John 3:27 Cross References
John 3:27
27: John replied, "God in heaven appoints each person's work.
James 1:17
- Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.
1 Corinthians 4:7
- What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?
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.
Mark 11:30
- "Did John's baptism come from heaven or was it merely human? Answer me!"
- They talked it over among themselves. "If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn't believe him.
Mark 13:34
- "The coming of the Son of Man can be compared with that of a man who left home to go on a trip. He gave each of his employees instructions about the work they were to do, and he told the gatekeeper to watch for his return.
Jeremiah 17:16
- LORD, I have not abandoned my job as a shepherd for your people. I have not urged you to send disaster. It is your message I have given them, not my own.
Amos 7:15
- But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, `Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'
1 Timothy 2:7
- And I have been chosen--this is the absolute truth--as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.
Ephesians 3:7
- By God's special favor and mighty power, I have been given the wonderful privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
- 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.
Hebrews 5:4
- And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He has to be called by God for this work, just as Aaron was.
- That is why Christ did not exalt himself to become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. "
1 Peter 4:10
- God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you.
- Are you called to be a speaker? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then God will be given glory in everything through Jesus Christ. All glory and power belong to him forever and ever. Amen.
Jeremiah 1:5
- "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world."
Matthew 21:25
- "Did John's baptism come from heaven or was it merely human?" They talked it over among themselves. "If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn't believe him.
Matthew 25:15
- He gave five bags of gold to one, two bags of gold to another, and one bag of gold to the last--dividing it in proportion to their abilities--and then left on his trip.
Numbers 17:5
- Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to this murmuring and complaining against you."
1 Corinthians 2:12
- And God has actually given us his Spirit (not the world's spirit) so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.
- When we tell you this, we do not use words of human wisdom. We speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths.
- But people who aren't Christians can't understand these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them because only those who have the Spirit can understand what the Spirit means.
Romans 12:6
- God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you have faith that God is speaking through you.
Numbers 16:9
- Does it seem a small thing to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the people of Israel to be near him as you serve in the LORD's Tabernacle and to stand before the people to minister to them?
- He has given this special ministry only to you and your fellow Levites, but now you are demanding the priesthood as well!
- The one you are really revolting against is the LORD! And who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?"
Romans 1:5
- Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.
1 Chronicles 28:4
- "Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, has chosen me from among all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah, he chose my father's family. And from among my father's sons, the LORD was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
- And from among my sons--for the LORD has given me many children--he chose Solomon to succeed me on the throne of his kingdom of Israel.
Ephesians 1:1
- This letter is from Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. It is written to God's holy people in Ephesus, who are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 1:1
- This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes.
Galatians 1:1
- This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group or by human authority. My call is from Jesus Christ himself and from God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead.
1 Corinthians 12:11
- It is the one and only Holy Spirit who distributes these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.
1 Corinthians 3:5
- Who is Apollos, and who is Paul, that we should be the cause of such quarrels? Why, we're only servants. Through us God caused you to believe. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.