| The Apostles' Creed—Bible verses
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Text of the Apostles' Creed from page 10 of the 1900 Book of Common Prayer from www.archive.org.
Scripture references are from the KJV. Many are from items which can be downloaded free.
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For each clause of the Creed, an attempt has been made to order the Bible references with the most relevant first.
(There is a note at the Discussion page regarding the use here of crosswire.org Bible refs.)
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I believe in God the Father Almighty,
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James 1:13,17;
2 Corinthians 6:18;
Psalm 14:1;
Revelation 19:6;
Ephesians 4:6;
Isaiah 44:6;
Ezekiel 8:16-18;
Exodus 34:6-7;
Psalm 81:10-11;
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Maker of heaven and earth:
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Acts 17:24;
1 Corinthians 8:6;
Hebrews 11:3;
Nehemiah 9:6;
Genesis 1:1-2;
Romans 1:25;
Acts 14:15;
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And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,
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John 20:28-29;
Matthew 28:18-19;
Hebrews 1:8;
John 1:18;
John 5:18;
John 3:16;
Isaiah 9:6;
1 John 5:20;
Romans 9:5;
Philippians 2:6-11;
Colossians 2:9;
1 John 4:9;
Acts 4:10-12;
Acts 16:31;
Proverbs 30:4;
Genesis 1:26;
John 12:40-42;
2 Corinthians 5:19;
John 8:58;
John 10:30-38;
Matthew 16:16;
Romans 10:9-13;
1 Corinthians 8:6;
Luke 2:11-15;
Acts 10:36;
Colossians 2:2;
Matthew 3:17;
Matthew 4:14-16;
1 Timothy 3:16 kjv;
1 John 5:7 kjv;
Colossians 1:15-17 kjv;
John 1:3 kjv;
2 Peter 1:11;
Acts 20:28 kjv;
Psalms 23:1;
2 Peter 1:16-18;
Jeremiah 23:5,6;
Acts 8:37 kjv;
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Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
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Matthew 1:18,20;
Luke 1:35;
1 John 4:2;
1 Timothy 1:15;
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Born of the Virgin Mary,
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Luke 1:27;
Matthew 1:22-23;
Matthew 2:4-6;
Isaiah 9:6;
Isaiah 7:14;
Philippians 2:8-11;
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Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
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Luke 3:1,2 location in history;
Mark 15:15;
Matthew 27:2;
Luke 23:13-25;
Acts 4:27;
John 19:4-5;
1 Timothy 6:13;
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Was crucified, dead, and buried:
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1 Corinthians 15:3-8;
Isaiah 53:4-9;
John 10:15-18;
Hebrews 2:14,15;
1 Peter 2:24;
2 Corinthians 5:21;
Revelation 5:9-13;
Galatians 3:13;
1 Timothy 2:5,6;
John 15:13;
Hebrews 9:12-15,26;
Hebrews 10:10-12;
John 10:18;
John 19:17-20;
John 19:38-42;
Luke 23:52-53;
Romans 3:25;
Acts 20:28;
Ephesians 1:7;
1 Corinthians 11:23-26;
1 Peter 3:18;
Acts 4:10;
Colossians 1:20;
Colossians 2:12-15;
Galatians 1:4;
Luke 23:32-34,44-46;
Matthew 27:35;
Matthew 27:57-60;
1 Peter 1:18-21;
Hebrews 13:12;
Psalms 22:1-31;
Daniel 9:26 kjv;
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He descended into hell;
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Matthew 12:40;
Acts 2:27-31;
1 Peter 3:18-19;
Colossians 1:18;
Revelation 1:18;
Romans 14:9;
Romans 6:9;
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The third day he rose again from the dead;
