God’s Word Interprets God’s Word

2 Corinthians 4:6

Because it is God who said, “Out of darkness Light shall shine,” the (One) who shone in our hearts to (give) (the) illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ

The illumination of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ reveals to the heart the Gospel of God or in other words The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

God promises to save His people from their sins conditioned solely on the atoning shed blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed righteousness alone.

John 3:3

Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, if one does not receive birth from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 2:5

even we being dead in sins, He made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are being saved),

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you are saved, through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God;

not of works, that not anyone should boast;

for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.

John 6:29

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe into Him whom that One sent.

Matthew 11:27

All things were yielded up to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him

Matthew 16:16-18

And answering, Simon Peter said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And answering, Jesus said to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father in Heaven.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, (Assembly) and the gates of Hades will not prevail against her.

John 6:37-47, 65

All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me, and the one coming to Me I will in no way cast out.

for I have come down out of Heaven, not that I should do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

And this is the will of the Father sending Me, that of all that He has given Me, I shall not lose any of it, but shall raise it up in the last day.

And this is the will of the One sending Me, that everyone seeing the Son and believing into Him should have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Then the Jews murmured about Him, because He said, I am the Bread coming down out of Heaven.

And they said, Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, of whom we know the father and the mother? How does this one now say, I have come down out of Heaven?

Then Jesus answered and said to them, Do not murmur with one another.

No one is able to come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

Romans 9:11

for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of the One calling,

Romans 9:13

even as it has been written, “I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau.” Mal. 1:2, 3

Romans 9:14

What then shall we say? Is there not unrighteousness with God? Let it not be!

1 Corinthians 1:27-31

For you see your calling, brothers, that there are not many wise according to flesh, nor many powerful, not many wellborn.

But God chose the foolish things of the world that the wise might be put to shame, and God chose the weak things of the world so that He might put to shame the strong things.

And God chose the low-born of the world, and the despised, and the things that are not, so that He might bring to nothing the things that are,

so that no flesh might glory in His presence.

But of Him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, both righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

so that even as it has been written, “He that glories, let him glory in” the “Lord.” Jer. 9:24

John 3:26-27

And they came to and said to him, Teacher, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have witnessed, behold, this one baptizes, and all are coming to Him.

John answered and said, A man is able to receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.

1 Corinthians 4:7

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

Luke 18:13-14

And standing at a distance, the tax collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but smote on his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me, the sinner!

I say to you, this one went down to his house having been justified, rather than that one. For everyone exalting himself will be humbled. And the one humbling himself will be exalted.

Romans 1:16-17

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek;

for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; even as it has been written, “But the just shall live by” “faith.” Hab. 2:4

Romans 9:15-24

For He said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will pity whomever I will pity.” Ex. 33:19

So, then, it is not of the one willing, nor of the one running, but of the One showing mercy, of God.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very thing I raised you up, so that I might show forth My power in you, and so that My name might be publicized in all the earth.” Ex. 9:16

So, then, to whom He desires, He shows mercy. And to whom He desires, He hardens.

You will then say to me, Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His will?

Yes, rather, O man, who are you answering against God? Shall the thing formed say to the One forming it , Why did You make me like this? Isa. 29:16

Or does not the potter have authority over the clay, out of the one lump to make one vessel to honor, and (to) ( make) one to dishonor? Jer. 18:6

But if God, desiring to show forth wrath, and to make His power known, endured in much long-suffering vessels of wrath having been fitted out for destruction,

and that ( in order that) He make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy which He before prepared for glory,

whom He also called, not only us, of Jews, but also out of nations.

Daniel 4:30

The king spoke and said, is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

Daniel 4:31

The word was still in the king’s voice when a voice fell from the heaven, saying , O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom has been taken from you!

Daniel 4:32

And you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be fed with the grass like oxen, and seven times shall pass over you until you know that the Most High is Ruler in the kingdom of men, and that He gives it to whomever He desires.

Daniel 4:33

The same hour the thing was fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar. And he was driven from men, and he ate the grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers , and his nails like birds’ claws .

Daniel 4:34

And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to the heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High. And I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His rule from generation to generation.

Daniel 4:35

And all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing. And He does according to His will among the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. And no one is able to strike His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?

Daniel 4:36

At that time my reason returned to me, and the glory of my kingdom, my majesty, and my brightness returned to me. And my advisers and my nobles sought to me. And I was reestablished in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of Heaven, for all His works are truth, and His ways are justice. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Luke 23:41-43

And we indeed justly, for we receive things worthy of what we did. But this One (Jesus) did nothing wrong.

And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come in Your kingdom.

