Philippians 3:8 Cross References
Philippians 3:8
8: Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ
Jeremiah 9:23
- This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man gloat in his wisdom, or the mighty man in his might, or the rich man in his riches.
- Let them boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who is just and righteous, whose love is unfailing, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Acts 20:24
- But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus--the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love.
John 17:3
- And this is the way to have eternal life--to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
Philippians 3:7
- I once thought all these things were so very important, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.
Philippians 3:10
- As a result, I can really know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I can learn what it means to suffer with him, sharing in his death,
2 Peter 1:3
- As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness!
Romans 8:18
- Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later.
Matthew 19:27
- Then Peter said to him, "We've given up everything to follow you. What will we get out of it?"
- And Jesus replied, "I assure you that when I, the Son of Man, sit upon my glorious throne in the Kingdom, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will have eternal life.
1 Corinthians 2:2
- For I decided to concentrate only on Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.
Colossians 2:2
- My goal is that they will be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have full confidence because they have complete understanding of God's secret plan, which is Christ himself.
- In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
John 17:8
- for I have passed on to them the words you gave me; and they accepted them and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.
1 John 5:20
- And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.
Isaiah 53:11
- When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of what he has experienced, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.
John 14:20
- When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
Hebrews 3:14
- For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
Ephesians 1:17
- asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.
- I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.
Ephesians 3:8
- 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.
- I was chosen to explain to everyone this plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.
2 Corinthians 4:6
- For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:18
- And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.
- May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Ephesians 4:13
- until we come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature and full grown in the Lord, measuring up to the full stature of Christ.
Luke 10:21
- Then Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever, and for revealing it to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.
- "My Father has given me authority over everything. No one really knows the Son except the Father, and no one really knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
1 Corinthians 4:9
- But sometimes I think God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners of war at the end of a victor's parade, condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world--to people and angels alike.
- Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you are so wise! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are well thought of, but we are laughed at.
- To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, without enough clothes to keep us warm. We have endured many beatings, and we have no homes of our own.
- We have worked wearily with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us.
- We respond gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world's garbage, like everybody's trash--right up to the present moment.
John 14:7
- If you had known who I am, then you would have known who my Father is. From now on you know him and have seen him!"
Matthew 13:44
- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field--and to get the treasure, too!
- "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a pearl merchant on the lookout for choice pearls.
- When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!
Matthew 11:25
- Then Jesus prayed this prayer: "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever, and for revealing it to the childlike.
- Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!
- "My Father has given me authority over everything. No one really knows the Son except the Father, and no one really knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
2 Corinthians 11:23
- They say they serve Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in jail more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.
- Five different times the Jews gave me thirty-nine lashes.
- Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.
- I have traveled many weary miles. I have faced danger from flooded rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the stormy seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be Christians but are not.
- I have lived with weariness and pain and sleepless nights. Often I have been hungry and thirsty and have gone without food. Often I have shivered with cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.
John 20:28
- "My Lord and my God!" Thomas exclaimed.
2 Peter 3:18
- But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be all glory and honor, both now and forevermore. Amen.
Matthew 16:16
- Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."
- Jesus replied, "You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.
2 Timothy 4:6
- As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near.
Luke 20:42
- For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms: 'The LORD said to my Lord, Sit in honor at my right hand
- until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.'
- Since David called him Lord, how can he be his son at the same time?"
John 16:3
- This is because they have never known the Father or me.
1 Peter 2:7
- Yes, he is very precious to you who believe. But for those who reject him, "The stone that was rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone."
Psalms 126:6
- They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.
1 John 1:3
- 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.
2 Corinthians 4:4
- Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
Malachi 2:3
- I will rebuke your descendants and splatter your faces with the dung of your festival sacrifices, and I will add you to the dung heap.
Job 20:7
- yet he will perish forever, thrown away like his own dung. Those who knew him will ask, `Where is he?'
1 Corinthians 9:10
- Wasn't he also speaking to us? Of course he was. Just as farm workers who plow fields and thresh the grain expect a share of the harvest, Christian workers should be paid by those they serve.
2 Kings 9:37
- Her body will be scattered like dung on the field of Jezreel, so that no one will be able to recognize her.'"
1 John 2:19
- These people left our churches because they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they do not belong with us.
Luke 11:20
- But if I am casting out demons by the power of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you.
1 Kings 14:10
- I will bring disaster on your dynasty and kill all your sons, slave or free alike. I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash until it is all gone.
Numbers 14:30
- will enter the land I swore to give you. The only exceptions will be Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
John 20:13
- "Why are you crying?" the angels asked her. "Because they have taken away my Lord," she replied, "and I don't know where they have put him."
Galatians 1:16
- Then he revealed his Son to me so that I could proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles. When all this happened to me, I did not rush out to consult with anyone else;
Luke 1:43
- What an honor this is, that the mother of my Lord should visit me!