2Cor 1:20 Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:20

20: For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in him. That is why we say "Amen" when we give glory to God through Christ.

1 John 2:24

  1. So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will continue to live in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.
  2. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

Hebrews 13:8

  1. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Revelation 7:12

  1. They said, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and forever. Amen!"

Romans 11:36

  1. For everything comes from him; everything exists by his power and is intended for his glory. To him be glory evermore. Amen.

Ephesians 1:12

  1. God's purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ should praise our glorious God.
  2. And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.
  3. The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God.

Ephesians 1:6

  1. So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured out on us because we belong to his dearly loved Son.

Galatians 3:22

  1. But the Scriptures have declared that we are all prisoners of sin, so the only way to receive God's promise is to believe in Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:23

  1. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Revelation 3:14

  1. "Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen--the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation:

Ephesians 2:7

  1. And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus.

Psalms 102:16

  1. For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.

Galatians 3:16

  1. God gave the promise to Abraham and his child. And notice that it doesn't say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to his child--and that, of course, means Christ.
  2. This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.
  3. For if the inheritance could be received only by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God gave it to Abraham as a promise.

Isaiah 65:16

  1. All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth. For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days.

Acts 13:32

  1. "And now Barnabas and I are here to bring you this Good News. God's promise to our ancestors has come true in our own time,
  2. in that God raised Jesus. This is what the second psalm is talking about when it says concerning Jesus, 'You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. '
  3. For God had promised to raise him from the dead, never again to die. This is stated in the Scripture that says, 'I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.'
  4. Another psalm explains more fully, saying, 'You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.'
  5. Now this is not a reference to David, for after David had served his generation according to the will of God, he died and was buried, and his body decayed.

Ephesians 3:8

  1. Just think! Though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the least deserving Christian there is, I was chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
  2. I was chosen to explain to everyone this plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.
  3. God's purpose was to show his wisdom in all its rich variety to all the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms. They will see this when Jews and Gentiles are joined together in his church.

Isaiah 9:6

  1. For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. And the government will rest on his shoulders. These will be his royal titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  2. His ever expanding, peaceful government will never end. He will rule forever with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David. The passionate commitment of the LORD Almighty will guarantee this!

Hebrews 7:6

  1. But Melchizedek, who was not even related to Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham. And Melchizedek placed a blessing upon Abraham, the one who had already received the promises of God.

Hebrews 11:13

  1. All these faithful ones died without receiving what God had promised them, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed the promises of God. They agreed that they were no more than foreigners and nomads here on earth.

Genesis 3:15

  1. From now on, you and the woman will be enemies, and your offspring and her offspring will be enemies. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

John 1:17

  1. For the law was given through Moses; God's unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.

Acts 3:25

  1. You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.'
  2. When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways."

1 Peter 1:12

  1. They were told that these things would not happen during their lifetime, but many years later, during yours. And now this Good News has been announced by those who preached to you in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

Luke 1:68

  1. "Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited his people and redeemed them.
  2. He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal line of his servant David,
  3. just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.
  4. Now we will be saved from our enemies and from all who hate us.
  5. He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant with them,

Genesis 49:10

  1. The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will obey.

2 Corinthians 4:15

  1. All of these things are for your benefit. And as God's grace brings more and more people to Christ, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.

John 3:5

  1. Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:16

  1. For if you praise God only in the spirit, how can those who don't understand you praise God along with you? How can they join you in giving thanks when they don't understand what you are saying?

John 14:6

  1. Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Hebrews 11:39

  1. All of these people we have mentioned received God's approval because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised.
  2. For God had far better things in mind for us that would also benefit them, for they can't receive the prize at the end of the race until we finish the race.

Hebrews 6:12

  1. Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's promises because of their faith and patience.
  2. For example, there was God's promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:
  3. "I will certainly bless you richly, and I will multiply your descendants into countless millions."
  4. Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.
  5. When people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.

Isaiah 7:14

  1. All right then, the Lord himself will choose the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel--`God is with us.'

Romans 15:7

  1. So accept each other just as Christ has accepted you; then God will be glorified.
  2. Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.
  3. And he came so the Gentiles might also give glory to God for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he wrote: "I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."

Genesis 22:18

  1. and through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed--all because you have obeyed me."

Matthew 6:13

  1. And don't let us yield to temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Psalms 72:17

  1. May the king's name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.

Luke 2:14

  1. "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to all whom God favors. "

2 Thessalonians 1:10

  1. when he comes to receive glory and praise from his holy people. And you will be among those praising him on that day, for you believed what we testified about him.

Hebrews 9:10

  1. For that old system deals only with food and drink and ritual washing--external regulations that are in effect only until their limitations can be corrected.
  2. So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that great, perfect sanctuary in heaven, not made by human hands and not part of this created world.
  3. Once for all time he took blood into that Most Holy Place, but not the blood of goats and calves. He took his own blood, and with it he secured our salvation forever.
  4. Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse people's bodies from ritual defilement.
  5. Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our hearts from deeds that lead to death so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 5:11

  1. And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

2 Corinthians 4:6

  1. For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:27

  1. For it has pleased God to tell his people that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. For this is the secret: Christ lives in you, and this is your assurance that you will share in his glory.
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