[This was] in accordancewith the eternalpurposewhichHe carriedout in ChristJesusour Lord,
Yet thesethingsYou have concealedin Your heart;I knowthat thisis withinYou:
So the landquakesand writhes,For the purposesof the LORDagainstBabylonstand,To makethe landof BabylonA desolationwithoutinhabitants.
for though [the twins] were not yetbornand had not doneanythinggoodorbad,sothat God'spurposeaccordingto [His] choicewould stand,not becauseof worksbut becauseof Him who calls,
Nowthosewho belong to ChristJesushave crucifiedthe fleshwith its passionsand desires.
alsowe have obtained an inheritance,having been predestinedaccordingto His purposewho worksall thingsafterthe counselof His will,
justas He choseus in Him beforethe foundationof the world,that we would be holyand blamelessbeforeHim. In love
He made knownto us the mysteryof His will, accordingto His kind intentionwhichHe purposedin Him
For thisreasonI, Paul,the prisonerof ChristJesusfor the sakeof you Gentiles--
who has savedus and calledus with a holycalling,not accordingto our works,but accordingto His ownpurposeand gracewhich was grantedus in ChristJesusfrom alleternity,
