John 3:27
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27 John answered and said, (A)“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
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James 1:17
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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, (B)with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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1 Corinthians 4:7
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7 For who [a]makes you differ from another? And (A)what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
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- 1 Corinthians 4:7 distinguishes you
1 Corinthians 15:10
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10 But (A)by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, (B)yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
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1 Peter 4:10-11
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10 (A)As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, (B)as good stewards of (C)the manifold grace of God. 11 (D)If anyone speaks, let him speak as the [a]oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that (E)in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the [b]dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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- 1 Peter 4:11 utterances
- 1 Peter 4:11 sovereignty
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
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12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but (A)the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [a]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 (B)But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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- 1 Corinthians 2:13 NU omits Holy
Amos 7:15
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15 Then the Lord took me [a]as I followed the flock,
And the Lord said to me,
‘Go, (A)prophesy to My people Israel.’
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- Amos 7:15 Lit. from behind
Hebrews 5:4-5
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4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as (A)Aaron was.
A Priest Forever
5 (B)So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
(C)“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”
Matthew 25:15
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15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, (A)to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
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Jeremiah 17:16
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16 As for me, (A)I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day;
You know what came out of my lips;
It was right there before You.
Jeremiah 1:5
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5 “Before I (A)formed you in the womb (B)I knew you;
Before you were born I (C)sanctified[a] you;
I [b]ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
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- Jeremiah 1:5 set you apart
- Jeremiah 1:5 appointed
Numbers 17:5
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5 And it shall be that the rod of the man (A)whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, (B)which they make against you.”
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1 Timothy 2:7
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7 (A)for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth [a]in Christ and not lying—(B)a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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- 1 Timothy 2:7 NU omits in Christ
Ephesians 3:7-8
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7 (A)of which I became a minister (B)according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by (C)the effective working of His power.
Purpose of the Mystery
8 To me, (D)who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles (E)the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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Mark 11:30-31
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30 The (A)baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me.”
31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
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Matthew 21:25
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25 The (A)baptism of (B)John—where was it from? From heaven or from men?”
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
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Romans 12:6
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6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is (A)given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us (B)prophesy in proportion to our faith;
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Mark 13:34
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34 (A)It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave (B)authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
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1 Chronicles 28:4-5
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4 However the Lord God of Israel (A)chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen (B)Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, (C)the house of my father, and (D)among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel. 5 (E)And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) (F)He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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Numbers 16:9-11
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9 Is it (A)a small thing to you that the God of Israel has (B)separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to serve them; 10 and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also? 11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. (C)And what is Aaron that you complain against him?”
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Ephesians 1:1
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Greeting
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
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Galatians 1:1
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Greeting
1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but (A)through Jesus Christ and God the Father (B)who raised Him from the dead),
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1 Corinthians 12:11
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11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, (A)distributing to each one individually (B)as He wills.
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1 Corinthians 3:5
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Watering, Working, Warning
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but (A)ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one?
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Romans 1:5
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5 Through Him (A)we have received grace and apostleship for (B)obedience to the faith among all nations (C)for His name,
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