Philippians 3:9 Cross References

Philippians 3:9

9: and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

2 Corinthians 5:21

  1. For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:30

  1. God alone made it possible for you to be in Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made Christ to be wisdom itself. He is the one who made us acceptable to God. He made us pure and holy, and he gave himself to purchase our freedom.

Romans 4:13

  1. It is clear, then, that God's promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was not based on obedience to God's law, but on the new relationship with God that comes by faith.
  2. So if you claim that God's promise is for those who obey God's law and think they are "good enough" in God's sight, then you are saying that faith is useless. And in that case, the promise is also meaningless.
  3. But the law brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)

Galatians 2:16

  1. And yet we Jewish Christians know that we become right with God, not by doing what the law commands, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be accepted by God because of our faith in Christ--and not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be saved by obeying the law."

Romans 4:5

  1. But people are declared righteous because of their faith, not because of their work.
  2. King David spoke of this, describing the happiness of an undeserving sinner who is declared to be righteous:

Romans 1:17

  1. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."

Romans 9:30

  1. Well then, what shall we say about these things? Just this: The Gentiles have been made right with God by faith, even though they were not seeking him.
  2. But the Jews, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded.
  3. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

Isaiah 53:11

  1. 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.

Romans 3:19

  1. Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses and to bring the entire world into judgment before God.
  2. For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.
  3. But now God has shown us a different way of being right in his sight--not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago.
  4. We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.

Jeremiah 33:16

  1. In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And their motto will be `The LORD is our righteousness!'

Romans 8:1

  1. So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

Romans 7:5

  1. When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced sinful deeds, resulting in death.
  2. But now we have been released from the law, for we died with Christ, and we are no longer captive to its power. Now we can really serve God, not in the old way by obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way, by the Spirit.
  3. Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
  4. But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
  5. I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.

Titus 3:5

  1. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.

Romans 10:10

  1. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

Philippians 3:6

  1. And zealous? Yes, in fact, I harshly persecuted the church. And I obeyed the Jewish law so carefully that I was never accused of any fault.

Galatians 3:21

  1. Well then, is there a conflict between God's law and God's promises? Absolutely not! If the law could have given us new life, we could have been made right with God by obeying it.
  2. But the Scriptures have declared that we are all prisoners of sin, so the only way to receive God's promise is to believe in Jesus Christ.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

  1. There is not a single person in all the earth who is always good and never sins.

Jeremiah 23:6

  1. And this is his name: `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.' In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.

Romans 10:1

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is that the Jewish people might be saved.
  2. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.
  3. For they don't understand God's way of making people right with himself. Instead, they are clinging to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. They won't go along with God's way.
  4. For Christ has accomplished the whole purpose of the law. All who believe in him are made right with God.
  5. For Moses wrote that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.

2 Timothy 1:9

  1. It is God who saved us and chose us to live a holy life. He did this not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan long before the world began--to show his love and kindness to us through Christ Jesus.

Luke 10:25

  1. One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: "Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?"
  2. Jesus replied, "What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?"
  3. The man answered, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
  4. "Right!" Jesus told him. "Do this and you will live!"
  5. The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Romans 8:3

  1. The law of Moses could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. God destroyed sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

Isaiah 53:6

  1. All of us have strayed away like sheep. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the guilt and sins of us all.

Matthew 9:13

  1. Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.' For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

1 John 1:8

  1. If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth.
  2. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.
  3. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

Psalms 143:2

  1. Don't bring your servant to trial! Compared to you, no one is perfect.

Galatians 3:10

  1. But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."
  2. Consequently, it is clear that no one can ever be right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."
  3. How different from this way of faith is the way of law, which says, "If you wish to find life by obeying the law, you must obey all of its commands."
  4. But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

1 Peter 3:19

  1. So he went and preached to the spirits in prison--
  2. those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

2 Corinthians 5:17

  1. What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!

John 16:8

  1. And when he comes, he will convince the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
  2. The world's sin is unbelief in me.
  3. Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more.
  4. Judgment will come because the prince of this world has already been judged.

Psalms 19:12

  1. How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.

Psalms 130:3

  1. LORD, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?
  2. But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.

2 Chronicles 32:25

  1. But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the LORD's anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalms 14:3

  1. But no, all have turned away from God; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not even one!

1 Kings 8:46

  1. "If they sin against you--and who has never sinned?--you may become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to a foreign land far or near.

Genesis 7:23

  1. Every living thing on the earth was wiped out--people, animals both large and small, and birds. They were all destroyed, and only Noah was left alive, along with those who were with him in the boat.

Isaiah 64:5

  1. You welcome those who cheerfully do good, who follow godly ways. But we are not godly. We are constant sinners, so your anger is heavy on us. How can people like us be saved?
  2. We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep us away.

Hebrews 6:18

  1. So God has given us both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to his promise with confidence.

Job 42:5

  1. "I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
  2. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."

Job 10:14

  1. was to watch me, and if I sinned, you would not forgive my iniquity.
  2. If I am guilty, too bad for me. And even if I'm innocent, I am filled with shame and misery so that I can't hold my head high.

James 3:2

  1. We all make many mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in every other way.

Job 15:14

  1. Can a mortal be pure? Can a human be just?
  2. Why, God doesn't even trust the angels! Even the heavens cannot be absolutely pure in his sight.
  3. How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person with a thirst for wickedness!

2 Peter 1:1

  1. This letter is from Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to all of you who share the same precious faith we have, faith given to us by Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, who makes us right with God.

Romans 16:7

  1. Then there are Andronicus and Junia, my relatives, who were in prison with me. They are respected among the apostles and became Christians before I did. Please give them my greetings.

Romans 5:21

  1. So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God's wonderful kindness rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Chronicles 32:31

  1. However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.

Isaiah 45:24

  1. The people will declare, "The LORD is the source of all my righteousness and strength." And all who were angry with him will come to him and be ashamed.
  2. In the LORD all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in him they will boast.

Deuteronomy 27:26

  1. `Cursed is anyone who does not affirm the terms of this law by obeying them.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'

James 2:9

  1. But if you pay special attention to the rich, you are committing a sin, for you are guilty of breaking that law.
  2. And the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God's laws.
  3. For the same God who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." So if you murder someone, you have broken the entire law, even if you do not commit adultery.

Isaiah 46:13

  1. For I am ready to set things right, not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save Jerusalem and give my glory to Israel.

1 John 3:4

  1. Those who sin are opposed to the law of God, for all sin opposes the law of God.

Daniel 9:24

  1. "A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to put down rebellion, to bring an end to sin, to atone for guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Isaiah 6:5

  1. Then I said, "My destruction is sealed, for I am a sinful man and a member of a sinful race. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD Almighty!"

Job 9:28

  1. I would dread all the pain he would send. For I know you will not hold me innocent, O God.
  2. Whatever happens, I will be found guilty. So what's the use of trying?
  3. Even if I were to wash myself with soap and cleanse my hands with lye to make them absolutely clean,
  4. you would plunge me into a muddy ditch, and I would be so filthy my own clothing would hate me.

Deuteronomy 19:3

  1. Divide the land the LORD your God is giving you into three districts, with one of these cities in each district. Keep the roads to these cities in good repair so that anyone who has killed someone can flee there for safety.
  2. "If someone accidentally kills a neighbor without harboring any previous hatred, the slayer may flee to any of these cities and be safe.

Psalms 71:15

  1. I will tell everyone about your righteousness. All day long I will proclaim your saving power, for I am overwhelmed by how much you have done for me.
  2. I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign LORD. I will tell everyone that you alone are just and good.
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