Hebrews 12:23

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and to the assembly of God’s firstborn children (whose names are written in heaven). You have come to a judge (the God of all people) and to the spirits of people who have God’s approval and have gained eternal life.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

It would be unthinkable for you to do such a thing, to treat the innocent and the guilty alike and to kill the innocent with the guilty. That would be unthinkable! Won’t the judge of the whole earth do what is fair?”

Psalm 111:1

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart in the company of decent people and in the congregation.

Psalm 69:28

Let their ⌞names⌟ be erased from the Book of Life. Do not let them be listed with righteous people.

Psalm 89:27

Yes, I will make him the firstborn. He will be the Most High to the kings of the earth.

Psalm 89:7

God is terrifying in the council of the holy ones. He is greater and more awe-inspiring than those who surround him.

Psalm 94:2

Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give arrogant people what they deserve.

Psalm 96:13

in the Lord’s presence because he is coming. He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

in the Lord’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice and its people with fairness.

Exodus 13:2

“Set apart every firstborn male for me. Every firstborn male offspring among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal.”

Exodus 32:32

But will you forgive their sin? If not, please wipe me out of the book you have written.”

Exodus 4:22

Then tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will cry as they return. They will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams on a level path where they will not stumble. I will be a Father to Israel, and Ephraim will be my firstborn.

Luke 10:20

However, don’t be happy that evil spirits obey you. Be happy that your names are written in heaven.”

John 5:27

“He has also given the Son authority to pass judgment because he is the Son of Man.

Acts 20:28

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God’s church which he acquired with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see a blurred image in a mirror. Then we will see very clearly. Now my knowledge is incomplete. Then I will have complete knowledge as God has complete knowledge of me.

1 Corinthians 15:49

As we have worn the likeness of the man who was made from the dust of the earth, we will also wear the likeness of the man who came from heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:54

When this body that decays is changed into a body that cannot decay, and this mortal body is changed into a body that will live forever, then the teaching of Scripture will come true: “Death is turned into victory!

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:22

God has put everything under the control of Christ. He has made Christ the head of everything for the good of the church.

Deuteronomy 21:17

Instead, he must recognize the son of the wife he doesn’t love as the firstborn. He must give that son a double portion of whatever he owns. That son is the very first son he had. The rights of the firstborn son are his.

Philippians 4:3

Yes, I also ask you, Syzugus, my true partner, to help these women. They fought beside me to spread the Good News along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

Colossians 1:12

You will also thank the Father, who has made you able to share the light, which is what God’s people inherit.

Colossians 1:24

I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ’s sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church.

1 Timothy 3:5

(If a man doesn’t know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

Hebrews 11:4

Faith led Abel to offer God a better sacrifice than Cain’s sacrifice. Through his faith Abel received God’s approval, since God accepted his sacrifices. Through his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:40

God planned to give us something very special so that we would gain eternal life with them.

Hebrews 2:12

He says, “I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation.”

Hebrews 9:27

People die once, and after that they are judged.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures.

1 Peter 2:23

Christ never verbally abused those who verbally abused him. When he suffered, he didn’t make any threats but left everything to the one who judges fairly.

Revelation 13:8

Everyone living on earth will worship it, everyone whose name is not written in the Book of Life. That book belongs to the lamb who was slaughtered before the creation of the world.

Revelation 14:4

These 144,000 virgins are pure. They follow the lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among humanity as the first ones offered to God and to the lamb.

Revelation 20:15

Those whose names were not found in the Book of Life were thrown into the fiery lake.

Revelation 6:11

Each of the souls was given a white robe. They were told to rest a little longer until all their coworkers, the other Christians, would be killed as they had been killed.

Revelation 6:9

When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of God’s word and the testimony they had given about him.