Jeremiah 31:3

New International Version

³The Lord appeared to us in the past,^[a] saying:

“I have loved^(A) you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn^(B) you with unfailing kindness.

Footnotes

Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar

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Psalm 103:17

New International Version

¹⁷But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children^(A)—

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Isaiah 54:8-9

New International Version

⁸In a surge of anger^(A)
    I hid^(B) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(C)
    I will have compassion^(D) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(E)

⁹“To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(F)
So now I have sworn^(G) not to be angry^(H) with you,
never to rebuke^(I) you again.

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Hosea 11:4

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⁴I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with ties of love.^(A)
To them I was like one who lifts
    a little child to the cheek,
    and I bent down to feed^(B) them.^(C)

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Ephesians 2:4-5

New International Version

⁴But because of his great love for us,^(A) God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions^(B)—it is by grace you have been saved.^(C)

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Deuteronomy 33:3

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³Surely it is you who love^(A) the people;
all the holy ones are in your hand.^(B)
At your feet they all bow down,^(C)
and from you receive instruction,

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1 John 4:19

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¹⁹We love because he first loved us.^(A)

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Deuteronomy 7:7-9

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⁷The 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) ⁸But it was because the Lord loved^(D) you and kept the oath he swore^(E) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand^(F) and redeemed^(G) you from the land of slavery,^(H) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;^(I) he is the faithful God,^(J) keeping his covenant of love^(K) to a thousand generations^(L) of those who love him and keep his commandments.^(M)

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Ephesians 1:3-5

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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms^(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁴For he chose us^(C) in him before the creation of the world^(D) to be holy and blameless^(E) in his sight. In love^(F) ⁵he^[a] predestined^(G) us for adoption to sonship^[b]^(H) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure^(I) and will—

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Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. ⁵He
Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

2 Timothy 1:9

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⁹He has saved^(A) us and called^(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done^(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

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Romans 8:30

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³⁰And those he predestined,^(A) he also called;^(B) those he called, he also justified;^(C) those he justified, he also glorified.^(D)

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Deuteronomy 10:15

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¹⁵Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved^(A) them, and he chose you,^(B) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.^(C)

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Titus 3:3-6

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³At one time^(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. ⁴But when the kindness^(B) and love of God our Savior^(C) appeared,^(D) ⁵he saved us,^(E) not because of righteous things we had done,^(F) but because of his mercy.^(G) He saved us through the washing^(H) of rebirth and renewal^(I) by the Holy Spirit, ⁶whom he poured out on us^(J) generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,

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2 Thessalonians 2:13-16

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Stand Firm

¹³But we ought always to thank God for you,^(A) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits^[a]^(B) to be saved^(C) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit^(D) and through belief in the truth. ¹⁴He called you^(E) to this through our gospel,^(F) that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm^(G) and hold fast to the teachings^[b] we passed on to you,^(H) whether by word of mouth or by letter.

¹⁶May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,^(I) who loved us^(J) and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,

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Footnotes

2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you
2 Thessalonians 2:15 Or traditions

John 6:44-45

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⁴⁴“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^(A) and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[a]^(B) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.

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John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13

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)

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Isaiah 45:17

New International Version

¹⁷But Israel will be saved^(A) by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;^(B)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,^(C)
to ages everlasting.

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1 Peter 1:3

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Praise to God for a Living Hope

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!^(A) In his great mercy^(B) he has given us new birth^(C) into a living hope^(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,^(E)

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Romans 11:28-29

New International Version

²⁸As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies^(A) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,^(B) ²⁹for God’s gifts and his call^(C) are irrevocable.^(D)