And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
Acts 13:47
For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
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.
Acts 19:20
So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
Acts 26:19
So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;
2 Corinthians 5:16
For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
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Acts 1:8
But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 26:20
But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.
2 Corinthians 13:4
For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.
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Matthew 19:30
But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.
John 1:13
Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
Acts 15:18
Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.
Romans 1:7
To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 10:20
And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.
Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,
Romans 16:26
But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
1 Corinthians 2:13
And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.
Ephesians 3:3
How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,
Ephesians 3:5
Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
Colossians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 Peter 1:20
Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,
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1 Corinthians 6:16
Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.
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1 Corinthians 6:17
But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.
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Romans 12:6
And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
1 Corinthians 3:5
What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
1 Corinthians 12:3
So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 14:7
Even things without life, having a voice, such as a music-pipe or other instrument, if they do not give out different sounds, who may be certain what is being played?
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Acts 8:3
But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.
Acts 9:21
And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.
Acts 9:27
But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.
Acts 9:43
And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.
Acts 22:6
And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.
Acts 22:9
And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.
Acts 22:11
And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.
1 Corinthians 15:8
And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.
Galatians 2:1
Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.
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2 Corinthians 2:8
For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.
2 Corinthians 10:8
For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:
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2 Corinthians 11:20
You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
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Galatians 1:21
Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.
Galatians 1:22
And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:
Galatians 1:23
Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;
Galatians 1:24
And they gave glory to God in me.
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Isaiah 1:5
Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
Matthew 20:23
They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
John 1:16
From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
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.
2 Corinthians 3:6
Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.
Galatians 2:7
But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:
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,
Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
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;
Colossians 4:3
And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
2 Peter 1:3
Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
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Galatians 4:20
Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.
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1 Corinthians 1:24
But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 7:15
But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
2 Corinthians 2:14
But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.
Galatians 1:3
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 3:17
So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,
Ephesians 5:9
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
Colossians 1:19
For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;
Colossians 1:25
Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;
2 Peter 3:15
And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;
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Isaiah 54:13
And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.
Jeremiah 51:29
And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.
John 6:45
The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
John 6:46
Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.
Romans 1:6
Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
Romans 11:25
For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
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;
Ephesians 3:4
By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;
Colossians 1:26
The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 3:1
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
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2 Thessalonians 2:3
Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;
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Isaiah 45:4
Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.
Romans 8:29
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
2 Timothy 1:10
But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
2 Timothy 2:4
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.
Hebrews 7:27
Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.
1 Peter 1:15
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
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Luke 1:17
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
2 Timothy 2:19
But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.
2 Timothy 2:21
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
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Galatians 3:18
Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.
Hebrews 7:18
So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.
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Genesis 22:1
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
Exodus 3:4
And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
1 Samuel 3:4
The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.
1 Corinthians 12:6
And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.
1 Corinthians 12:7
But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:8
For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:9
To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:10
And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.
1 Peter 4:10
Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;
1 Peter 4:11
If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.
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