Ephesians 3:17 Cross References
Ephesians 3:17
17: And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.
Colossians 2:7
- Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done.
1 John 4:16
- We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
John 14:23
- Jesus replied, "All those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and live with them.
Ephesians 2:21
- We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
- Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
Galatians 2:20
- I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Romans 5:5
- And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
2 Corinthians 6:16
- And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: "I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Matthew 13:6
- but they soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the roots had no nourishment in the shallow soil.
Colossians 1:23
- 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.
Galatians 5:6
- For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, it makes no difference to God whether we are circumcised or not circumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Colossians 1:27
- For it has pleased God to tell his people that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. For this is the secret: Christ lives in you, and this is your assurance that you will share in his glory.
John 17:23
- I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know that you sent me and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.
Romans 8:9
- But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not Christians at all.)
- Since Christ lives within you, even though your body will die because of sin, your spirit is alive because you have been made right with God.
- The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living within you.
Isaiah 57:15
- The high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, the Holy One, says this: "I live in that high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I refresh the humble and give new courage to those with repentant hearts.
1 John 4:4
- But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won your fight with these false prophets, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.
2 Corinthians 5:14
- Whatever we do, it is because Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for everyone, we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to live.
- He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live to please themselves. Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was raised for them.
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.
Revelation 3:20
- "Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal as friends.
Luke 6:48
- It is like a person who builds a house on a strong foundation laid upon the underlying rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm because it is well built.
Matthew 7:24
- "Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
- Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on rock.
John 6:56
- All who eat my flesh and drink my blood remain in me, and I in them.
1 Corinthians 8:1
- Now let's talk about food that has been sacrificed to idols. You think that everyone should agree with your perfect knowledge. While knowledge may make us feel important, it is love that really builds up the church.