Isaiah 41:8
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8 “But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have (A)chosen,
The descendants of Abraham My (B)friend.
James 2:23
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23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was [a]accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called (B)the friend of God.
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- James 2:23 credited
Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 (A)For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now (A)therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and (B)keep My covenant, then (C)you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is (D)Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a (E)kingdom of priests and a (F)holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
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2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 Are You not (A)our God, who (B)drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham (C)Your friend forever?
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John 15:14-15
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14 (A)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, (B)for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
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Isaiah 51:2
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2 (A)Look to Abraham your father,
And to Sarah who bore you;
(B)For I called him alone,
And (C)blessed him and increased him.”
Isaiah 44:21
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Israel Is Not Forgotten
21 “Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be (A)forgotten by Me!
Isaiah 44:1-2
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God’s Blessing on Israel
44 “Yet hear now, O Jacob My servant,
And Israel whom I have chosen.
2 Thus says the Lord who made you
And formed you from the womb, who will help you:
‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant;
And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 29:22
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22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (A)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be (B)ashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;
Psalm 33:12
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12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has (A)chosen as His own inheritance.
Isaiah 43:1
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The Redeemer of Israel
43 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, (A)for I have redeemed you;
(B)I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.
Psalm 135:4
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- Psalm 135:4 precious possession
Galatians 4:22-31
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22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: (A)the one by a bondwoman, (B)the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman (C)was born according to the flesh, (D)and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are [a]the two covenants: the one from Mount (E)Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— 26 but the (F)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
(G)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
28 Now (H)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are (I)children of promise. 29 But, as (J)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (K)even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does (L)the Scripture say? (M)“Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for (N)the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
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- Galatians 4:24 NU, M omit the
Jeremiah 33:24
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24 “Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord has chosen, He has also cast them off’? Thus they have (A)despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.
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Isaiah 48:12
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God’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel
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John 8:33-44
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33 They answered Him, (A)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (B)whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And (C)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 (D)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
Abraham’s Seed and Satan’s
37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but (E)you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38 (F)I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have [a]seen with your father.”
39 They answered and said to Him, (G)“Abraham is our father.”
Jesus said to them, (H)“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 (I)But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth (J)which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father.”
Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; (K)we have one Father—God.”
42 Jesus said to them, (L)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for (M)I proceeded forth and came from God; (N)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 (O)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 (P)You are of your father the devil, and the (Q)desires of your father you want to (R)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and (S)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
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- John 8:38 NU heard from
Matthew 3:9
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9 and do not think to say to yourselves, (A)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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Isaiah 63:16
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16 (A)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham (B)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
Isaiah 49:3
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Deuteronomy 10:15
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15 The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their [a]descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
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- Deuteronomy 10:15 Lit. seed
Leviticus 25:42
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42 For they are (A)My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
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Romans 9:4-8
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4 who are Israelites, (A)to whom pertain the adoption, (B)the glory, (C)the covenants, (D)the giving of the law, (E)the service of God, and (F)the promises; 5 (G)of whom are the fathers and from (H)whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, (I)who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
Israel’s Rejection and God’s Purpose(J)
6 (K)But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For (L)they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 7 (M)nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, (N)“In Isaac your seed shall be called.” 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but (O)the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
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Psalm 105:42-45
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42 For He remembered (A)His holy promise,
And Abraham His servant.
43 He brought out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with [a]gladness.
44 (B)He gave them the lands of the [b]Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,
45 (C)That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.
[c]Praise the Lord!
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- Psalm 105:43 a joyful shout
- Psalm 105:44 nations
- Psalm 105:45 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 105:6
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6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
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