And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life tha
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to pres
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He gr
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may resul
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and
Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to over
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My n
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present
Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We love because He first loved us.
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in
By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for g
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who ca
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our
because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for
And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for whi
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal l
Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolati