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Psalm 105:6
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Psalm 105:6
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Psalm 105:6
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Psalm 105:6
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Isaiah 44:1-2
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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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Isaiah 44:1-2
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Israel the Chosen
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
John 15:16
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John 15:16
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16 You did not choose me, but (A)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (B)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (C)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
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John 15:16
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John 15:16
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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(A) so that you might go and bear fruit(B)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(C)
Isaiah 41:14
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Isaiah 41:14
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14 Fear not, you (A)worm Jacob,
you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
your (B)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41:8
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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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Isaiah 41:8
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Psalm 135:4
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Psalm 135:4
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Psalm 135:4
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Psalm 135:4
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Psalm 106:5
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Psalm 106:5
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5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your (A)chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.
Psalm 106:5
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Psalm 106:5
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Psalm 105:42
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Psalm 105:42
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Psalm 105:42
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Psalm 105:42
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42 For he remembered his holy promise(A)
given to his servant Abraham.
Deuteronomy 7:6-8
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Deuteronomy 7:6-8
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6 “For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be (B)a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 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, 8 but (C)it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping (D)the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 7:6-8
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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.
Exodus 3:6
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Exodus 3:6
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6 And he said, (A)“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for (B)he was afraid to look at God.
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Exodus 3:6
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Exodus 3:6
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6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”(A) At this, Moses hid(B) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.(C)
Footnotes
- Exodus 3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers
Romans 9:4-29
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Romans 9:4-29
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4 They are (A)Israelites, and to them belong (B)the adoption, (C)the glory, (D)the covenants, (E)the giving of the law, (F)the worship, and (G)the promises. 5 To them belong (H)the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, (I)who is God over all, (J)blessed forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham (K)because they are his offspring, but (L)“Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but (M)the children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9 For this is what the promise said: (N)“About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 And not only so, but (O)also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 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 (P)him who calls— 12 she was told, (Q)“The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, (R)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? (S)Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, (T)“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,[a] but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, (U)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For (V)who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, (W)to answer back to God? (X)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 (Y)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump (Z)one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience (AA)vessels of wrath (AB)prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known (AC)the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he (AD)has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us whom he (AE)has called, (AF)not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25 As indeed he says in Hosea,
(AG)“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
26 (AH)“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called (AI)‘sons of the living God.’”
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: (AJ)“Though the number of the sons of Israel[b] be as the sand of the sea, (AK)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,
(AL)(AM)“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
(AN)we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”
Footnotes
- Romans 9:16 Greek not of him who wills or runs
- Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel
Romans 9:4-29
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Romans 9:4-29
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4 the people of Israel.(A) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(B) theirs the divine glory,(C) the covenants,(D) the receiving of the law,(E) the temple worship(F) and the promises.(G) 5 Theirs are the patriarchs,(H) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(I) who is God over all,(J) forever praised Amen.
God’s Sovereign Choice
6 It is not as though God’s word(L) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(M) 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[b](N) 8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(O) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(P) 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[c](Q)
10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(R) 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(S)—in order that God’s purpose(T) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[d](U) 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[e](V)
14 What then shall we say?(W) Is God unjust? Not at all!(X) 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[f](Y)
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(Z) 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”[g](AA) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(AB)
19 One of you will say to me:(AC) “Then why does God still blame us?(AD) For who is able to resist his will?”(AE) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(AF) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(AG) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[h](AH) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(AI)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(AJ) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(AK) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(AL) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(AM)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(AN) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(AO) 25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[i](AP)
26 and,
“In the very place where it was said to them,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[j](AQ)
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(AR)
only the remnant will be saved.(AS)
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[k](AT)
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
- Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
- Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
- Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
- Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
- Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
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