Romans 11:7
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7 What then? Israel has not achieved what it was pursuing. The elect have achieved it, but the rest were hardened,(A)
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Romans 9:18
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18 So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.
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2 Corinthians 3:14
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14 But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, the same veil is still there; it is not unveiled since in Christ it is set aside.(A)
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Romans 9:31-32
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31 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.(A) 32 Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,(B)
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2 Thessalonians 2:10-14
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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(B) 12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(C)
Chosen for Salvation
13 But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits[a] for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.(D) 14 For this purpose he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.(E)
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- 2.13 Other ancient authorities read from the beginning
2 Corinthians 4:4
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4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.(A)
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Romans 11:25
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All Israel Will Be Saved
25 I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.(A)
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Romans 11:5
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5 So, too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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Philippians 1:18
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18 What does it matter? Just this, that Christ is proclaimed in every way, whether out of false motives or true, and in that I rejoice.
Yes, and I will rejoice,
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Ephesians 1:4
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4 just as he chose us in Christ[a] before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.(A)
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- 1.4 Gk in him
1 Corinthians 10:19
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19 What do I imply, then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything or that an idol is anything?
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Romans 10:3
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3 Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(A)
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Romans 9:23
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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—
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Romans 8:28-30
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28 We know that all things work together[a] for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.(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.[b](B) 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.(C)
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Romans 6:15
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Slaves of Righteousness
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
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Romans 3:9
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None Is Righteous
9 What then? Are we any better off?[a] No, not at all, for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,(A)
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- 3.9 Or at any disadvantage?
John 12:40
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40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
so that they might not look with their eyes
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.”(A)
Luke 13:24
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24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.(A)
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Matthew 13:14-15
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14 With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says:
‘You will indeed listen but never understand,
and you will indeed look but never perceive.(A)
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they might not look with their eyes,
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.’(B)
Isaiah 44:18
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18 They do not know, nor do they comprehend, for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.(A)
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Isaiah 6:10
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10 Make the mind of this people dull,
and stop their ears,
and shut their eyes,
so that they may not look with their eyes
and listen with their ears
and comprehend with their minds
and turn and be healed.”(A)
Proverbs 1:28
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28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(A)
1 Peter 1:2
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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)
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Hebrews 12:17
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17 You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, even though he sought the blessing[a] with tears.(A)
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- 12.17 Gk it
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