1 Corinthians 1:9

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“God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.”

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BSBPD

“God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“faithful <FI>is<Fi> God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 1:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  2. Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
  3. Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  4. Psalms 89:33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
  5. Psalms 100:5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
  6. Isaiah 11:5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
  7. Isaiah 25:1O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders— plans formed long ago— in perfect faithfulness.
  8. Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  9. Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
  10. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  11. John 15:4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
  12. John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  13. Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
  14. Romans 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
  15. Romans 9:24including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
  16. Romans 11:17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
  17. 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  18. 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
  19. 1 Corinthians 10:16Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
  20. 2 Corinthians 1:18But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
  21. Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
  22. Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
  23. Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
  24. Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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