John 3:27

3:27 John replied, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

John 3:1

Conversation with Nicodemus

3:1 Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

Colossians 1:28

1:28 We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.

Ephesians 4:11

4:11 It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,