Predestined

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;

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,

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

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!

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.

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,

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;

All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked <FI>worketh<Fi> for a day of evil.

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;

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

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

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 →

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

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

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 →

`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.

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,

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 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.

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,

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

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

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?

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 →

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

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.

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,

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.

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

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

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,

(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--

this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified--ye did slay;

for many are called, and few chosen.'

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,

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

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

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

for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;' — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

and He saith, `I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

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.

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.

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 →

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 →

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

O the happiness of <FI>him whom<Fi> Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.

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

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

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not--but I chose out of the world--because of this the world hateth you.

`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;

for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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, — 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--

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

according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call--us--

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

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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.

for from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

`And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee--hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.

And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and he who is hearing--let him say, Come; and he who is thirsting--let him come; and he who is willing--let him take the water of life freely.

Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

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

nor because they are seed of Abraham <FI>are<Fi> all children, but--`in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;' — read the full passage →

among whom are also ye, the called of Jesus Christ;

to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.

yet Jesus did not say to him, that he doth not die, but, `If him I will to remain till I come, what--to thee?'

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;

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

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 →

but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'

And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land, — read the full passage →

And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but--to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on:

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

For He doth complete my portion, And many such things <FI>are<Fi> with Him.

and the king hearkened not unto the people, for the revolution was from Jehovah, in order to establish His word that Jehovah spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.

`Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye <FI>are<Fi> the least of all the peoples, — read the full passage →

and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee--hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee. — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where <FI>are<Fi> the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night--to the ages of the ages.