18 (A)known from of old.’

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18     things known from long ago.[a](A)

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  1. Acts 15:18 Some manuscripts things’— / 18 the Lord’s work is known to him from long ago

and (A)to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery (B)hidden for ages in[a] God, (C)who created all things,

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  1. Ephesians 3:9 Or by

and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery,(A) which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

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(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

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For he chose us(A) in him before the creation of the world(B) to be holy and blameless(C) in his sight. In love(D)

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    remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me,
10 (A)declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

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Remember the former things,(A) those of long ago;(B)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.(C)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,(D)
    from ancient times,(E) what is still to come.(F)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(G)
    and I will do all that I please.’

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20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but (A)was made manifest (B)in the last times for the sake of you

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20 He was chosen before the creation of the world,(A) but was revealed in these last times(B) for your sake.

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11 In him we have obtained (A)an inheritance, (B)having been predestined (C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to (D)the counsel of his will,

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11 In him we were also chosen,[a] having been predestined(A) according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose(B) of his will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:11 Or were made heirs

26 And (A)he made from one man every nation of mankind to live (B)on all the face of the earth, (C)having determined allotted periods and (D)the boundaries of their dwelling place,

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26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A)

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19 (A)God is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?

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35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[a]

(A)“I will open my mouth in parables;
    (B)I will utter what has been hidden (C)since the foundation of the world.”

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet

35 So was fulfilled(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2

The beast that you saw (A)was, and is not, and (B)is about to rise from (C)the bottomless pit[a] and (D)go to destruction. And (E)the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in (F)the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because (G)it was and is not and is to come.

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  1. Revelation 17:8 Greek the abyss

The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss(A) and go to its destruction.(B) The inhabitants of the earth(C) whose names have not been written in the book of life(D) from the creation of the world will be astonished(E) when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

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and all (A)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in (B)the book of life of (C)the Lamb (D)who was slain.

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All inhabitants of the earth(A) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(B) the Lamb(C) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](D)

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  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain

Stand Firm

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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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning

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.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you

34 Then (A)the King will say to (B)those on his right, ‘Come, you (C)who are blessed by my Father, (D)inherit (E)the kingdom (F)prepared for you (G)from the foundation of the world.

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34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom(A) prepared for you since the creation of the world.(B)

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