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

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

As a man going abroad, having left his house and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also commanded the porter to watch,

through whom we received grace and the office of an apostle in behalf of his name, in order to produce obedience to the faith among all nations;

Having then gifts which dither according to the grace which hath been bestowed upon us, if we have prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

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

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of God;

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each?

For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?

But all these worketh the one and selfsame Spirit, allotting to each one severally as it will.

But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was 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 Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are [in Ephesus], and believers in Christ Jesus:

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not,) a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

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

According as each one hath received a gift, minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Receive

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but when called by God, as was Aaron.

From

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

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.

General references

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but when called by God, as was Aaron.