Chosen

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love; — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

For many are called, but few chosen.”

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, — read the full passage →

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you, — read the full passage →

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. — read the full passage →

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to promise.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. — read the full passage →

you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, — read the full passage →

“Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.

you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in Yahweh’s name, him and his sons for ever.

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.

You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:

Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, — read the full passage →

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it. — read the full passage →

Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, — read the full passage →

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.