2 Thessalonians 2:13
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Stand Fast
13 But we are [a]bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God (A)from the beginning (B)chose you for salvation (C)through [b]sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 under obligation
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Ephesians 1:4-5
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1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
Hebrews 12:24
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24 to Jesus (A)the Mediator of the new covenant, and to (B)the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things (C)than that of Abel.
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Romans 11:2
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2 God has not cast away His people whom (A)He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
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2 Peter 1:2
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2 (A)Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
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Acts 2:23
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23 Him, (A)being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, (B)you [a]have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
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- Acts 2:23 NU omits have taken
John 15:16-19
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16 (A)You did not choose Me, but I chose you and (B)appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father (C)in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
The World’s Hatred
18 (D)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 (E)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet (F)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Romans 16:26
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26 but (A)now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for (B)obedience to the faith—
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Romans 8:29-30
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29 For whom (A)He foreknew, (B)He also predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of His Son, (D)that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also (E)called; whom He called, these He also (F)justified; and whom He justified, these He also (G)glorified.
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2 Timothy 2:10
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10 Therefore (A)I endure all things for the sake of the [a]elect, (B)that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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- 2 Timothy 2:10 chosen ones
Romans 11:5-7
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5 (A)Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And (B)if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? (C)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were (D)blinded.
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- Romans 11:6 NU omits the rest of v. 6.
Mark 13:27
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27 And then He will send His angels, and gather together His [a]elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.
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- Mark 13:27 chosen ones
Mark 13:20
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20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
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Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us (A)draw near with a true heart (B)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And such were (A)some of you. (B)But you were washed, but you were [a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
Romans 16:19
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19 For (A)your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be (B)wise in what is good, and [a]simple concerning evil.
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- Romans 16:19 innocent
Romans 9:23-24
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23 and that He might make known (A)the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had (B)prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He (C)called, (D)not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
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Romans 8:33
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33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (A)It is God who justifies.
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Luke 18:7
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7 And (A)shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
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Matthew 24:24
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24 For (A)false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, (B)if possible, even the elect.
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Matthew 24:22
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22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; (A)but for the [a]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
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- Matthew 24:22 chosen ones’
Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 “For you are a [a]holy people to the Lord your God; (A)the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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- Deuteronomy 7:6 set-apart
1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;
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