² God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?^(A)

²⁹ For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.^{[a](A) 30} And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.^(B)

² who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:

May grace and peace be yours in abundance.^(A)

²³ and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

¹⁷ “And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.^(A)

¹⁵ Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that one such as I can practice divination?”^(A)

⁶ It is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all those descended from Israel are Israelites,^(A)

⁴⁸ When the gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord, and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.

⁴⁰ saying to Aaron, ‘Make gods for us who will lead the way for us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’^(A)