Eph 2:8 Cross References

Ephesians 2:8

8: God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

Romans 3:22

  1. We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.
  2. For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard.
  3. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins.
  4. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.
  5. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.

Ephesians 2:5

  1. 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 4:16

  1. So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.

James 1:16

  1. So don't be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.
  2. Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.
  3. In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possession.

John 1:12

  1. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
  2. They are reborn! This is not a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan--this rebirth comes from God.

Romans 10:17

  1. Yet faith comes from listening to this message of good news--the Good News about Christ.

John 4:10

  1. Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who I am, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."

John 6:37

  1. However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.

Romans 10:9

  1. For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
  2. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

Acts 16:31

  1. They replied, "Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with your entire household."

John 5:24

  1. "I assure you, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.

John 6:27

  1. But you shouldn't be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Son of Man, can give you. For God the Father has sent me for that very purpose."
  2. They replied, "What does God want us to do?"
  3. Jesus told them, "This is what God wants you to do: Believe in the one he has sent."

Mark 16:16

  1. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.

Luke 7:50

  1. And Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

John 3:36

  1. And all who believe in God's Son have eternal life. Those who don't obey the Son will never experience eternal life, but the wrath of God remains upon them."

Acts 13:39

  1. Everyone who believes in him is freed from all guilt and declared right with God--something the Jewish law could never do.

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.

Ephesians 2:10

  1. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

John 3:14

  1. And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so I, the Son of Man, must be lifted up on a pole,
  2. so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life.
  3. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
  4. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.
  5. "There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him. But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God.

Galatians 3:14

  1. Through the work of Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, and we Christians receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

John 6:44

  1. For people can't come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them from the dead.

Romans 4:5

  1. But people are declared righteous because of their faith, not because of their work.

John 6:65

  1. Then he said, "That is what I meant when I said that people can't come to me unless the Father brings them to me."

Ephesians 1:19

  1. I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of his power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power

John 6:40

  1. For it is my Father's will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life--that I should raise them at the last day."

John 6:35

  1. Jesus replied, "I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry again. Those who believe in me will never thirst.

1 John 5:10

  1. All who believe in the Son of God know that this is true. Those who don't believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don't believe what God has testified about his Son.
  2. And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  3. So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life.

Colossians 2:12

  1. For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to a new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.

Acts 14:27

  1. Upon arriving in Antioch, they called the church together and reported about their trip, telling all that God had done and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles, too.

Romans 10:14

  1. But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?

Philippians 1:29

  1. For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.

1 Peter 1:5

  1. And God, in his mighty power, will protect you until you receive this salvation, because you are trusting him. It will be revealed on the last day for all to see.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

  1. They will be punished with everlasting destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power

Acts 15:7

  1. At the meeting, after a long discussion, Peter stood and addressed them as follows: "Brothers, you all know that God chose me from among you some time ago to preach to the Gentiles so that they could hear the Good News and believe.
  2. God, who knows people's hearts, confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he gave him to us.
  3. He made no distinction between us and them, for he also cleansed their hearts through faith.

Matthew 16:17

  1. Jesus replied, "You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

Acts 16:14

  1. One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.
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