Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
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
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stum
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpo
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and re
In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings;
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believ
not by works, so that no one can boast.
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and a
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts
encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom an
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolati