Name that book!
What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!
Acts, Romans, Philippians, Colossians
Romans 9:14 (God has not abandoned Israel)
These are the things you must insist on and teach.
2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 1 John, 2 Peter
1 Timothy 4:11 (Church as guardian of doctrine)
He called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul bird, a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.”
1 Peter, Revelation, 1 Thessalonians, Jude
Revelation 18:2 (Babylon metaphor for Rome in Revelation)
Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?
Hebrews, Romans, Colossians, Acts
Hebrews 12:7 (Family language, children of God experience discipline)
While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.
Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Colossians
Acts 10:44 (Cornelius and Peter, unrestrained Spirit in Acts)
They worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”
1 Peter, Jude, Revelation, 2 Corinthians
Revelation 13:4 (metaphor of the beast from the sea for Rome)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you
1 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Peter, 1 John
1 Peter 1:3-4 (theme of inheritance in 1 Peter)
And from those who were supposed to be acknowledge leaders (what they actually were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those leaders contributed nothing to me.
Ephesians, Galatians, Colossians, Philemon
Galatians 2:2 (Paul’s defensive language in Galatians)
I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
Romans, Acts, Galatians, Philippians
Romans 7:15 (collective “I”, Adam as “I”)
On either side of the river is the tree of lifewith its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Revelation, Romans, Acts, Philemon
Revelation 22:2 (canon begins with a tree in Genesis, ends with a tree in Revelation)
For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians, Romans, Colossians, Galatians
Galatians 1:11-12, Paul describing his call, echoing Jeremiah/Isaiah
For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.
Acts, Ephesians, Galatians, Romans
Romans 11:24 (God salvation is for all, both Israel and Gentiles
One thing more—prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be restored to you.
Philemon, 2 Timothy, Romans, Titus
Philemon 22 (Paul’s intention to follow up with Philemon)
“See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone’s work."
Colossians, Revelation, 1 Timothy, Acts
Revelation 22:12 (Do we also believe that Jesus is coming soon?)
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.
Romans, 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy, Philemon
1 Corinthians 15:12-14 (resurrection not abstract in 1 Corinthians)
He lived there two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
Ephesians, Acts, Colossians, Galatians
Acts 28:30-31 (end of Acts)
And great fear seized the whole church and all who heard of these things.
Romans, Acts, Galatians, Philippians
Acts 5:11 (Sapphira and Ananias, community is a matter of life and death)
For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.
Acts, Philemon, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Peter
I Thessalonians 1:4-5 (familial language in Thessalonians, God’s active role in believers’ call)
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae, so that you may welcome her in the Lord as is fitting for the saints and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a benefactor of many and of myself as well.
Romans, Galatians, Acts, Revelation
Romans 16:1-2 (Paul depending on people who know the community, communal effort)
O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Galatians
Romans 7:24-25 "o wretched man"
Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
James, Jude, Colossians, Galatians
James 2:21-22 (theme of unity of faith and works
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
Romans, 1 Corinthians, Galatians, Acts
1 Corinthians 1:10 (unity of community in 1 Corinthians)
And from those who were supposed to be acknowledge leaders (what they actually were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those leaders contributed nothing to me.
Galatians, Colossians, Romans, Acts
Galatians 2:2 (Paul’s defensive language in Galatians)
Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once; she must be well attested for her good works, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.
1 Timothy, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians, Acts
1 Timothy 5:9-10 (Proper offices within the church in 1 Timothy)
“Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness."
"For in Christ Jesus you are all children of god through faith. For all of you who have been baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, therefore you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to promise."
Romans or Galatians
Romans 6:16-18