Ephesians 1:17 Cross References
Ephesians 1:17
17: asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.
Isaiah 11:2
- And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
James 3:17
- 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.
- And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness.
Proverbs 2:5
- Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:9
- So we have continued praying for you ever since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with spiritual wisdom.
- Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All the while, you will learn to know God better and better.
2 Peter 1:3
- As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness!
Ephesians 3:18
- And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.
- May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
2 Peter 3:18
- But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be all glory and honor, both now and forevermore. Amen.
John 17:3
- And this is the way to have eternal life--to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
Matthew 11:27
- "My Father has given me authority over everything. No one really knows the Son except the Father, and no one really knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
John 17:25
- "O righteous Father, the world doesn't know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me.
- And I have revealed you to them and will keep on revealing you. I will do this so that your love for me may be in them and I in them."
1 Corinthians 2:10
- But we know these things because God has revealed them to us by his Spirit, and his Spirit searches out everything and shows us even God's deep secrets.
Ephesians 1:3
- How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we belong to Christ.
John 20:17
- "Don't cling to me," Jesus said, "for I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God."
Ephesians 3:5
- God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now he has revealed it by the Holy Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
Jeremiah 24:7
- I will give them hearts that will recognize me as the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.
Colossians 2:2
- My goal is that they will be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have full confidence because they have complete understanding of God's secret plan, which is Christ himself.
- In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
2 Corinthians 12:1
- This boasting is all so foolish, but let me go on. Let me tell about the visions and revelations I received from the Lord.
Acts 6:10
- None of them was able to stand against the wisdom and Spirit by which Stephen spoke.
1 Corinthians 12:8
- To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another he gives the gift of special knowledge.
Psalms 24:7
- Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.
John 8:54
- Jesus answered, "If I am merely boasting about myself, it doesn't count. But it is my Father who says these glorious things about me. You say, 'He is our God,'
- but you do not even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But it is true--I know him and obey him.
Luke 21:15
- for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply!
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.
John 16:3
- This is because they have never known the Father or me.
Daniel 2:28
- But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.
- "While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about coming events. The revealer of mysteries has shown you what is going to happen.
- And it is not because I am wiser than any living person that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wanted you to understand what you were thinking about.
Psalms 24:10
- Who is the King of glory? The LORD Almighty--he is the King of glory.
Matthew 6:13
- And don't let us yield to temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Titus 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.
Revelation 7:12
- 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 15:6
- Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Genesis 41:38
- As they discussed who should be appointed for the job, Pharaoh said, "Who could do it better than Joseph? For he is a man who is obviously filled with the spirit of God."
- Turning to Joseph, Pharaoh said, "Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, you are the wisest man in the land!
1 Corinthians 2:8
- But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.
Daniel 10:1
- In the third year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) had another vision. It concerned events certain to happen in the future--times of war and great hardship--and Daniel understood what the vision meant.
Jeremiah 31:34
- And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, `You should know the LORD.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me," says the LORD. "And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins."
Jeremiah 9:24
- Let them boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who is just and righteous, whose love is unfailing, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!
1 Corinthians 14:6
- Dear brothers and sisters, if I should come to you talking in an unknown language, how would that help you? But if I bring you some revelation or some special knowledge or some prophecy or some teaching--that is what will help you.
John 14:17
- 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.
Matthew 11:25
- Then Jesus prayed this prayer: "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever, and for revealing it to the childlike.
Matthew 16:17
- 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.
James 2:1
- My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim that you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people more than others?
Jeremiah 2:11
- Has any nation ever exchanged its gods for another god, even though its gods are nothing? Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols!
Daniel 5:11
- There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar's reign, this man was found to have insight, understanding, and wisdom as though he himself were a god. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him chief over all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers of Babylon.
Luke 12:12
- for the Holy Spirit will teach you what needs to be said even as you are standing there."
Luke 2:14
- "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to all whom God favors. "
Psalms 29:3
- The voice of the LORD echoes above the sea. The God of glory thunders. The LORD thunders over the mighty sea.
1 Chronicles 29:11
- Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.
1 John 2:3
- And how can we be sure that we belong to him? By obeying his commandments.
- If someone says, "I belong to God," but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and does not live in the truth.
Acts 7:2
- This was Stephen's reply: "Brothers and honorable fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he moved to Haran.
2 Timothy 2:25
- They should gently teach those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts, and they will believe the truth.
Romans 1:28
- When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.