who has savedus and calledus with a holycalling,not accordingto our works,but accordingto His ownpurposeand gracewhich was grantedus in ChristJesusfrom alleternity,
"She will beara Son;and you shall callHis nameJesus,for He will saveHis peoplefrom their sins."
At that verytimeHe rejoiced greatlyin the HolySpirit,and said,"I praiseYou, O Father,Lordof heavenand earth,that You have hiddenthese thingsfrom [the] wiseand intelligentand have revealedthem to infants.Yes,Father,for this waywas well-pleasingin Your sight.
"Father,I desirethat they also,whomYou have givenMe, be with Me whereI am,sothat they may seeMy glorywhichYou have givenMe, for You lovedMe beforethe foundationof the world.
"I askon their behalf;I do not askon behalfof the world,but of those whomYou have givenMe; for they are Yours;
"Allthat the FathergivesMe will cometo Me, and the one who comesto Me I will certainlynot castout.
SAYSTHE LORD,WHO MAKESTHESE THINGSKNOWNFROM LONG AGO.
praisingGodand havingfavorwith allthe people.And the Lordwas addingto their numberday by daythosewho were being saved.
ifsomehowI might move to jealousymy fellow countrymenand savesomeof them.
for the giftsand the callingof Godare irrevocable.
Nowto Him who is ableto establishyou accordingto my gospeland the preachingof JesusChrist,accordingto the revelationof the mysterywhich has been kept secretfor long agespast,
becauseby the worksof the Lawnofleshwill be justifiedin His sight;for throughthe Law[comes] the knowledgeof sin.
for though [the twins] were not yetbornand had not doneanythinggoodorbad,sothat God'spurposeaccordingto [His] choicewould stand,not becauseof worksbut becauseof Him who calls,
[even] us, whomHe alsocalled,not from amongJewsonly,but alsofrom amongGentiles.
For the wordof the crossis foolishnessto thosewho are perishing,but to us who are being savedit is the powerof God.
alsowe have obtained an inheritance,having been predestinedaccordingto His purposewho worksall thingsafterthe counselof His will,
He made knownto us the mysteryof His will, accordingto His kind intentionwhichHe purposedin Him
evenwhen we were deadin our transgressions,made us alive togetherwith Christ(by graceyou have beensaved),
[This was] in accordancewith the eternalpurposewhichHe carriedout in ChristJesusour Lord,
I presson towardthe goalfor the prizeof the upwardcallof Godin ChristJesus.
For Godhas not calledus for the purpose of impurity,but in sanctification.
Paul,an apostleof ChristJesusaccordingto the commandmentof Godour Savior,and of ChristJesus,[who is] our hope,
Paul,an apostleof ChristJesusby the willof God,accordingto the promiseof lifein ChristJesus,
in the hopeof eternallife,whichGod,who cannot lie,promisedlong agesago,
Therefore,holybrethren,partakersof a heavenlycalling,considerJesus,the Apostleand High Priestof our confession;
For He was foreknownbeforethe foundationof the world,but has appearedin theselasttimesfor the sakeof you
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
Allwho dwellon the earthwill worshiphim, [everyone] whosenamehas not been writtenfrom the foundationof the worldin the bookof lifeof the Lambwho has been slain.
"The beastthat you sawwas, and is not, and is aboutto comeup out of the abyssand goto destruction.And thosewho dwellon the earth,whosenamehas not been writtenin the bookof lifefrom the foundationof the world,will wonderwhen they seethe beast,that he was and is not and will come.
