Romans 15:16 Cross References

Romans 15:16

16: a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles. I bring you the Good News and offer you up as a fragrant sacrifice to God so that you might be pure and pleasing to him by the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 2:17

  1. But even if my life is to be poured out like a drink offering to complete the sacrifice of your faithful service (that is, if I am to die for you), I will rejoice, and I want to share my joy with all of you.

Romans 11:13

  1. I am saying all of this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I lay great stress on this,

Romans 1:1

  1. This letter is from Paul, Jesus Christ's slave, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News.

Romans 12:1

  1. And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?
  2. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

Isaiah 66:19

  1. I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations--to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.
  2. They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD.

Hebrews 13:16

  1. Don't forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God.

Acts 9:15

  1. But the Lord said, "Go and do what I say. For Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.

Acts 20:24

  1. 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.

Romans 8:26

  1. And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
  2. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will.

2 Corinthians 5:20

  1. We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!"

2 Timothy 1:11

  1. And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.

1 Timothy 1:11

  1. that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God.

Romans 15:18

  1. I dare not boast of anything else. I have brought the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I lived before them.

1 Peter 2:5

  1. And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

  1. Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

Philippians 4:18

  1. At the moment I have all I need--more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable to God and pleases him.

Acts 22:21

  1. "But the Lord said to me, 'Leave Jerusalem, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"

Acts 13:2

  1. One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Dedicate Barnabas and Saul for the special work I have for them."

Romans 5:5

  1. And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

Acts 20:32

  1. "And now I entrust you to God and the word of his grace--his message that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.

1 Corinthians 4:1

  1. So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God's secrets.

Acts 26:17

  1. And I will protect you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am going to send you to the Gentiles,
  2. to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'

1 Corinthians 3:5

  1. 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.

Romans 15:29

  1. And I am sure that when I come, Christ will give me a great blessing for you.

2 Corinthians 11:23

  1. 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.

1 Corinthians 6:19

  1. Or don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,

1 Peter 1:12

  1. They were told that these things would not happen during their lifetime, but many years later, during yours. And now this Good News has been announced by those who preached to you in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

1 Timothy 2:7

  1. And I have been chosen--this is the absolute truth--as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.

2 Corinthians 8:5

  1. Best of all, they went beyond our highest hopes, for their first action was to dedicate themselves to the Lord and to us for whatever directions God might give them.

Galatians 3:5

  1. I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law of Moses? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

  1. Don't you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that our expenses would not be a burden to anyone there as we preached God's Good News among you.

Galatians 2:7

  1. They saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews.
  2. For the same God who worked through Peter for the benefit of the Jews worked through me for the benefit of the Gentiles.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

  1. You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, even though we were surrounded by many who opposed us.

Ephesians 2:18

  1. Now all of us, both Jews and Gentiles, may come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.

Ephesians 2:22

  1. Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
  2. I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ Jesus because of my preaching to you Gentiles.
Home