For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you showed them favor.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand in an oath to the descendents of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; I do not do this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the heathen, to which you went.
And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it is of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their descendents after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Behold, what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.