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2 Corinthians 3 cross-references
2 Corinthians 3 has 18 verses, which point to 301 other passages and are cited by 278. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 — I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in… 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 10:12 — For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but… 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 5:12 — For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have… 7 votes
- Acts 18:27 — And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him:… 6 votes
- 1 Corinthians 16:3 — And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto… 5 votes
- 2 Corinthians 12:19 — Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things,… 3 votes
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- 2 Corinthians 10:12 — For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but… 11 votes
- 2 Corinthians 5:12 — For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have… 6 votes
- Galatians 1:1 — Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from… 3 votes
- 1 Corinthians 9:2 — If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the… 3 votes
2 Corinthians 3:2
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
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- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 — For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your… 7 votes
- 1 Corinthians 9:1–2 — Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 7 votes
- Romans 1:8 — First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole… 7 votes
- Philippians 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my… 5 votes
- 2 Corinthians 12:15 — And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 2 votes
- 2 Corinthians 11:11 — Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. 2 votes
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- Philippians 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my… 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 5 votes
- Deuteronomy 27:3 — And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in… 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:3 — I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 2 votes
2 Corinthians 3:3
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
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- Ezekiel 11:19 — And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out… 33 votes
- Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I… 26 votes
- Hebrews 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will… 24 votes
- Hebrews 10:16 — This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into… 19 votes
- Psalms 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 15 votes
- Exodus 31:18 — And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of… 12 votes
Pointed to from (21)
- Hebrews 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will… 212 votes
- Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I… 108 votes
- Ezekiel 36:26 — A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony… 55 votes
- Proverbs 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 26 votes
2 Corinthians 3:4
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
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- Philippians 1:6 — Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day… 8 votes
- Ephesians 3:12 — In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 7 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 — For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your… 4 votes
- 2 Corinthians 2:14 — Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his… 4 votes
- Exodus 18:19 — Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to… 4 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Philippians 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 443 votes
- Ephesians 3:12 — In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 8 votes
- Matthew 13:52 — Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a… 7 votes
- Romans 15:17 — I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 4 votes
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
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- 2 Corinthians 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most… 31 votes
- Philippians 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 27 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 — 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… 24 votes
- Philippians 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 21 votes
- John 15:5 — I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:… 21 votes
- James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is… 15 votes
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- Philippians 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 124 votes
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most… 85 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 41 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 — 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… 26 votes
2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Points to (42)
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are… 34 votes
- Romans 7:6 — But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness… 32 votes
- Romans 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 27 votes
- Jeremiah 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the… 27 votes
- Hebrews 8:6–10 — But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant,… 20 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:14 — But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the… 16 votes
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- Romans 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 41 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 — Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 36 votes
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are… 33 votes
- Jeremiah 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the… 33 votes
2 Corinthians 3:7
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
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- 2 Corinthians 3:9–11 — For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in… 11 votes
- 1 Corinthians 13:10 — But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 8 votes
- Romans 10:4 — For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 8 votes
- Exodus 31:18 — And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of… 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the… 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:3 — Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink,… 6 votes
Pointed to from (27)
- Hebrews 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will… 85 votes
- Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I… 25 votes
- John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 14 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the… 6 votes
2 Corinthians 3:8
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
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- Ephesians 2:18 — For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 6 votes
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 — Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 6 votes
- 1 Peter 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience… 4 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the… 4 votes
- Galatians 5:22–23 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 4 votes
- Galatians 3:14 — That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the… 4 votes
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- Isaiah 59:21 — As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I… 46 votes
- Isaiah 32:15 — Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful… 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the… 7 votes
- John 7:39 — (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not… 4 votes
2 Corinthians 3:9
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
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- Hebrews 12:18–21 — For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and… 6 votes
- Romans 3:21–22 — But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 4 votes
