Romans 9:16
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16 So then, it does not depend on the person who [a]wants it nor the one who [b](A)runs, but on (B)God who has mercy.
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- Romans 9:16 Or wills nor
- Romans 9:16 I.e., to win mercy or favor
Ephesians 1:3-6
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3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in (B)the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as (C)He chose us in Him before (D)the foundation of the world, that we would be (E)holy and blameless before [a]Him. (F)In love 5 [b]He (G)predestined us to (H)adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, (I)according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 (J)to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in (K)the Beloved.
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- Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love. He
- Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined
1 Peter 1:1-2
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A Living Hope and a Sure Salvation
1 (A)Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who reside as (B)strangers, (C)scattered throughout (D)Pontus, (E)Galatia, (F)Cappadocia, (G)Asia, and (H)Bithynia, (I)who are chosen 2 according to the (J)foreknowledge of God the Father, (K)by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, [a]to (L)obey Jesus Christ and be (M)sprinkled with His blood: (N)May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
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- 1 Peter 1:2 Lit unto obedience and sprinkling
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