Election

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.

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 →

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;

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 →

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

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;

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

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

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.

For many are called, but few chosen.”

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.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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,

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.

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. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

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.

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;

Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

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

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.

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

This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — 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?

God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

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, — read the full passage →

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

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

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

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.”

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, — read the full passage →

and, “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

“You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me.

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, — read the full passage →

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.”

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

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

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

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:

He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

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

For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you; and so does Mark, my son.

Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”

When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

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 →

The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth; — read the full passage →

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. — read the full passage →

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

Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

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 →

For the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — 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.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved. — read the full passage →

They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

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,

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? — read the full passage →

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. — read the full passage →

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be. — read the full passage →

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?” — read the full passage →

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.