1 Thessalonians 5:9
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9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath(A) but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)
1 Thessalonians 1:10
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10 and to wait for his Son from heaven,(A) whom he raised from the dead(B)—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(C)
1 Peter 2:10
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10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(A) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
2 Timothy 2:10
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10 Therefore I endure everything(A) for the sake of the elect,(B) that they too may obtain the salvation(C) that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.(D)
Acts 13:48
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48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord;(A) and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
Proverbs 16:4
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1 Timothy 1:16
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16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy(A) so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience(B) as an example for those who would believe(C) in him and receive eternal life.(D)
1 Timothy 1:13
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13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(C)
1 Thessalonians 3:3
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3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.(A) For you know quite well that we are destined for them.(B)
Romans 11:7
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7 What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain.(A) The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,(B)
Acts 1:25
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25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.”
Exodus 9:16
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16 But I have raised you up[a] for this very purpose,(A) that I might show you my power(B) and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
Footnotes
- Exodus 9:16 Or have spared you
1 Peter 2:8
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8 and,
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14
2 Timothy 2:19-20
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19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm,(A) sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”(B) and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord(C) must turn away from wickedness.”
20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use.(D)
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
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Stand Firm
13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[a](B) to be saved(C) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(D) and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you(E) to this through our gospel,(F) that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Footnotes
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you
Romans 9:11-23
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11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(A)—in order that God’s purpose(B) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[a](C) 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[b](D)
14 What then shall we say?(E) Is God unjust? Not at all!(F) 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[c](G)
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(H) 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”[d](I) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(J)
19 One of you will say to me:(K) “Then why does God still blame us?(L) For who is able to resist his will?”(M) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(N) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(O) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[e](P) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(Q)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(R) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(S) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(T) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(U)—
Footnotes
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
- Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
- Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Acts 1:20
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20 “For,” said Peter, “it is written in the Book of Psalms:
and,
Ezekiel 38:10-17
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10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind(A) and you will devise an evil scheme.(B) 11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people(C)—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.(D) 12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.[a]” 13 Sheba(E) and Dedan(F) and the merchants of Tarshish(G) and all her villages[b] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?(H)”’
14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety,(I) will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north,(J) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(K) 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(L) that covers the land.(M) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(N) through you before their eyes.(O)
17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 38:12 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions
2 Peter 2:3
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3 In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
2 Peter 1:1
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1 Simon Peter, a servant(A) and apostle of Jesus Christ,(B)
To those who through the righteousness(C) of our God and Savior Jesus Christ(D) have received a faith as precious as ours:
Romans 11:30
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30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient(A) to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,
Matthew 26:24
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24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him.(A) But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Jude 4
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4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[a] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(A) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(B)
Footnotes
- Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
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