Ephesians 2:4 Cross References
Ephesians 2:4
4: But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
1 Peter 1:3
- All honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by his boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again. Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.
Ephesians 1:7
- He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom through the blood of his Son, and our sins are forgiven.
Psalms 86:15
- But you, O Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love and truth.
Titus 3:4
- But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
- 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.
- He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.
- He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.
Ephesians 2:7
- And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus.
Romans 5:8
- But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
Romans 10:12
- Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They all have the same Lord, who generously gives his riches to all who ask for them.
Psalms 145:8
- The LORD is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love.
John 3:14
- 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,
- so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life.
- "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.
- God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.
Deuteronomy 7:7
- "The LORD did not choose you and lavish his love on you because you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
- It was simply because the LORD loves you, and because he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such amazing power from your slavery under Pharaoh in Egypt.
Psalms 103:8
- The LORD is merciful and gracious; he is slow to get angry and full of unfailing love.
- He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.
- He has not punished us for all our sins, nor does he deal with us as we deserve.
- For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
1 John 4:10
- This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
- Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
- No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through us.
- And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.
- Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
Exodus 33:19
- The LORD replied, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, `the LORD,' to you. I will show kindness to anyone I choose, and I will show mercy to anyone I choose.
Exodus 34:6
- He passed in front of Moses and said, "I am the LORD, I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious God. I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness.
- I show this unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations."
1 Timothy 1:14
- Oh, how kind and gracious the Lord was! He filled me completely with faith and the love of Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:8
- Just think! Though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the least deserving Christian there is, I was chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
Jeremiah 31:3
- 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.
Romans 9:23
- He also has the right to pour out the riches of his glory upon those he prepared to be the objects of his mercy--
Romans 2:4
- Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?
Nehemiah 9:17
- "They refused to listen and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt! But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and full of unfailing love and mercy. You did not abandon them,
Isaiah 55:6
- Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
- Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- "My thoughts are completely different from yours," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
Ezekiel 16:6
- "But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, `Live!'
- And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your hair grew, though you were still naked.
- 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.
Psalms 86:5
- O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask your aid.
Micah 7:18
- Where is another God like you, who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people? You cannot stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing mercy.
- Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
- You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised with an oath to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
2 Timothy 1:9
- 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.
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.
Luke 1:78
- Because of God's tender mercy, the light from heaven is about to break upon us,
Jonah 4:2
- So he complained to the LORD about it: "Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you were a gracious and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. I knew how easily you could cancel your plans for destroying these people.
Deuteronomy 9:5
- It is not at all because you are such righteous, upright people that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he had sworn to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- I will say it again: The LORD your God is not giving you this good land because you are righteous, for you are not--you are a stubborn people.
Psalms 51:1
- Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.
Romans 9:15
- For God said to Moses, "I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose."
- So receiving God's promise is not up to us. We can't get it by choosing it or working hard for it. God will show mercy to anyone he chooses.
Daniel 9:9
- But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
- 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.