Preordained

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 →

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;

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 →

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:

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.

Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

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:

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

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

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

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

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

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,

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:

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.

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,

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, — 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.

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

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.

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:

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

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.

even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

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 →

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

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

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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

making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

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 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 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 →

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.

While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

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,

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; — 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:

knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

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

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

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 scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

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

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

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

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.

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

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

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

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:

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 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

For many are called, but few chosen.

I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

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

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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;

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 →

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. — read the full passage →

and cast him into the abyss, and shutit, and sealeditover him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.

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

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will? — read the full passage →

it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. — read the full passage →

For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope — read the full passage →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.

opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.

And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.