Genesis 1 Cross References - WNT

²⁵ About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, and hast unveiled them to babes.

¹⁹ For those will be times of SUFFERING THE LIKE OF WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN FROM THE FIRST CREATION OF GOD'S WORLD UNTIL NOW, and assuredly never will be again;

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.

²⁴ And they, upon hearing the story, all lifted up their voices to God and said, "O Sovereign Lord, it is Thou who didst make Heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them,

¹⁵ We also are but men, with natures kindred to your own; and we bring you the Good News that you are to turn from these unreal things, to worship the ever-living God, the Creator of earth and sky and sea and of everything that is in them.

²⁴ GOD who made the universe and everything in it--He, being Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries built by men.

¹⁹ because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them. ²⁰ For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse.

³⁶ For the universe owes its origin to Him, was created by Him, and has its aim and purpose in Him. To Him be the glory throughout the Ages! Amen.

⁶ yet *we* have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.

⁹ and to show all men in a clear light what my stewardship is. It is the stewardship of the truth which from all the Ages lay concealed in the mind of God, the Creator of all things--

¹⁶ For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him. ¹⁷ And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.

² has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages.

¹⁰ It is also of His Son that God says, "THOU, O LORD, IN THE BEGINNING DIDST LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORK OF THY HANDS.

⁴ For every house has had a builder, and the builder of all things is God.

³ Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible.

⁵ For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God;

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have listened to, which we have seen with our own eyes, and our own hands have handled concerning the Word of Life--

¹⁴ "And to the minister of the Church at Laodicea write as follows: "'This is what the Amen says--the true and faithful witness, the Beginning and Lord of God's Creation.

¹¹ saying, "It is fitting, O our Lord and God, That we should ascribe unto Thee the glory and the honor and the power; For Thou didst create all things, And because it was Thy will they came into existence, and were created."

⁶ And in the name of Him who lives until the Ages of the Ages, the Creator of Heaven and all that is in it, of the earth and all that is in it, and of the sea and all that is in it, he solemnly declared,

⁷ He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the time of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made sky and earth, the sea and the water-springs."

⁶ He also said, "They have now been fulfilled. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To those who are thirsty I will give the privilege of drinking from the well of the Water of Life without payment.

¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

³ So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy;

⁵ The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.

⁹ The true Light was that which illumines every man by its coming into the world.

¹⁹ And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.

⁴³ After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

⁶ For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

⁸ There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.

¹⁴ For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."

¹⁶ who alone possesses immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, and whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be eternal honour and power! Amen.

⁵ This is the Message which we have heard from the Lord Jesus and now deliver to you--God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness.

⁸ And yet I *am* giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.

¹³ the true character of each individual's work will become manifest. For the day of Christ will disclose it, because that day is soon to come upon us clothed in fire, and as for the quality of every one's work-- the fire is the thing which will test it.

¹³ But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.

⁵ for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.

²⁷ and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!"

¹⁰ And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire.

³⁰ And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?

¹⁶ By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles? ¹⁷ Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning. ²⁰ So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.

²⁸ Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.

⁴³ "There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit. ⁴⁴ Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.

⁷ For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing.

¹² Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.

²⁴ Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown good seed in his field, ²⁵ but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away. ²⁶ But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed, then appears the darnel also.

⁴⁴ Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.

¹⁰ And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.

⁷ Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

² inquiring, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his Star in the east, and have come here to do him homage."

² He replied, "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;' ³ and in the morning, 'It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot.

²⁹ "But immediately after those times of distress THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, THE MOON WILL NOT SHED HER LIGHT, THE STARS WILL FALL FROM THE FIRMAMENT, AND THE FORCES WHICH CONTROL THE HEAVENS WILL BE DISORDERED AND DISTURBED.

²⁴ "AT THAT TIME, however, after that DISTRESS, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT SHED HER LIGHT;

²⁵ "There will be signs in sun, moon, and stars; and on earth anguish among the nations in their bewilderment at the roaring of the sea and its billows; ²⁶ while men's hearts are fainting for fear, and for anxious expectation of what is coming on the world. For THE FORCES WHICH CONTROL THE HEAVENS WILL BE DISORDERED AND DISTURBED.

