1 Peter 1:2
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2 who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:
May grace and peace be yours in abundance.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 2:13
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Chosen for Salvation
13 But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits[a] for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.(A)
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- 2.13 Other ancient authorities read from the beginning
Ephesians 1:4-5
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A)
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Hebrews 12:24
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24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(A)
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Romans 11:2
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2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?(A)
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2 Peter 1:2
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2 May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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Acts 2:23
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23 this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.(A)
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John 15:16-19
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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.(A) 17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.(B) 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Romans 16:26
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26 but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith(A)—
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Romans 8:29-30
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29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.[a](A) 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.(B)
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- 8.29 Gk among many brothers
2 Timothy 2:10
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10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.(A)
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Romans 11:5-7
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5 So, too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.[a](A)
7 What then? Israel has not achieved what it was pursuing. The elect have achieved it, but the rest were hardened,(B)
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- 11.6 Other ancient authorities add But if it is by works, it is no longer on the basis of grace, otherwise work would no longer be work
Mark 13:27
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27 Then he will send out the angels and gather the[a] elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
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Mark 13:20
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20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved, but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days.
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Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(A)
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ[a] and in the Spirit of our God.(A)
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- 6.11 Other ancient authorities lack Christ
Romans 16:19
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19 For your obedience is known to all; therefore, I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and guileless in what is evil.(A)
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Romans 9:23-24
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23 and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 including us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the gentiles?
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Romans 8:33
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33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.(A)
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Luke 18:7
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7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
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Matthew 24:24
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24 For false messiahs[a] and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.(A)
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Matthew 24:22
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22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved, but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.(A)
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Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)
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1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)
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- 2.9 Gk a people for his possession
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