John 5:23

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God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. If a person does not respect the Son, then that person does not respect the Father. The Father is the One who sent the Son.

Cross References

Psalm 2:12

Show that you are loyal to God’s son. {\cf2\super [6]} \par If you don’t do this,\par he will become angry and destroy you.\par

Isaiah 42:8

“I am the Lord.\par My name is YAHWEH.\par I will not give my glory to another.\par I will not let statues (false gods)\par take the praise that should be mine.\par

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord is the king of Israel. The Lord All-Powerful saves Israel. The Lord says, “I am the only God. There are no other gods. I am the Beginning and the End.

Isaiah 45:15

God, you are the God people can’t see.\par You are the Savior of Israel.\par

Isaiah 45:21

Tell these people to come to me. Let them present their case and discuss these things.)

Zechariah 9:9

City of Zion, rejoice!\par People of Jerusalem, shout with joy!\par Look, your king is coming to you!\par He is the good king that won the victory.\par But he is humble.\par He is riding on a donkey,\par on a young donkey\par born from a work animal.\par

Matthew 10:37

“Any person that loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me. Any person who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me.

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given me all things. No person knows the Son—only the Father knows the Son. And no person knows the Father—only the Son knows the Father. And the only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.

Matthew 12:21

All people will hope in him.”\par \i (Isaiah 42:1-4)\i0 \par

Matthew 15:8

‘These people say they honor me,\par but they don’t really make me\par an important part of their lives.\par

Matthew 28:19

So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize {\cf2\super [444]} them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [445]}

Luke 10:16

“When a person listens to you, that person is really listening to me. But when a person refuses to accept you, that person is really refusing to accept me. And when a person refuses to accept me, he is refusing to accept the One (God) that sent me.”

John 14:1

Jesus said, “Don’t be troubled. Trust in God. And trust in me.

John 16:14

The Spirit of truth will bring glory to me. How? He will get things from me and tell them to you.

John 17:10

All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And my glory is seen in these men.

Romans 1:7

This letter is to all of you in Rome that God has called to be his holy people. {\cf2\super [8]} You are people that God loves.

Romans 15:12

And Isaiah says,

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin. You are now slaves of God. And this brings you a life that is only for God. And from that you will get life forever.

Romans 8:9

But you are not ruled by your sinful selves. You are ruled by the Spirit, {\cf2\super [63]} if that Spirit of God really lives in you. But if any person does not have the Spirit of Christ, then that person does not belong to Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:3

Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If any person does not love the Lord, then let that person be separated from God—lost forever!

1 Corinthians 6:19

You should know that your body is a temple (house) for the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [40]} The Holy Spirit is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. You don’t own yourselves.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Truly in our own hearts we believed that we would die. But this happened so that we would not trust in ourselves. It happened so that we would trust in God, who raises people from death.

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace (kindness) of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship (sharing) of the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [50]} be with you all.

2 Corinthians 5:14

The love of Christ controls us. Why? Because we know that One (Christ) has died for all people. So all have died.

Ephesians 6:24

God’s grace (kindness) to all of you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love that never ends.

2 Timothy 1:12

And I suffer now because I tell that Good News. But I am not ashamed. I know the One (Jesus) that I have believed. I am sure that he is able to protect the things that he has trusted me with until that Day. {\cf2\super [8]}

Hebrews 1:6

And when God brings his firstborn {\cf2\super [3]} Son into the world, he says,

2 Peter 1:1

Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace (kindness) and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and forever! Amen.

1 John 2:23

If a person does not believe in the Son, then he does not have the Father. But the person who accepts the Son has the Father, too.