Cross references

John 3:27

John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

John 3:27 BSB

John 3:27 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 25 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 1:17 (39 votes) and 1 Corinthians 4:7 (30 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Exodus 31 to Revelation 11.

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Which verses does John 3:27 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. James 1:1739 votes

    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

  2. For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

  3. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

  4. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

  5. Amos 7:1515 votes

    But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

  6. We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. …

  7. Jeremiah 1:513 votes

    “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

  8. To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

  9. I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power. Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

  10. No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”

  11. Numbers 17:511 votes
  12. Romans 12:610 votes
  13. Mark 13:349 votes
  14. Romans 1:55 votes

Which verses point to John 3:27?

The 10 strongest of 34.