Romans 11:2

New Century Version

God chose the Israelites to be his people before they were born, and he has not thrown his people out. Surely you know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he prayed to God against the people of Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What have you done? Didn’t you know that a man like me can learn things by signs and dreams?”

Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years and warned them by your Spirit through the prophets, but they did not pay attention. So you handed them over to other countries.

Psalm 94:14

The Lord won’t leave his people nor give up his children.

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 and said, “Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him. Make us gods who will lead us.”

Jeremiah 31:37

This is what the Lord says: “Only if people can measure the sky above and learn the secrets of the earth below, will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of what they have done,” says the Lord.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Don’t accept their gifts. I have not taken anything from them, not even a donkey, and I have not done wrong to any of them.”

Mark 12:26

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

Luke 4:1

Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. The Spirit led Jesus into the desert

John 4:11

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

Acts 13:48

When those who were not Jewish heard Paul say this, they were happy and gave honor to the message of the Lord. And the people who were chosen to have life forever believed the message.

Acts 15:18

And these things have been known for a long time.’

Acts 3:17

“Brothers and sisters, I know you did those things to Jesus because neither you nor your leaders understood what you were doing.

Acts 7:40

They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will lead us. Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him.’

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, which brings spiritual death, or you can obey God, which makes you right with him.

Romans 9:23

He waited with patience so that he could make known his rich glory to the people who receive his mercy. He has prepared these people to have his glory,

Romans 9:6

It is not that God failed to keep his promise to them. But only some of the people of Israel are truly God’s people,

1 Corinthians 6:2

Surely you know that God’s people will judge the world. So if you are to judge the world, are you not able to judge small cases as well?

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if any person loves God, that person is known by God.

Philippians 1:22

If I continue living in my body, I will be able to work for the Lord. I do not know what to choose—living or dying.

Hebrews 1:1

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

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood of the death of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours more and more.