2 Thessalonians 2:13
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13 But (A)we ought always to give thanks to God for you, (B)brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you (C)as the firstfruits[a] (D)to be saved, (E)through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning
Ephesians 1:4-5
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4 (A)even as he (B)chose us in him (C)before the foundation of the world, that we should be (D)holy and blameless before him. In love 5 (E)he predestined us[a] for (F)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, (G)according to the purpose of his will,
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- Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, 5having predestined us
1 Peter 1:22
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22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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Hebrews 12:24
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24 and to Jesus, (A)the mediator of a new covenant, and to (B)the sprinkled blood (C)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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Romans 11:2
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2 (A)God has not rejected his people whom he (B)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
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2 Peter 1:2
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2 (A)May grace and peace be multiplied to you (B)in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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John 15:16-19
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16 You did not choose me, but (A)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (B)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (C)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, (D)so that you will love one another.
The Hatred of the World
18 (E)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 (F)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (G)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)has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, (B)to bring about the obedience of faith—
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Romans 8:29-30
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29 For those whom he (A)foreknew he also (B)predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be (D)the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also (E)justified, and those whom he justified he also (F)glorified.
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2 Timothy 2:10
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10 Therefore (A)I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain (B)the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with (C)eternal glory.
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Romans 11:5-7
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5 So too at the present time there is (A)a remnant, chosen by grace. 6 (B)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? (C)Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest (D)were hardened,
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