John 8:40 Cross References

John 8:40

40: I told you the truth I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham wouldn't do a thing like that.

I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won't. For I say only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is true."

And we who are born of the Holy Spirit are persecuted by those who want us to keep the law, just as Isaac, the child of promise, was persecuted by Ishmael, the son of the slave-wife.

Rejoice, O heavens! And you who live in the heavens, rejoice! But terror will come on the earth and the sea. For the Devil has come down to you in great anger, and he knows that he has little time."
And when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the child.

Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad."

And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was right.
So don't be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to eternal life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
Anyone who hates another Christian is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.

Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me because my message does not find a place in your hearts.
I am telling you what I saw when I was with my Father. But you are following the advice of your father."

His tail dragged down one-third of the stars, which he threw to the earth. He stood before the woman as she was about to give birth to her child, ready to devour the baby as soon as it was born.

Then the dragon became angry at the woman, and he declared war against the rest of her children--all who keep God's commandments and confess that they belong to Jesus.

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