Deuteronomy 7:7
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7 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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Deuteronomy 10:22
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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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Romans 11:6
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6 (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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Isaiah 51:2
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2 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.
1 John 4:10
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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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Romans 9:27-29
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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.”
Footnotes
- Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel
Romans 9:21
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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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Romans 9:11-15
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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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Luke 12:32
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32 (A)“Fear not, little (B)flock, for (C)it is your Father's good pleasure to give you (D)the kingdom.
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Matthew 7:14
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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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Psalm 115:1
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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!
1 John 3:1
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3 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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Romans 9:18
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18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
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