2 Timothy 1:9

New American Bible - revised edition

He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Cross References

Matthew 1:21

She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Luke 10:21

At that very moment he rejoiced [in] the holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.

John 17:24

Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:9

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours,

John 6:37

Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,

Acts 15:18

known from of old.’

Acts 2:47

praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Romans 11:14

in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Triumph of God’s Mercy.

Romans 16:25

Now to him who can strengthen you, according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages

Romans 3:20

since no human being will be justified in his sight by observing the law; for through the law comes consciousness of sin. Justification Apart from the Law.

Romans 9:11

before they had yet been born or had done anything, good or bad, in order that God’s elective plan might continue,

Romans 9:24

namely, us whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles. Witness of the Prophets.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Ephesians 1:11

In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the One who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will,

Ephesians 1:9

he has made known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Ephesians 3:11

This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Philippians 3:14

I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness.

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

2 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began,

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy “brothers,” sharing in a heavenly calling, reflect on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

1 Peter 1:20

He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Revelation 13:8

All the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, all whose names were not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, which belongs to the Lamb who was slain.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw existed once but now exists no longer. It will come up from the abyss and is headed for destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world shall be amazed when they see the beast, because it existed once but exists no longer, and yet it will come again.