Isaiah 41:8
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8 But you, Israel, (A)my servant,
Jacob, (B)whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, (C)my friend;
Isaiah 41:8
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James 2:23
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23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a (B)friend of God.
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James 2:23
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23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[a](A) and he was called God’s friend.(B)
Footnotes
- James 2:23 Gen. 15:6
Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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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 therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be (A)my treasured possession among all peoples, for (B)all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a (C)kingdom of priests and (D)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
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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.”
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- Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. 6 You
2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 Did you not, our God, (A)drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of (B)Abraham your friend?
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2 Chronicles 20:7
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John 15:14-15
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14 You are (A)my friends (B)if you do what I command you. 15 (C)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (D)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (E)all that I have heard from my Father (F)I have made known to you.
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- John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
John 15:14-15
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14 You are my friends(A) if you do what I command.(B) 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(C)
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.
Isaiah 51:2
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Isaiah 44:21
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The Lord Redeems Israel
21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are (A)my servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
(B)O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
Isaiah 44:21
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Isaiah 44:1-2
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Israel the Lord's Chosen
44 “But now hear, (A)O Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!
2 Thus says the Lord who made you,
(B)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
(C)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
(D)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 44:1-2
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Israel the Chosen
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
Isaiah 29:22
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22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (A)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall no more be ashamed,
no more shall his face grow pale.
Isaiah 29:22
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Psalm 33:12
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12 (A)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has (B)chosen as his heritage!
Psalm 33:12
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Isaiah 43:1
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Israel's Only Savior
43 But now thus says the Lord,
(A)he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
(B)“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
(C)I have called you by name, you are mine.
Psalm 135:4
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Psalm 135:4
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