Predestined

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:

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;

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: — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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 →

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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,

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

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

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 →

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:

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

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 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.

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

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.

knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

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:

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,

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 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:

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 →

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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 →

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 →

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;

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

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

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 →

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

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

even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

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

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

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.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

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.

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.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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 →

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.

So the last shall be first, and the first last.

Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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

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

For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.