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

Is it such an insignificant thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelis to draw you to himself, appointing you to do the work of the tent of the LORD and to stand before the community to minister to them?

The rod that belongs to the man whom I'll choose will burst into bloom. That's how I'll put a stop to the complaints of the Israelis, who are complaining against you."

Nevertheless, the LORD God of Israel chose me from my entire ancestral household to be king over Israel forever, since he had chosen Judah as Commander-in-Chief. In my ancestor Judah's household, from my father's household, and from among my father's sons it pleased him to make me king over all of Israel.

"I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me before you were born; I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

I haven't run away from being your shepherd, and I haven't longed for the day of sickness. You know what comes out from my lips, it's open before you.

But the LORD took me from tending the flock and the LORD kept saying to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

To one man he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, based on their ability. Then he went on his trip.

It's like a man who went on a trip. As he left home, he put his servants in charge, each with his own work, and he ordered the doorkeeper to be alert.

Through him we received grace and a commission as an apostle to bring about faithful obedience among all the gentiles for the sake of his name.

We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith.

From: Paul, called to be an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and from our brother Sosthenes.

Now, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we can understand the things that were freely given to us by God.

Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.

For who makes you superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?

But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person.

But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

From: Paul an apostle not sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus the Messiah, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead

From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by God's will. To: His holy and faithful people in Ephesus who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

I have become a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given me by the working of his power.

For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)

Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.

As good servant managers of God's grace in its various forms, serve one another with the gift each of you has received.

Receive

No one takes this honor upon himself but he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was.

From

Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from humans?"

Was John's authority to baptize from heaven or from humans? Answer me."

General references

No one takes this honor upon himself but he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was.