Romans 11:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

God chose the Israelites to be his people before they were born. And he did not force them to leave. Surely you know what the Scriptures say about Elijah. The Scriptures tell about Elijah praying to God against the people of Israel. He said,

Cross References

Psalm 94:14

The Lord will not leave his people. He will not leave them without help.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you and to make you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I pray that you will enjoy more and more of God’s grace and peace.

Romans 9:23

He waited with patience so that he could make known the riches of his glory to the people he has chosen to receive his mercy. God has already prepared them to share his glory.

Acts 3:17

“My brothers, I know that what you did to Jesus was done because you did not understand what you were doing. And your leaders did not understand any more than you did.

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “Why have you done this? Didn’t you know that I have a special way of learning secrets? No one is better at this than I am!”

Romans 9:6

I don’t mean that God failed to keep his promise to the Jewish people. But only some of the people of Israel are really God’s people.

Acts 13:48

When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message of the Lord, and many of them believed it. These were the ones chosen to have eternal life.

Acts 7:40

They said to Aaron, ‘Moses led us out of the country of Egypt. But we don’t know what has happened to him. So make some gods to go before us and lead us.’

John 4:11

The woman said, “Sir, where will you get that living water? The well is very deep, and you have nothing to get water with.

Luke 4:1

Now filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan River. And then the Spirit led him into the desert.

Nehemiah 9:30

“You were very patient with our ancestors. You let them mistreat you for many years. You warned them with your Spirit. You sent the prophets to warn them. But our ancestors didn’t listen. So you gave them to people in other countries.

Numbers 16:15

So Moses became very angry. He said to the Lord, “I never did anything wrong to these people. I never took anything from them—not even a donkey! Don’t accept their gifts!”

Exodus 32:1

The people saw that a long time had passed and Moses had not come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron. They said to him, “Look, Moses led us out of the land of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him. So make us some gods to go before us and lead us.”

Hebrews 1:1

In the past God spoke to our people through the prophets. He spoke to them many times and in many different ways.

Philippians 1:22

If I continue living here on earth, I will be able to work for the Lord. But what would I choose—to live or to die? I don’t know.

Acts 15:18

‘All this has been known from the beginning of time.’

1 Corinthians 6:2

Don’t you know that God’s people will judge the world? So if you will judge the world, then surely you can judge small arguments like this.

Jeremiah 31:37

The Lord says, “I will never reject the descendants of Israel. That would happen only if people could measure the sky above, and learn all the secrets of the earth below. Only then would I reject them for the bad things they have done.” This message is from the Lord.

Mark 12:26

Surely you have read what God said about people rising from death. In the book where Moses wrote about the burning bush, it says that God told Moses this: ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that you become the slaves of whatever you give yourselves to. Anything or anyone you follow will be your master. You can follow sin, or you can obey God. Following sin brings spiritual death, but obeying God makes you right with him.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But whoever loves God is known by God.