2 Timothy 1:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ [For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]; [He did it] not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Common English Bible

⁹ God is the one who saved and called us with a holy calling. This wasn’t based on what we have done, but it was based on his own purpose and grace that he gave us in Christ Jesus before time began.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world.

2 Timothy 1:9 Cross References

Matthew 1:21

And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.

Luke 10:21

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

John 17:24

Father, that which thou hast given me, I will that, where I am, they also may be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:9

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

John 6:37

All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Acts 15:18

Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from the beginning of the world.

Acts 2:47

praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were being saved.

Romans 11:14

if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.

Romans 16:25

Now to him that is able to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,

Romans 3:20

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

Romans 9:11

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

Romans 9:24

even us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is to them that are perishing foolishness; but unto us which are being saved it is the power of God.

Ephesians 1:11

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Ephesians 1:9

having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

Ephesians 3:11

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope;

2 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Hebrews 3:1

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus;

1 Peter 1:20

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may shew forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Revelation 13:8

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.