Ephesians 1:8 Cross References
Ephesians 1:8
8: He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.
Revelation 5:12
- And they sang in a mighty chorus: "The Lamb is worthy--the Lamb who was killed. He is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing."
Ephesians 3:10
- God's purpose was to show his wisdom in all its rich variety to all the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms. They will see this when Jews and Gentiles are joined together in his church.
Jude 1:25
- All glory to him, who alone is God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Yes, glory, majesty, power, and authority belong to him, in the beginning, now, and forevermore. Amen.
1 Corinthians 1:19
- As the Scriptures say, "I will destroy human wisdom and discard their most brilliant ideas."
- So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world's brilliant debaters? God has made them all look foolish and has shown their wisdom to be useless nonsense.
- Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never find him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save all who believe.
- God's way seems foolish to the Jews because they want a sign from heaven to prove it is true. And it is foolish to the Greeks because they believe only what agrees with their own wisdom.
- So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended, and the Gentiles say it's all nonsense.
Proverbs 8:12
- "I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.
Matthew 11:19
- And I, the Son of Man, feast and drink, and you say, 'He's a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of the worst sort of sinners!' But wisdom is shown to be right by what results from it."
Romans 5:15
- And what a difference between our sin and God's generous gift of forgiveness. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this other man, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness to many through God's bountiful gift.
Romans 11:33
- Oh, what a wonderful God we have! How great are his riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his methods!
Ephesians 1:11
- Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen just as he decided long ago.
Daniel 2:20
- saying, "Praise the name of God forever and ever, for he alone has all wisdom and power.
- He determines the course of world events; he removes kings and sets others on the throne. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.
Romans 5:20
- God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful kindness became more abundant.
- So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God's wonderful kindness rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 2:7
- No, the wisdom we speak of is the secret wisdom of God, which was hidden in former times, though he made it for our benefit before the world began.
Isaiah 52:13
- See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted.
Psalms 104:24
- O LORD, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.
Colossians 2:3
- In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.