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 only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

And it shall be, the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall blossom. And I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the sons of Israel by which they murmur against you.

But Jehovah, the God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be the ruler, and of the house of Judah the house of my father. And in my father's house He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I consecrated you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.

I have not hurried away from shepherding after You; nor have I desired the woeful day; You surely know the going forth of my lips before Your face.

And Jehovah took me from behind the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel.

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his ability. And he went abroad at once.

As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving authority to his servants, and each man's work to him, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.

by whom we have received grace and apostleship, to obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;

Then having gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each?

For who makes you to differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing separately to each one as He desires.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace which was toward me has not been without fruit, but I labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

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

Of this gospel I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power.

To this I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of the nations, in faith and truth.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning.

each one as he received a gift, ministering it to yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Receive

And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called of God, as Aaron was.

From

The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? Answer Me.

General references

And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called of God, as Aaron was.