John 3:27

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Summary

John 3:27

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

A man

Receive

Hebrews 5:4

From

Matthew 21:25

Mark 11:30

General references

Hebrews 5:4

Bible References

A man

Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to Himself, to perform the work at the Lord’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they have been making about you.”

“Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s household, and from my father’s sons, He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

I chose you before I formed you in the womb;
I set you apart before you were born.
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd,
and I have not longed for the fatal day.
You know my words were spoken in Your presence.

But the Lord took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’”

To one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one—to each according to his own ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately

It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his slaves, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

We have received grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations,

on behalf of His name,

According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts:

If prophecy,
use it according to the standard of one’s faith;

Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Sosthenes our brother:

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?

But one and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as He wills.

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead—

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will:

To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus.

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.

For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.

Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God.

Receive

No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.

From

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

Was John’s baptism from heaven or from men? Answer Me.”

General references

No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.