John 3:27
John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from man?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
Numbers 16:9-11
Is it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
Numbers 17:5
It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you."
1 Chronicles 28:4-5
However the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."
Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
Amos 7:15
and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
Matthew 25:15
To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.
Mark 11:30-31
The baptism of John?was it from heaven, or from man? Answer me."
Mark 13:34
"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
Romans 1:5
through whom we received grace and the office of apostle, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
Romans 12:6
Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?
1 Corinthians 12:11
But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints (in Ephesus) who are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 3:7-8
of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
1 Timothy 2:7
to which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Hebrews 5:4-5
Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
1 Peter 4:10-11
As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.