- 2 Peter 1:1 — Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us… 2 votes
- Philippians 3:9 — And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the… 2 votes
- Galatians 5:4–5 — Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 2 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- 2 Corinthians 3:7 — But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of… 11 votes
- Haggai 2:9 — The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this… 11 votes
- Hebrews 5:13 — For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 8 votes
- Luke 11:13 — If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly… 6 votes
2 Corinthians 3:10
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
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- 2 Peter 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent… 5 votes
- Haggai 2:7–9 — And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with… 4 votes
- Revelation 22:5 — And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth… 2 votes
- Philippians 3:7–8 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 2 votes
- Acts 26:13 — At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about… 2 votes
- Haggai 2:3 — Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your… 2 votes
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- Isaiah 43:18 — Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 53 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:9 — For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in… 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? 2 votes
- Job 25:5 — Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 2 votes
2 Corinthians 3:11
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Points to (6)
- Hebrews 8:13 — In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready… 7 votes
- Romans 5:20–21 — Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 7 votes
- Hebrews 7:21–25 — (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware… 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:6–7 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the… 3 votes
- Hebrews 12:25–29 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the… 4 votes
2 Corinthians 3:12
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Points to (18)
- 2 Corinthians 7:4 — Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am… 6 votes
- Ephesians 6:19–20 — And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery… 4 votes
- Philippians 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all… 3 votes
- Acts 4:13 — Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men,… 3 votes
- John 16:29 — His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. 3 votes
- 1 Timothy 3:13 — For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness… 2 votes
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- 2 Corinthians 4:13 — We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we… 13 votes
- Ephesians 6:19 — And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery… 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:4 — Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am… 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 5 votes
2 Corinthians 3:13
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
Points to (7)
- Exodus 34:33–35 — And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 13 votes
- Ephesians 2:14–15 — For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 5 votes
- Hebrews 10:1–9 — For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with… 4 votes
- Colossians 2:17 — Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 4 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:7 — But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of… 4 votes
- Galatians 3:23–24 — But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 3 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Psalms 119:18 — Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. 12 votes
- Isaiah 25:7 — And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is… 8 votes
- Exodus 34:29 — And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand,… 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 3:7 — But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of… 4 votes
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
Points to (31)
- 2 Corinthians 4:3–4 — But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 18 votes
- Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they… 16 votes
- Romans 11:25 — For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own… 11 votes
- Ephesians 1:17–20 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and… 9 votes
- Romans 11:7–10 — What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the… 9 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of… 8 votes
Pointed to from (31)
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the… 77 votes
- Luke 24:45 — Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 29 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:3 — But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 23 votes
- Matthew 13:14 — And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not… 23 votes
2 Corinthians 3:15
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
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- Acts 13:27–29 — For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the… 2 votes
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- Deuteronomy 29:4 — Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 votes
- Luke 13:35 — Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time… 2 votes
- Mark 11:33 — And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell… 2 votes
- Leviticus 26:45 — But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of… 2 votes
2 Corinthians 3:16
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
Points to (12)
- Exodus 34:34 — But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he… 13 votes
- Isaiah 29:18 — And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of… 12 votes
- Isaiah 25:7 — And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is… 12 votes
- John 6:45–46 — It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and… 8 votes
- Romans 11:23 — And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for… 6 votes
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- Romans 11:23 — And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in… 7 votes
- Exodus 34:34 — But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he… 6 votes
- Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then… 4 votes
- Deuteronomy 30:2 — And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this… 4 votes
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Points to (12)
- Romans 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 87 votes
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 74 votes
- Galatians 5:13 — For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by… 72 votes
- Galatians 4:6 — And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 70 votes
- Galatians 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the… 61 votes
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are… 52 votes
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- John 4:24 — God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 123 votes
- Galatians 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the… 116 votes
- Isaiah 59:21 — As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I… 111 votes
- John 8:36 — If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 94 votes
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of… 106 votes
- Ephesians 4:22–24 — That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful… 99 votes
- Romans 12:2 — And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove… 83 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the… 69 votes
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even… 66 votes
- Colossians 3:10 — And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 60 votes
Pointed to from (51)
- Romans 8:29 — For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be… 230 votes
- Ezekiel 36:26 — A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony… 40 votes
- Proverbs 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 38 votes
- Genesis 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of… 38 votes