And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.

John 6:47

Truly, truly, I say to you, the one believing into Me has everlasting life.

John 6:65

And He said, Because of this, I have told you that no one is able to come to Me except it is given to him from My Father.

John 1:13

who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but were born (generated)of God.

1 John 2:15

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

1 John 2:16

because all that which is in the world: the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world

1 John 5:4

Because everything having been born (generated) of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory overcoming the world, our faith.

1 John 5:5

Who is the one overcoming the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

2 Corinthians 5:17

So that if anyone is in Christ, that one is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new!

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it was not yet revealed what we shall be. But we know that if He is revealed, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

Philippians 1:6

being persuaded of this very thing, that the One having begun a good work in you will finish it until the day of Jesus Christ;

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for the sake of His good pleasure.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

See 1 Corinthians 15- Resurrected Body at His return

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, Going into all the world, preach the gospel to all the creation.

Mark 16:16

The one believing and being baptized will be saved. And the one not believing will be condemned.

The Gospel that is to be believed: God promises to save His people from their sins conditioned on Jesus Christ’s atoning shed blood and His imputed righteousness alone without any contributed from those He represented in His death and perfect life lived in thought word and deed.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah that I should listen to His voice to send away Israel? I do not know Jehovah, and I also will not send Israel away.

1 Corinthians 2:8

which none of the rulers of this age has known. For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

Luke 23:34

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they cast a lot. Psa. 22:18

Romans 10:1-4

Brothers, truly my heart’s pleasure and supplication to God on behalf of Israel is for it to be saved.

For I testify to them that they have zeal to God, but not according to knowledge.

For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.

For Christ is the end of law for righteousness to everyone that believes.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those being lost (perishing), but to us being saved, it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it has been written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.” Isa. 29:14

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? Where the scribe? Where the lawyer of this world? Did God not make the wisdom of this world foolish?

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save the ones believing.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But a natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to know them , because they are spiritually discerned.

2 Corinthians 4:3-6

But also if our gospel is being hidden, it has been hidden in those being lost,

in whom the god of this age has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the brightness of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your slaves for the sake of Jesus.

Because it is God who said, “Out of darkness Light shall shine,” who shone in our hearts to give the brightness of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Isa. 42:6, 7, 16

Romans 8:1-28-39

There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to flesh, but according to Spirit.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus set me free from the law of sin and of death.

For the law being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh,

So that the righteous demand of the law might be fulfilled in us, those not walking according to flesh, but according to Spirit.

For the ones that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh. And the ones according to Spirit mind the things of the Spirit.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards God; for it is not subject to the law of God, for neither can it be .

And those being in the flesh are not able to please God.

But you are not in flesh, but in Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone has not the Spirit of Christ, this one is not His.

But if Christ is in you, the body indeed is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

But if the Spirit of the One having raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the One having raised the Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies live through the indwelling of His Spirit in you.

So, then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to flesh,

for if you live according to flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery again to fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption by which we cry, Abba! Father!

The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God.

And if children, also heirs; truly heirs of God, and joint-heirs of Christ, if indeed we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

For I calculate that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to compare to the coming glory to be revealed in us.

For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God.

For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but through Him subjecting it , on hope;

that also the creation will be freed from the slavery of corruption to the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

For we know that all the creation groans together and travails together until now.

And not only so , but also we ourselves having the firstfruit of the Spirit, also we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly expecting adoption, the redemption of our body;

for we were saved by hope, but hope being seen is not hope; for what anyone sees, why does he also hope?

But if we hope for what we do not see, through patience we wait eagerly.

And likewise the Spirit also joins in to help our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself pleads our case for us with groanings that cannot be uttered.

But the One searching the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He intercedes for the saints according to God.

But we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose;

because whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be the First-born among many brothers.

But whom He predestinated, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; but whom He justified, these He also glorified.

What then shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Truly He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not freely give us all things with Him?

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? God is the One justifying!

Who is he condemning? It is Christ who has died, but rather also is raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

Even as it has been written, “For Your sake we are killed all the day; we are counted as sheep of slaughter.” Psa. 44:22

But in all these things we more than conquer through Him loving us.

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

John 17:3

And this is everlasting life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Matthew 1:21 Romans 3 Romans 4 John 10:15 Romans 8:28-30 Ephesians 2:8-10 Hebrews 9 Hebrews 10 Hebrews 11:6 Mark 16:16 Romans 1:16,17 John 5:24 John 6:47 John 6:37-44, 65 John 3:26-27

highlights and italics added for emphasis All verses taken from LITV Literal translation by Jay P. Green 19