1 Timothy 3:15

New Century Version

Then, even if I am delayed, you will know how to live in the family of God. That family is the church of the living God, the support and foundation of the truth.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:2

David said, “My time to die is near. Be a good and strong leader.

1 Kings 2:4

And if you obey the Lord, he will keep the promise he made to me. He said: ‘If your descendants live as I tell them and have complete faith in me, a man from your family will always be king over the people of Israel.’

2 Kings 19:4

The king of Assyria sent his field commander to make fun of the living God. Maybe the Lord your God will hear what the commander said and will punish him for it. So pray for the few of us who are left alive.”

1 Chronicles 22:13

Be careful to obey the rules and laws the Lord gave Moses for Israel. If you obey them, you will have success. Be strong and brave. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.

Psalm 42:2

I thirst for the living God. When can I go to meet with him?

Psalm 84:2

I want more than anything to be in the courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. My whole being wants to be with the living God.

Jeremiah 1:18

Today I am going to make you a strong city, an iron pillar, a bronze wall. You will be able to stand against everyone in the land: Judah’s kings, officers, priests, and the people of the land.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the only true God. He is the only living God, the King forever. The earth shakes when he is angry, and the nations cannot stand up to his anger.

Jeremiah 23:36

But you will never again say, ‘The message of the Lord,’ because the only message you speak is your own words. You have changed the words of our God, the living God, the Lord All-Powerful.

Daniel 6:26

I am making a new law for people in every part of my kingdom. All of you must fear and respect the God of Daniel. Daniel’s God is the living God; he lives forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.

Hosea 1:10

“But the number of the Israelites will become like the grains of sand of the sea, which no one can measure or count. They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Matthew 18:18

“I tell you the truth, the things you don’t allow on earth will be the things God does not allow. And the things you allow on earth will be the things that God allows.

John 1:17

The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

John 18:37

Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus answered, “You are the one saying I am a king. This is why I was born and came into the world: to tell people the truth. And everyone who belongs to the truth listens to me.”

John 6:69

We believe and know that you are the Holy One from God.”

Acts 1:2

until the day he was taken up into heaven. Before this, with the help of the Holy Spirit, Jesus told the apostles he had chosen what they should do.

Acts 14:15

“Friends, why are you doing these things? We are only human beings like you. We are bringing you the Good News and are telling you to turn away from these worthless things and turn to the living God. He is the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Romans 3:2

Yes, of course, there is in every way. The most important thing is this: God trusted the Jews with his teachings.

Romans 9:26

“They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”

1 Corinthians 10:32

Never do anything that might hurt others—Jews, Greeks, or God’s church—

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

2 Corinthians 3:3

You show that you are a letter from Christ sent through us. This letter is not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets but on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 6:16

The temple of God cannot have any agreement with idols, and we are the temple of the living God. As God said: “I will live with them and walk with them. And I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

2 Corinthians 6:7

by speaking the truth, and by God’s power. We use our right living to defend ourselves against everything.

Galatians 2:9

James, Peter, and John, who seemed to be the leaders, understood that God had given me this special grace, so they accepted Barnabas and me. They agreed that they would go to the Jewish people and that we should go to those who are not Jewish.

Galatians 3:1

You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were foolish; you let someone trick you.

Ephesians 4:21

I know that you heard about him, and you are in him, so you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.

Deuteronomy 31:23

Then the Lord gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and brave, because you will lead the people of Israel to the land I promised them, and I will be with you.”

Deuteronomy 5:26

No human being has ever heard the living God speaking from a fire and still lived, but we have.

Colossians 1:5

You have this faith and love because of your hope, and what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the message about the truth, the Good News

1 Thessalonians 1:9

People everywhere are telling about the way you accepted us when we were there with you. They tell how you stopped worshiping idols and began serving the living and true God.

1 Timothy 3:14

Although I hope I can come to you soon, I am writing these things to you now.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: He was shown to us in a human body, proved right in spirit, and seen by angels. He was proclaimed to the nations, believed in by the world, and taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer must not give people a reason to criticize him, and he must have only one wife. He must be self-controlled, wise, respected by others, ready to welcome guests, and able to teach.

1 Timothy 3:5

(If someone does not know how to lead the family, how can that person take care of God’s church?)

1 Timothy 4:10

This is why we work and struggle: We hope in the living God who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

1 Timothy 6:16

He is the only One who never dies. He lives in light so bright no one can go near it. No one has ever seen God, or can see him. May honor and power belong to God forever. Amen.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God’s strong foundation continues to stand. These words are written on the seal: “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” and “Everyone who wants to belong to the Lord must stop doing wrong.”

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are not only things made of gold and silver, but also things made of wood and clay. Some things are used for special purposes, and others are made for ordinary jobs.

Hebrews 10:21

And since we have a great priest over God’s house,

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands of angels gathered together with joy.

Hebrews 3:12

So brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will turn you away from the living God.

Hebrews 9:14

How much more is done by the blood of Christ. He offered himself through the eternal Spirit as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will make our consciences pure from useless acts so we may serve the living God.

Joshua 3:10

Here is proof that the living God is with you and that he will force out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones, so let yourselves be used to build a spiritual temple—to be holy priests who offer spiritual sacrifices to God. He will accept those sacrifices through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:17

It is time for judgment to begin with God’s family. And if that judging begins with us, what will happen to those people who do not obey the Good News of God?

Revelation 7:2

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east who had the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given power to harm the earth and the sea.

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked the men who stood near him, “What will be done to reward the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? Who does this uncircumcised Philistine think he is? Does he think he can speak against the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

I, your servant, have killed both a lion and a bear! This uncircumcised Philistine will be like them, because he has spoken against the armies of the living God.