Predestination

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

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

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 us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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

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

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.

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

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will; — read the full passage →

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

For many are called, but few chosen.

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

Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

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

knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

for the children 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 that calleth,

All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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

And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

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

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

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

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

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

God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.

but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

For the Son of man indeed goeth, as it hath been determined: but woe unto that man through whom he is betrayed!

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

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

making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him — read the full passage →

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. — read the full passage →

I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — read the full passage →

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables. — read the full passage →

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: — read the full passage →

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, — read the full passage →

for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.

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

among whom are ye also, called to be Jesus Christ’s:

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

neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.

For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.

This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — read the full passage →

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:

But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; — read the full passage →