Colossians 3:12 Cross References

Colossians 3:12

12: Since God chose you to be the holy people whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Ephesians 4:32

  1. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

Ephesians 4:2

  1. Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love.

1 John 4:19

  1. We love each other as a result of his loving us first.

2 Peter 1:5

  1. So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better.
  2. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.
  3. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.
  4. The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:10

  1. So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Doing this, you will never stumble or fall away.

Galatians 5:22

  1. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  2. gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.

Colossians 3:10

  1. In its place you have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about Christ, who created this new nature within you.

1 Peter 3:8

  1. Finally, all of you should be of one mind, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds.
  2. Don't repay evil for evil. Don't retaliate when people say unkind things about you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God wants you to do, and he will bless you for it.
  3. For the Scriptures say, "If you want a happy life and good days, keep your tongue from speaking evil, and keep your lips from telling lies.
  4. Turn away from evil and do good. Work hard at living in peace with others.

James 3:17

  1. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere.
  2. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness.

Jeremiah 31:3

  1. Long ago the LORD said to Israel: "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.

1 John 3:14

  1. If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to eternal life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
  2. Anyone who hates another Christian is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.
  3. We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.
  4. But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?
  5. Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.

Romans 12:9

  1. Don't just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good.
  2. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

  1. As we talk to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and your continual anticipation of the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  2. We know that God loves you, dear brothers and sisters, and that he chose you to be his own people.
  3. For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true. And you know that the way we lived among you was further proof of the truth of our message.
  4. So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.

Titus 1:1

  1. This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to bring faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives.

2 Timothy 2:10

  1. I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.

2 Corinthians 6:6

  1. We have proved ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, our sincere love, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

  1. See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to everyone else.

1 Peter 1:2

  1. God the Father chose you long ago, and the Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed Jesus Christ and are cleansed by his blood. May you have more and more of God's special favor and wonderful peace.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

  1. As for us, we always thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation, a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and by your belief in the truth.
  2. He called you to salvation when we told you the Good News; now you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ezekiel 16:8

  1. And when I passed by and saw you again, you were old enough to be married. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

Matthew 24:31

  1. And he will send forth his angels with the sound of a mighty trumpet blast, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.

Luke 1:78

  1. Because of God's tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us,

Mark 13:27

  1. And he will send forth his angels to gather together his chosen ones from all over the world--from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.

Titus 3:4

  1. But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
  2. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
  3. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.

Luke 18:7

  1. Even he rendered a just decision in the end, so don't you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who plead with him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

Galatians 5:6

  1. 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.

Philippians 2:1

  1. Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic?
  2. Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one heart and purpose.
  3. Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself.
  4. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.

Isaiah 63:15

  1. LORD, look down from heaven and see us from your holy, glorious home. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?

Romans 1:7

  1. dear friends in Rome. God loves you dearly, and he has called you to be his very own people. May grace and peace be yours from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 65:22

  1. It will not be like the past, when invaders took the houses and confiscated the vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees and will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.

Romans 9:11

  1. But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message proves that God chooses according to his own plan,

Matthew 24:22

  1. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, the entire human race will be destroyed. But it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen ones.

Romans 11:5

  1. It is the same today, for not all the Jews have turned away from God. A few are being saved as a result of God's kindness in choosing them.
  2. And if they are saved by God's kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God's wonderful kindness would not be what it really is--free and undeserved.
  3. So this is the situation: Most of the Jews have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have--the ones God has chosen--but the rest were made unresponsive.

Isaiah 42:1

  1. "Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, and I am pleased with him. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will reveal justice to the nations.

Ephesians 4:24

  1. You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in God's likeness--righteous, holy, and true.

2 Timothy 1:9

  1. It is God who saved us and chose us to live a holy life. He did this not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan long before the world began--to show his love and kindness to us through Christ Jesus.

Jeremiah 31:20

  1. "Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?" asks the LORD. "I had to punish him, but I still love him. I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.

Philippians 1:8

  1. God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.

Mark 13:20

  1. In fact, unless the Lord shortens that time of calamity, the entire human race will be destroyed. But for the sake of his chosen ones he has shortened those days.

Mark 13:22

  1. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.

Isaiah 65:9

  1. I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israel and of Judah to possess my land. Those I choose will inherit it and serve me there.

Ephesians 1:4

  1. Long ago, even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

Isaiah 45:4

  1. "And why have I called you for this work? It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one. I called you by name when you did not know me.

Ephesians 2:4

  1. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
  2. that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)

Romans 8:29

  1. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters.
  2. And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory.
  3. What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
  4. Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?
  5. Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself.

2 John 1:13

  1. Greetings from the children of your sister, chosen by God.

Matthew 24:24

  1. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.

Revelation 17:14

  1. Together they will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them because he is Lord over all lords and King over all kings, and his people are the called and chosen and faithful ones."
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