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1 Corinthians 15:4-8;
Acts 2:21-32 Peter;
Resurrection of Jesus—Wenham's harmony of the four accounts of the first Easter Sunday;
John 20:1,14,26;
Acts 1:3;
Acts 4:10-12 Peter;
Acts 10:40-41 Peter;
Acts 13:23,30-37 Paul;
Acts 17:31 Paul Athens;
Mark 16:4;
Luke 24:38-40;
Matthew 28:9;
1 Peter 3:21,22;
Luke 24:2,36;
Matthew 11:4-5;
Matthew 28:2;
Luke 24:15;
Acts 5:29-30 Peter;
Luke 24:34;
Acts 3:15 Peter;
Romans 1:2-4;
1 Corinthians 15:12-14;
1 Corinthians 15:19-20;
1 Thessalonians 1:10;
John 2:19;
Luke 24:44-47;
2 Timothy 2:8;
Luke 24:6;
Psalms 16:10;
Revelation 1:5;
Revelation 1:18;
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He ascended into heaven,
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Acts 1:9-11;
Luke 24:51;
John 20:17 earlier;
Acts 3:21;
Acts 5:30-31;
2 Corinthians 5:6;
Hebrews 7:24-25;
Romans 1:3-4;
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And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
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Hebrews 12:2;
Nehemiah 8:4 the meaning of "on the right hand";
Mark 14:62;
Acts 2:34,35;
Acts 7:55;
Ephesians 1:20-23;
Romans 8:34;
1 Peter 3:22;
Hebrews 10:12-13;
Hebrews 9:24;
Mark 16:19 kjv;
Hebrews 1:1-6;
1 Kings 2:19 the meaning of "on the right hand";
Psalms 110:1;
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From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
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Matthew 25:31-34,41,46;
Acts 10:42-43;
John 5:27-29;
John 14:1,3;
Hebrews 9:27-28;
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10;
Acts 1:11;
Acts 17:31;
2 Timothy 4:1;
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17;
2 Corinthians 5:10;
Luke 16:22-23;
Matthew 13:40-43;
Matthew 19:28;
Matthew 24:27,36;
Romans 2:16;
Romans 14:10;
Matthew 24:50-51;
Revelation 20:11-15, 21:1;
2 Peter 3:7-13;
Jude 1:14-15;
Revelation 1:7;
Revelation 6:15-17;
Acts 24:25;
1 Thessalonians 1:10;
Daniel 12:2;
Joel 3:11-12;
Matthew 25:19;
1 Corinthians 6:2;
Acts 4:12;
Philippians 3:20;
Revelation 22:7,12,20;
Zechariah 14:4;
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I believe in the Holy Ghost;
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Matthew 28:19;
John 16:13-15;
1 John 5:7 kjv;
John 14:26;
Psalm 139:7-10;
1 Corinthians 2:10-14;
1 Corinthians 3:16;
1 Corinthians 12:11;
Acts 1:8-9;
John 15:26;
2 Corinthians 13:14;
Ephesians 4:30-32;
1 Corinthians 6:19-20;
Acts 5:32;
Acts 7:51;
Acts 13:2;
1 Corinthians 6:11;
Acts 2:16-21;
Acts 5:3,4;
Acts 10:44;
Galatians 5:22-25;
1 Peter 1:10-11;
Genesis 1:1,2;
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The holy Catholick Church;
[A similar phrase is used by Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, etc., as well as by Anglicans, in the Nicene Creed. The word "katholikos" means "general".]
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Matthew 16:16-19;
1 Corinthians 1:1-2;
Ephesians 4:11,12;
Revelation 7:9;
1 Corinthians 12:12;
Acts 20:30;
Ephesians 5:25;
Matthew 13:47;
Matthew 10:36;
Acts 8:36-38 kjv;
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The Communion of Saints;
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John 17:21-24;
Matthew 28:19-20;
Romans 12:5;
Ephesians 2:18-22;
Ephesians 4:16;
Galatians 6:2,10;
Philippians 3:10;
1 John 1:3;
Revelation 7:9;
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The Forgiveness of sins;
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This section is in English Bible order.
