Elections

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe--as many as were appointed to life age-during;

And we--we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

so, then--not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

for many are called, and few chosen.'

and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that <FI>is<Fi> according to piety,

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

`All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .'

Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples <FI>is<Fi> a sin-offering.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

`I ask in regard to them; not in regard to the world do I ask, but in regard to those whom Thou hast given to me, because Thine they are,

and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.

`And thou--thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed <FI>these<Fi> over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens, — read the full passage →

Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God <FI>is<Fi> He that is declaring righteous,

foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep, without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality.

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her--

For to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

`And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one--My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, — read the full passage →

because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

I did manifest Thy name to the men whom Thou hast given to me out of the world; Thine they were, and to me Thou hast given them, and Thy word they have kept;

according as Thou didst give to him authority over all flesh, that--all that Thou hast given to him--he may give to them life age-during;

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night--bearing long in regard to them?

Daniel hath answered and said, `Let the name of God be blessed from age even unto age, for wisdom and might--for they are His. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins, — read the full passage →

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known--in Elijah--what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.

And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings--the sons also of Israel;

they say to him, `Caesar's;' then saith he to them, `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'

The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth, — read the full passage →

and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called <FI>me<Fi> through His grace--

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Salute you doth the <FI>assembly<Fi> in Babylon jointly elected, and Markus my son.

and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence--who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, --to which also they were set;

for for this we both labour and are reproached, because we hope on the living God, who is Saviour of all men--especially of those believing.

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;

And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and he said, `Because of this I have said to you--No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.'

`The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.'

according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

How then shall they call upon <FI>him<Fi> in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe <FI>on him<Fi> of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching? — read the full passage →

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation; — read the full passage →

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, — read the full passage →

So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been; — read the full passage →

For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her-- — read the full passage →

So, then, as through one offence to all men <FI>it is<Fi> to condemnation, so also through one declaration of `Righteous' <FI>it is<Fi> to all men to justification of life; — read the full passage →

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.