Ephesians 1:13 Cross References
Ephesians 1:13
13: 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.
Ephesians 4:30
- And do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he is the one who has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.
2 Corinthians 1:22
- and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment of everything he will give us.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
- And we will never stop thanking God that when we preached his message to you, you didn't think of the words we spoke as being just our own. You accepted what we said as the very word of God--which, of course, it was. And this word continues to work in you who believe.
2 Timothy 2:19
- But God's truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Those who claim they belong to the Lord must turn away from all wickedness."
Colossians 1:21
- This includes you who were once so far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions,
- yet now he has brought you back as his friends. He has done this through his death on the cross in his own human body. As a result, he has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
- But you must continue to believe this truth and stand in it firmly. Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed by God to proclaim it.
Romans 4:11
- 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.
Colossians 1:4
- for we have heard that you trust in Christ Jesus and that you love all of God's people.
- You do this because you are looking forward to the joys of heaven--as you have been ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.
- This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is changing lives everywhere, just as it changed yours that very first day you heard and understood the truth about God's great kindness to sinners.
Titus 2:11
- For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people.
Romans 1:16
- For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes--Jews first and also Gentiles.
Galatians 3:14
- 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.
Acts 2:33
- Now he sits on the throne of highest honor in heaven, at God's right hand. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today.
John 14:26
- But when the Father sends the Counselor as my representative--and by the Counselor I mean the Holy Spirit--he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I myself have told you.
Acts 1:4
- In one of these meetings as he was eating a meal with them, he told them, "Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you what he promised. Remember, I have told you about this before.
John 14:16
- And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you.
- He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you do, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.
Romans 6:17
- Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you.
Joel 2:28
- "Then after I have poured out my rains again, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
Acts 2:16
- No, what you see this morning was predicted centuries ago by the prophet Joel:
- 'In the last days, God said, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
- In those days I will pour out my Spirit upon all my servants, men and women alike, and they will prophesy.
- And I will cause wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below--blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
- The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon will turn bloodred, before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.
Romans 10:14
- 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?
- And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"
- But not everyone welcomes the Good News, for Isaiah the prophet said, "Lord, who has believed our message?"
- Yet faith comes from listening to this message of good news--the Good News about Christ.
John 1:17
- For the law was given through Moses; God's unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
Luke 24:49
- "And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven."
John 15:26
- "But I will send you the Counselor--the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will tell you all about me.
John 6:27
- 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."
Psalms 119:43
- Do not snatch your word of truth from me, for my only hope is in your laws.
Luke 11:13
- If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."
John 16:7
- But it is actually best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Counselor won't come. If I do go away, he will come because I will send him to you.
- And when he comes, he will convince the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
- The world's sin is unbelief in me.
- Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more.
- Judgment will come because the prince of this world has already been judged.
1 Peter 2:10
- "Once you were not a people; now you are the people of God. Once you received none of God's mercy; now you have received his mercy."
Hebrews 2:3
- What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself? It was passed on to us by those who heard him speak,
Acts 13:26
- "Brothers--you sons of Abraham, and also all of you devout Gentiles who fear the God of Israel--this salvation is for us!
Mark 16:15
- And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.
- Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.
Ephesians 2:11
- Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.
- In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
2 Timothy 3:15
- You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 7:2
- And I saw another angel coming from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted out to those four angels who had been given power to injure land and sea,
Ephesians 4:21
- Since you have heard all about him and have learned the truth that is in Jesus,
2 Timothy 2:15
- Work hard so God can approve you. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.
2 Corinthians 6:7
- We have faithfully preached the truth. God's power has been working in us. We have righteousness as our weapon, both to attack and to defend ourselves.
James 1:18
- 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.