Deuteronomy 33:3
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Luke 10:39
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Deuteronomy 7:6-8
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6 For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)
7 The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(E) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(F) of all peoples.(G) 8 But it was because the Lord loved(H) you and kept the oath he swore(I) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(J) and redeemed(K) you from the land of slavery,(L) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Malachi 1:2
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Israel Doubts God’s Love
2 “I have loved(A) you,” says the Lord.
“But you ask,(B) ‘How have you loved us?’
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(C)
1 Peter 1:5
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5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time.
Colossians 3:3-4
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3 For you died,(A) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your[a] life,(B) appears,(C) then you also will appear with him in glory.(D)
Footnotes
- Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our
Ephesians 2:4-5
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4 But because of his great love for us,(A) God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(B)—it is by grace you have been saved.(C)
Romans 8:35-39
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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(A) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(B) 36 As it is written:
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(D) through him who loved us.(E) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither the present nor the future,(F) nor any powers,(G) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(H) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(I)
Footnotes
- Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
- Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers
Luke 8:35
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35 and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet,(A) dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
Romans 9:11-13
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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)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
John 17:11-15
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11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(A) and I am coming to you.(B) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[a] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(C) as we are one.(D) 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[b] that name you gave me. None has been lost(E) except the one doomed to destruction(F) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(G)
13 “I am coming to you now,(H) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(I) within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(J) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(K) 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(L)
Footnotes
- John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
- John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
John 10:28-29
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28 I give them eternal life,(A) and they shall never perish;(B) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(C) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(D) is greater than all[a];(E) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
Footnotes
- John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all
Luke 2:46
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46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Hosea 11:1
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God’s Love for Israel
Jeremiah 32:40
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40 I will make an everlasting covenant(A) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire(B) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.(C)
Jeremiah 31:3
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3 The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar
Proverbs 2:1
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Moral Benefits of Wisdom
2 My son,(A) if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
Psalm 147:19-20
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19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;(D)
they do not know(E) his laws.[a]
Praise the Lord.(F)
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them
Psalm 50:5
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Psalm 47:4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 47:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalm 31:15
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15 My times(A) are in your hands;
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
1 Samuel 2:9
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9 He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)
“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;
Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 for you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.(C)
Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now if you obey me fully(A) and keep my covenant,(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.(C) Although the whole earth(D) is mine, 6 you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(E) and a holy nation.’(F) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. 6 You
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