Colossians 3:11 Cross References
Colossians 3:11
11: In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.
Romans 10:12
- Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They all have the same Lord, who generously gives his riches to all who ask for them.
1 Corinthians 12:13
- Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into Christ's body by one Spirit, and we have all received the same Spirit.
Galatians 3:28
- There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.
- And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.
Ephesians 3:6
- And this is the secret plan: The Gentiles have an equal share with the Jews in all the riches inherited by God's children. Both groups have believed the Good News, and both are part of the same body and enjoy together the promise of blessings through Christ Jesus.
Romans 9:24
- even upon us, whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.
- Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, "Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before."
- And, "Once they were told, 'You are not my people.' But now he will say, 'You are children of the living God.'"
Galatians 5:6
- For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, it makes no difference to God whether we are circumcised or not circumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Romans 3:29
- After all, God is not the God of the Jews only, is he? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.
Ephesians 1:23
- And the church is his body; it is filled by Christ, who fills everything everywhere with his presence.
Matthew 12:18
- "Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen. He is my Beloved, and I am very pleased with him. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
- He will not fight or shout; he will not raise his voice in public.
- He will not crush those who are weak, or quench the smallest hope, until he brings full justice with his final victory.
- And his name will be the hope of all the world."
Acts 15:17
- so that the rest of humanity might find the Lord, including the Gentiles--all those I have called to be mine. This is what the Lord says,
1 Corinthians 7:19
- For it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised. The important thing is to keep God's commandments.
Isaiah 52:10
- The LORD will demonstrate his holy power before the eyes of all the nations. The ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
Amos 9:12
- And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do these things.
Zechariah 2:11
- Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD Almighty sent me to you.
Romans 15:9
- 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."
- And in another place it is written, "Rejoice, O you Gentiles, along with his people, the Jews."
- And yet again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise him, all you people of the earth."
- And the prophet Isaiah said, "The heir to David's throne will come, and he will rule over the Gentiles. They will place their hopes on him."
- So I pray that God, who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Zechariah 8:20
- "This is what the LORD Almighty says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.
- The people of one city will say to the people in another, `Let us go to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us and to seek the LORD Almighty. We are planning to go ourselves.'
- People from many nations, even powerful nations, will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to ask the LORD to bless them.
- "This is what the LORD Almighty says: In those days ten people from nations and languages around the world will clutch at the hem of one Jew's robe. And they will say, `Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
Malachi 1:11
- But my name is honored by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty.
Acts 13:46
- Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that this Good News from God be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life--well, we will offer it to Gentiles.
- For this is as the Lord commanded us when he said, 'I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.'"
- When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were appointed to eternal life became believers.
Isaiah 49:6
- He says, "You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
Romans 1:14
- For I have a great sense of obligation to people in our culture and to people in other cultures, to the educated and uneducated alike.
Isaiah 66:18
- "I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.
- I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations--to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.
- They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD.
- "And I will appoint some of those who return to be my priests and Levites. I, the LORD, have spoken!
- "As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear," says the LORD.
Micah 4:2
- Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Temple of the God of Israel. There he will teach us his ways, so that we may obey him." For in those days the LORD's teaching and his word will go out from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 19:23
- In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will worship the same God.
- And Israel will be their ally. The three will be together, and Israel will be a blessing to them.
- For the LORD Almighty will say, "Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!"
Romans 9:30
- Well then, what shall we say about these things? Just this: The Gentiles have been made right with God by faith, even though they were not seeking him.
- But the Jews, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded.
Acts 26:17
- And I will protect you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am going to send you to the Gentiles,
- to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'
John 17:23
- I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know that you sent me and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.
Galatians 2:20
- I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Hosea 2:23
- "At that time I will plant a crop of Israelites and raise them for myself! I will show love to those I called `Not loved.' And to those I called `Not my people,' I will say, `Now you are my people.' Then they will reply, `You are our God!'"
Romans 8:10
- Since Christ lives within you, even though your body will die because of sin, your spirit is alive because you have been made right with God.
- The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living within you.
Acts 28:4
- The people of the island saw it hanging there and said to each other, "A murderer, no doubt! Though he escaped the sea, justice will not permit him to live."
Acts 10:34
- Then Peter replied, "I see very clearly that God doesn't show partiality.
- In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.
Philippians 3:7
- I once thought all these things were so very important, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.
- Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ
- and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
John 6:56
- All who eat my flesh and drink my blood remain in me, and I in them.
- I live by the power of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, those who partake of me will live because of me.
John 15:5
- "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
Romans 4:10
- But how did his faith help him? Was he declared righteous only after he had been circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised? The answer is that God accepted him first, and then he was circumcised later!
- The circumcision ceremony was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous--even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are made right with God by faith.
John 14:23
- Jesus replied, "All those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and live with them.
1 Corinthians 7:21
- Are you a slave? Don't let that worry you--but if you get a chance to be free, take it.
- And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, the Lord has now set you free from the awful power of sin. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:21
- So don't take pride in following a particular leader. Everything belongs to you:
- Paul and Apollos and Peter; the whole world and life and death; the present and the future. Everything belongs to you,
- and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
1 John 5:20
- And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.
Galatians 6:14
- As for me, God forbid that I should boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world died long ago, and the world's interest in me is also long dead.
- It doesn't make any difference now whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we really have been changed into new and different people.
1 John 5:11
- And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life.
Psalms 117:2
- For he loves us with unfailing love; the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!
Jeremiah 16:19
- LORD, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say, "Our ancestors were foolish, for they worshiped worthless idols.
1 Corinthians 14:11
- but to me they mean nothing. I will not understand people who speak those languages, and they will not understand me.
Ephesians 3:17
- And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.
Acts 28:2
- The people of the island were very kind to us. It was cold and rainy, so they built a fire on the shore to welcome us and warm us.
1 Corinthians 1:29
- so that no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
- God alone made it possible for you to be in Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made Christ to be wisdom itself. He is the one who made us acceptable to God. He made us pure and holy, and he gave himself to purchase our freedom.
Ephesians 6:8
- Remember that the Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free.
Colossians 2:10
- and you are complete through your union with Christ. He is the Lord over every ruler and authority in the universe.
2 John 1:9
- For if you wander beyond the teaching of Christ, you will not have fellowship with God. But if you continue in the teaching of Christ, you will have fellowship with both the Father and the Son.