Genesis 15:6 (L1872 L1905);
Job 25:4-6 (L1872);
Psalms 32:1,2 (L1872 L1863);
Psalms 103:2,3 (L1905);
Psalms 130:3,4 (L1905 L1872);
Psalms 143:2 (L1872);
Ecclesiastes 7:20;
Isaiah 33:20,24 (Knox);
Isaiah 55:11 (L1872);
Isaiah 64:6 (L1872);
Ezekiel 33:11 (L1872);
Matthew 6:1-2 (L1863s);
Matthew 7:20 (L1863 p86);
Matthew 9:1-8 (L1905s);
Matthew 11:28;
Matthew 16:26 (L1863);
Matthew 18:15-22 (Knox);
Matthew 26:26-28;
Mark 2:5-7 (L1905);
Mark 12:41-44 (L1863s);
Mark 14:3-9 (L1863s);
Luke 7:48;
Luke 11:3-4 (L1907);
Luke 15:18f;
Luke 18:9-14 (L1905s);
John 1:29;
John 20:11-15 (Knox);
Acts 10:43;
Acts 13:38;
Romans 1:16-17 (Knox);
Romans 3:23;
Romans 6:23;
Romans 10:9;
Romans 10:13;
1 Corinthians 10:13;
2 Corinthians 1:20-22 (L1872);
2 Corinthians 5:19-21 (Knox, L1905);
Galatians 5:17;
Ephesians 1:7 (L1882 L1905);
Ephesians 2:8-9 (L1872 L1863);
Ephesians 2:17-end (Knox);
Colossians 1:14 (L1882);
1 Timothy 1:15;
2 Timothy 1:9 (L1872);
2 Timothy 1:12 (L1872 L1905);
James 3:2;
1 John 1:7-10 (L1907 (L1882 1:8-10));
1 John 2:1-2;
1 John 4:9-10;
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The Resurrection of the body,
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Luke 24:39-40;
Acts 10:41;
Philippians 3:20-21;
Acts 2:31;
John 5:28-29;
Romans 8:23;
1 Corinthians 15:42-44;
Acts 13:37;
1 Thessalonians 1:10;
Revelation 20:11-14;
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And the Life everlasting.
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1 Peter 1:3-5;
John 11:23-26;
1 Thessalonians 4:14-18;
1 Corinthians 15:50-54;
John 6:37-40,44;
Luke 16:22-23;
John 3:14-16;
John 14:1-3;
1 John 5:11-13;
Job 19:25-27;
Psalm 49:15;
Hebrews 9:27-28;
John 10:10;
Hebrews 7:25;
John 17:2-3;
Revelation 2:10-11;
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Quotes
References
- ↑ www.baptistboard.com/archive/index.php/t-28938.html
- ↑ Bunyan J "Some Gospel truths opened according to the Scriptures" (p129) and "A vindication of Gospel truths opened according to the Scriptures" (p177), in Offor G "Works of John Bunyan", vol2.
- ↑ (L1872) Dietrich JC (1872), "Dr Martin Luther's Small Catechism explained in Questions and Answers", Schulze and Gassmann, p79ff.
- ↑ (L1905) Evangelical Lutheran synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states (1905), "A Short Exposition of Dr Martin Luther's Small Catechism", Concordia, page (p) 70 and following pages (ff).
- ↑ (L1863) Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania and the adjacent states (1863), "Luther's Small Catechism explained in Questions and Answers", p55ff.
- ↑ www.godonthe.net/evidence/apostle.htm
- ↑ Gary R. Habermas, "Why I Believe the New Testament is Historically Reliable", in "Why I am a Christian: Leading Thinkers Explain Why they Believe", edited by Norman L. Geisler and Paul K. Hoffman (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2001), Chapter 9. May be available on the web for free download.
- ↑ Laing D (1895), "The works of John Knox", vol 4, pp169ff. Knox Bible refs, eg Isa.7.e: perhaps the letters are those in the margin of the 1557 edition of the Geneva New Testament. Similar letters were printed in contemporary translations of the Bible.
- ↑ (L1882) The Lutheran Bookstore (1882), "Luther's Small Catechism explained in Questions and Answers", Philadelphia: The Lutheran Bookstore, p12ff.
- ↑ (L1907) Stump J (1907), "An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism", United Lutheran Publication House, page (p) 77 and following pages (ff).
- ↑ Westminster Assembly (1658) the Westminster Confession and Larger Catechism.
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