Ephesians 3:6 Cross References

Ephesians 3:6

6: And this is the secret plan: The Gentiles have an equal share with the Jews in all the riches inherited by God's children. Both groups have believed the Good News, and both are part of the same body and enjoy together the promise of blessings through Christ Jesus.

1 John 2:25

  1. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

Romans 8:15

  1. So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family--calling him "Father, dear Father."
  2. For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.
  3. And since we are his children, we will share his treasures--for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

Galatians 3:14

  1. 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.

1 Corinthians 12:27

  1. Now all of you together are Christ's body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it.

1 John 1:3

  1. We are telling you about what we ourselves have actually seen and heard, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Galatians 4:5

  1. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
  2. And because you Gentiles have become his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father.
  3. Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you.

Colossians 2:19

  1. But they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For we are joined together in his body by his strong sinews, and we grow only as we get our nourishment and strength from God.

Ephesians 2:13

  1. But now you belong to Christ Jesus. Though you once were far away from God, now you have been brought near to him because of the blood of Christ.
  2. For Christ himself has made peace between us Jews and you Gentiles by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us.
  3. By his death he ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new person from the two groups.
  4. Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
  5. He has brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and to us Jews who were near.

Galatians 3:26

  1. So you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  2. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have been made like him.
  3. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.
  4. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.

Ephesians 5:30

  1. And we are his body.

Ephesians 4:15

  1. Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
  2. Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

Ephesians 5:7

  1. Don't participate in the things these people do.

1 Corinthians 12:12

  1. The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up only one body. So it is with the body of Christ.

Romans 12:4

  1. Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function,
  2. so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.
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