John 9:3

Jesus says neither the man nor his parents sinned to cause this, but it happened so God's works might be displayed in him. Suffering can serve God's larger redemptive purpose.

Cross-references · 14

• John 11:4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
• John 11:40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
• Eccl 9:1–2So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
• Job 2:3–6Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
• Matt 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Acts 4:21After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
• Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
• Job 1:8–12Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
• John 14:11–13Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
• Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
• Job 22:5–30Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
• Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
• Luke 13:2–5To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?
• Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

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