John 3:21 Cross References
John 3:21
21: But those who do what is right come to the light gladly, so everyone can see that they are doing what God wants."
1 John 1:6
- So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth.
Psalms 139:23
- Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
- Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
3 John 1:11
- Dear friend, don't let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God's children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God.
1 John 4:15
- All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
- 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.
Galatians 6:8
- Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful desires will harvest the consequences of decay and death. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
John 5:39
- "You search the Scriptures because you believe they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
Psalms 1:1
- Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with scoffers.
- But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about his law.
- They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.
Psalms 119:80
- May I be blameless in keeping your principles; then I will never have to be ashamed.
2 Peter 1:5
- So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better.
- Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.
- Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.
- The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin.
Galatians 5:22
- But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.
Psalms 119:105
- Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.
1 Peter 1:22
- Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts.
1 John 4:12
- 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.
John 15:4
- Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me.
- "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
Isaiah 26:12
- LORD, you will grant us peace, for all we have accomplished is really from you.
Isaiah 8:20
- "Check their predictions against my testimony," says the LORD. "If their predictions are different from mine, it is because there is no light or truth in them.
Hebrews 13:20
- And now, may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, all that is pleasing to him. Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep by an everlasting covenant, signed with his blood. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 3:1
- "Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: "I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive--but you are dead.
- Now wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is at the point of death. Your deeds are far from right in the sight of God.
1 Corinthians 15:10
- But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me--and not without results. For I have worked harder than all the other apostles, yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
2 Corinthians 1:12
- We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have been honest and sincere in all our dealings. We have depended on God's grace, not on our own earthly wisdom. That is how we have acted toward everyone, and especially toward you.
Acts 17:11
- And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul's message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to check up on Paul and Silas, to see if they were really teaching the truth.
- As a result, many Jews believed, as did some of the prominent Greek women and many men.
Hosea 14:8
- "O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who looks after you and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green, giving my fruit to you all through the year."
Philippians 1:11
- May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation--those good things that are produced in your life by Jesus Christ--for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
Colossians 1:29
- I work very hard at this, as I depend on Christ's mighty power that works within me.
1 John 2:27
- But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you all things, and what he teaches is true--it is not a lie. So continue in what he has taught you, and continue to live in Christ.
- And now, dear children, continue to live in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.
- Since we know that God is always right, we also know that all who do what is right are his children.
John 1:47
- As they approached, Jesus said, "Here comes an honest man--a true son of Israel."
Ephesians 5:9
- For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.
Philippians 2:13
- For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him.
Revelation 3:15
- "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you were one or the other!