⁴⁵ The sun was darkened, and the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn down the middle,

¹⁹ I WILL DISPLAY MARVELS IN THE SKY ABOVE, AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD AND FIRE, AND PILLARS OF SMOKE. ²⁰ THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, TO USHER IN THE DAY OF THE LORD-- THAT GREAT AND ILLUSTRIOUS DAY;

¹² When the Lamb broke the sixth seal I looked, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became as dark as sackcloth, and the whole disc of the moon became like blood.

¹² Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet; and a curse fell upon a third part of the sun, a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, so that a third part of them were darkened and for a third of the day, and also of the night, there was no light.

² and he opened the depths of the bottomless pit. And smoke came up out of the pit resembling the smoke of a vast furnace, so that the sun was darkened, and the air also, by reason of the smoke of the pit.

⁴⁵ Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;

⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

⁸ Then the fourth angel poured his bowl on to the sun, and power was given to it to scorch men with fire. ⁹ And the men were severely burned; and yet they spoke evil of God who had power over the plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.

²³ Nor has the city any need of the sun or of the moon, to give it light; for the glory of God has shone upon it and its lamp is the Lamb.

⁴⁷ For such is the Lord's command to us. "'I HAVE PLACED THEE,' He says of Christ, 'AS A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, IN ORDER THAT THOU MAYEST BE A SAVIOUR AS FAR AS THE REMOTEST PARTS OF THE EARTH.'"

²⁵ Nor is He ministered to by human hands, as though He needed anything--but He Himself gives to all men life and breath and all things.

⁴⁰ For just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS IN THE SEA-MONSTER'S BELLY, so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth.

¹⁷ His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly, and so do I."

²³ "If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

²⁰ For the things you are saying sound strange to us. We should therefore like to be told exactly what they mean."

²⁶ He caused to spring from one forefather people of every race, for them to live on the whole surface of the earth, and marked out for them an appointed span of life and the boundaries of their homes;

²⁸ For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' ²⁹ Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that His nature resembles gold or silver or marble, or anything sculptured by the art and inventive faculty of man.

⁷ For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man.

¹⁸ And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.

⁴ in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God.

²⁴ with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.

¹⁵ Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.

¹⁰ and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it.

⁶ But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, "HOW POOR A CREATURE IS MAN, AND YET THOU DOST REMEMBER HIM, AND A SON OF MAN, AND YET THOU DOST COME TO HIM! ⁷ THOU HAST MADE HIM ONLY A LITTLE INFERIOR TO THE ANGELS; WITH GLORY AND HONOUR THOU HAST CROWNED HIM, AND HAST SET HIM TO GOVERN THE WORKS OF THY HANDS. ⁸ THOU HAST PUT EVERYTHING IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET." For this subjecting of the universe to man implies the leaving nothing not subject to him. But we do not as yet see the universe subject to him. ⁹ But Jesus--who was made a little inferior to the angels in order that through God's grace He might taste death for every human being--we already see wearing a crown of glory and honour because of His having suffered death.

⁷ For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.

⁹ With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.

⁷ For there are three that give testimony-- the Spirit, the water, and the blood;

⁴ "Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'MADE THEM' from the beginning 'MALE AND FEMALE,

⁶ but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'MALE AND FEMALE DID GOD MAKE THEM.

⁷ For a man ought not to have a veil on his head, since he is the image and glory of God; while woman is the glory of man. ⁸ Man does not take his origin from woman, but woman takes hers from man. ⁹ For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's.

¹⁰ For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

²⁶ the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people,

³ forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth.

¹¹ give us to-day our bread for the day;

²⁵ For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?

¹⁷ and yet by His beneficence He has not left His existence unattested--His beneficence, I mean, in sending you rain from Heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and joyfulness."

²⁴ GOD who made the universe and everything in it--He, being Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries built by men. ²⁵ Nor is He ministered to by human hands, as though He needed anything--but He Himself gives to all men life and breath and all things.

²⁸ For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'

¹⁷ Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment.

⁴ For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.