Text of the Apostles' Creed from page 10 of the 1900 Book of Common Prayer from www.archive.org.
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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;
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 just in alphabetical order.
1 Corinthians 10:13;
1 John 1:7-10 (L1907 L1882);
1 John 2:1-2;
1 John 4:9-10;
1 Timothy 1:15;
2 Corinthians 1:20-22 (L1872);
2 Corinthians 5:19-21 (Knox L1905);
2 Timothy 1:9 (L1872);
2 Timothy 1:12 (L1872 L1905);
Acts 10:43;
Acts 13:38;
Colossians 1:14 (L1882);
Ecclesiastes 7:20;
Ephesians 1:7 (L1882 L1905);
Ephesians 2:8-9 (L1872 L1863);
Ephesians 2:17-end (Knox);
Ezekiel 33:11 (L1872);
Galatians 5:17;
Genesis 15:6 (L1872 L1905);
Isaiah 33:20,24 (Knox);
Isaiah 55:11 (L1872);
Isaiah 64:6 (L1872);
James 3:2;
Job 25:4-6 (L1872);
John 1:29;
John 20:11-15 (Knox);
Luke 7:48;
Luke 11:3-4 (L1907);
Luke 15:18f;
Luke 18:9-14 (L1905s);
Mark 2:5-7 (L1905);
Mark 12:41-44 (L1863s);
Mark 14:3-9 (L1863s);
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;
Psalms 32:1,2 (L1872 L1863);
Psalms 103:2,3 (L1905);
Psalms 130:3,4 (L1905 L1872);
Psalms 143:2 (L1872);
Romans 1:16-17 (Knox);
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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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Contents
References
- ↑ (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.
- ↑ (L1872) Dietrich JC (1872), "Dr Martin Luther's Small Catechism explained in Questions and Answers", Schulze and Gassmann, p79ff.
- ↑ (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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ www.baptistboard.com/archive/index.php/t-28938.html
- ↑ 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.
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