1 Corinthians 1:4-9

Thanksgiving

⁴ I _f give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵ that in every way _g you were enriched in him in all _h speech and all knowledge - ⁶ even as _i the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you - ⁷ so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you _j wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁸ _k who will sustain you to the end, _l guiltless _m in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ _n God is faithful, by whom you were called into the _o fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1. Cross References
   Romans 1:8
   First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 9:11
   You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
   2 Corinthians 6:10
   As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 8:7
   But as you excel in everything - in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you - see that you excel in this act of grace also.
   1 Corinthians 12:8
   For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit.
   Romans 15:14
   I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
   1 John 2:20
   But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Timothy 1:8
   Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
   2 Thessalonians 1:10
   When he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
   1 Timothy 2:6
   Who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
   Revelation 1:2
   Who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 8:19
   For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
   Philippians 3:20
   But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Hebrews 9:28
   So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
   Luke 17:30
   So will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
   2 Peter 3:12
   Waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
   
6. Cross References
   Philippians 1:6
   And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
   1 Thessalonians 3:13
   So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
   
7. Cross References
   Colossians 1:22
   He has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 5:5
   You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
   2 Corinthians 1:14
   Just as you did partially acknowledge us - that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.
   Philippians 2:16
   Holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
   Luke 17:24
   For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 10:13
   No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
   Deuteronomy 7:9
   Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
   Isaiah 49:7
   Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
   2 Corinthians 1:18
   As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.
   
10. Cross References
    1 John 1:3
    That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.