1 Thessalonians 3:11

New Century Version

Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus prepare the way for us to come to you.

Cross References

Isaiah 63:16

You are our father. Abraham doesn’t know we are his children, and Israel doesn’t recognize us. Lord, you are our father. You are called “the one who has always saved us.”

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful says, “A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master.” I am a father, so why don’t you honor me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’

Matthew 6:14

Yes, if you forgive others for their sins, your Father in heaven will also forgive you for your sins.

Matthew 6:18

Then people will not know that you are fasting, but your Father, whom you cannot see, will see you. Your Father sees what is done in secret, and he will reward you.

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.

Matthew 6:32

The people who don’t know God keep trying to get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them.

Matthew 6:4

Your giving should be done in secret. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you.

Matthew 6:6

When you pray, you should go into your room and close the door and pray to your Father who cannot be seen. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you.

Mark 1:3

“This is a voice of one who calls out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord. Make the road straight for him.’ ”

Luke 12:30

All the people in the world are trying to get these things, and your Father knows you need them.

Luke 12:32

“Don’t fear, little flock, because your Father wants to give you the kingdom.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold on to me, because I have not yet gone up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

Romans 1:3

The Good News is about God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a man, he was born from the family of David. But through the Spirit of holiness he was declared to be God’s Son with great power by rising from the dead.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be your father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 1:4

Jesus gave himself for our sins to free us from this evil world we live in, as God the Father planned.

Colossians 1:2

To the holy and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ that live in Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

May your hearts be made strong so that you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. And those who have died believing in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may God himself, the God of peace, make you pure, belonging only to him. May your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—be kept safe and without fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father encourage you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us, and through his grace he gave us a good hope and encouragement that continues forever.

2 Thessalonians 3:16

Now may the Lord of peace give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord lead your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s patience.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Now God’s presence is with people, and he will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and will be their God.