It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,

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The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(A) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(B) of all peoples.(C)

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22 Your fathers went down to Egypt (A)seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you (B)as numerous as the stars of heaven.

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22 Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,(A) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.(B)

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(A)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

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And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;(A) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

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Look to Abraham your father
    and to Sarah who bore you;
for (A)he was but one when I called him,
    that I might bless him and multiply him.

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look to Abraham,(A) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.(B)

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10 In this is love, (A)not that we have loved God (B)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (C)the propitiation for our sins.

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10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(A) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(B)

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27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: (A)“Though the number of the sons of Israel[a] be as the sand of the sea, (B)only a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” 29 And as Isaiah predicted,

(C)(D)“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
    (E)we would have been like Sodom
    and become like Gomorrah.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(A)
    only the remnant will be saved.(B)
28 For the Lord will carry out
    his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[a](C)

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty(D)
    had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.”[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
  2. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9

21 (A)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump (B)one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

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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?(A)

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11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of (A)him who calls— 12 she was told, (B)“The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, (C)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

14 What shall we say then? (D)Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, (E)“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
  2. Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
  3. Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19

32 “Do not be afraid,(A) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(B)

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14 For the gate is narrow and (A)the way is hard that leads to life, and (B)those who find it are few.

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14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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To Your Name Give Glory

115 (A)Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
    (B)for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

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Psalm 115(A)

Not to us, Lord, not to us
    but to your name be the glory,(B)
    because of your love and faithfulness.(C)

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See (A)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called (B)children of God; and so we are. The reason why (C)the world does not know us is that (D)it did not know him.

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See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

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18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(A)

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