Ephesians 1:13

New International Reader's Version

You also became believers in Christ. That happened when you heard the message of truth. It was the good news about how you could be saved. When you believed, he stamped you with an official mark. That official mark is the Holy Spirit that he promised.

Cross References

Psalm 119:43

Help me always to tell the truth about how faithful you are. I have put my hope in your laws.

Joel 2:28

“After that, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will have dreams. Your young men will have visions.

Luke 11:13

Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 24:49

I am going to send you what my Father has promised. But for now, stay in the city. Stay there until you have received power from heaven.”

John 1:17

In the past, God gave us grace through the law of Moses. Now, grace and truth come to us through Jesus Christ.

John 14:26

But the Father will send the Friend in my name to help you. The Friend is the Holy Spirit. He will teach you all things. He will remind you of everything I have said to you.

John 15:26

“I will send the Friend to you from the Father. He is the Spirit of truth, who comes out from the Father. When the Friend comes to help you, he will be a witness about me.

John 3:33

Anyone who has accepted it has said, ‘Yes. God is truthful.’

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

Acts 1:4

One day Jesus was eating with them. He gave them a command. “Do not leave Jerusalem,” he said. “Wait for the gift my Father promised. You have heard me talk about it.

Acts 13:26

“Listen, fellow children of Abraham! Listen, you Gentiles who worship God! This message of salvation has been sent to us.

Acts 2:33

Jesus has been given a place of honor at the right hand of God. He has received the Holy Spirit from the Father. This is what God had promised. It is Jesus who has poured out what you now see and hear.

Romans 1:16

I want to preach it because I’m not ashamed of the good news. It is God’s power to save everyone who believes. It is meant first for the Jews. It is meant also for the Gentiles.

Romans 4:11

He was circumcised as a sign of the covenant God had made with him. It showed that his faith had made him right with God before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all believers who have not been circumcised. God accepts their faith. So their faith makes them right with him.

Romans 6:17

You used to be slaves of sin. But thank God that with your whole heart you obeyed the teachings you were given!

2 Corinthians 1:22

He put his Spirit in our hearts and marked us as his own. We can now be sure that he will give us everything he promised us.

2 Corinthians 6:7

We speak the truth. We serve in the power of God. We hold the weapons of godliness in the right hand and in the left.

Galatians 3:14

Christ Jesus set us free so that the blessing given to Abraham would come to the Gentiles through Christ. He did it so that we might receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. The promised Spirit comes by believing in Christ.

Ephesians 4:21

You heard about Christ and were taught about life in him. What you learned was the truth about Jesus.

Ephesians 4:30

Do not make God’s Holy Spirit mourn. The Holy Spirit is the proof that you belong to God. And the Spirit is the proof that God will set you completely free.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We never stop thanking God for the way you received his word. You heard it from us. But you didn’t accept it as a human word. You accepted it for what it really is. It is God’s word. It is really at work in you who believe.

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best to please God. Be a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed. Teach the message of truth correctly.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God’s solid foundation stands firm. Here is the message written on it. “The Lord knows who his own people are.” (Numbers 16:5) Also, “All who say they believe in the Lord must turn away from evil.”

2 Timothy 3:15

You have known the Holy Scriptures ever since you were a little child. They are able to teach you how to be saved by believing in Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:11

God’s grace has now appeared. By his grace, God offers to save all people.

Hebrews 2:3

Then how will we escape if we don’t pay attention to God’s great salvation? The Lord first announced this salvation. Those who heard him gave us the message about it.

James 1:18

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth. He wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.

James 1:21

So get rid of everything that is sinful. Get rid of the evil that is all around us. Don’t be too proud to accept the word that is planted in you. It can save you.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people. But now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy. But now you have received mercy.

Revelation 7:2

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east. He brought the official seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels. They had been allowed to harm the land and the sea.