Romans 1:11 Cross References - BBE

¹¹ For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

³⁰ And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

³⁹ And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.

¹⁵ And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!

²⁰ And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.

¹⁵ Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them: ¹⁶ For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them. ¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying, ¹⁹ Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

⁵ So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

⁶ And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

²¹ Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

²³ But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

²⁹ And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.

³² So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

¹ But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching. ² You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power. ³ So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. ⁴ Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all. ⁷ But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good. ⁸ For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit: ⁹ To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit; ¹⁰ And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues: ¹¹ But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

²¹ Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

¹⁴ While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

⁴ For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

² Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? ³ Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh? ⁴ Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose. ⁵ He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

⁸ For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men. ⁹ {\I Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.} ¹¹ And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; ¹² For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

⁸ For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

²⁶ Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

¹ So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

² We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;

¹³ So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

¹⁷ Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

³ But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.

⁹ Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

¹⁰ And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

¹² I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.

¹² For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

¹⁷ For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith. ¹⁸ But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.