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

Does it seem but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to minister in the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

And it shall come to pass regarding the man whom I shall choose that his rod shall blossom; and I will resolve the complaints of the sons of Israel, with which they murmur against you.

However, the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever, for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel;

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Gentiles.

For I did not take it upon myself to be a pastor following thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou dost know: that which came out of my lips has come forth in thy presence.

and the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey.

As the man who, taking a far journey, left his house and gave his estate to his slaves and to each one his responsibility and commanded the porter to watch.

By whom we have received the grace and the apostleship, to cause the faith to be obeyed among all the Gentiles in his name,

So that having different gifts according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, according to the measure of faith;

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother,

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that God has given us.

Who then is Paul? and who is Apollos? but servants by whom ye believed, each one according to that which the Lord gave.

For who makes thee to judge? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, what dost thou glory of, as if thou hadst not received it?

one and the same Spirit operates all these things, dispersing to each one his own gift as he wills.

But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace towards me was not in vain, for I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Paul, apostle (not from men neither through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)

Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the operation of his power.

of which I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.

Let each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God.

Receive

And no one takes this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

From

The baptism of John, where was it from? from heaven or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men? Respond unto me.

General references

And no one takes this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.