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Romans 8:28

Weymouth NT

Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good–for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

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and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind, and thy whole strength.'

The Gentiles listened with delight and extolled the Lord's Message; and all who were pre-destined to the Life of the Ages believed.

For God does not repent of His free gifts nor of His call;

and those whom He has pre-destined He also has called; and those whom He has called He has also declared free from guilt; and those whom He has declared free from guilt He has also crowned with glory.

and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,

To the Church of God in Corinth, men and women consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ– their Lord as well as ours.

but to those who have received the Call, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

God is ever true to His promises, and it was by Him that you were, one and all, called into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

But –to use the words of Scripture– we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard, and which have never entered the heart of man: all that God has in readiness for them that love Him.

For we know that if this poor tent, our earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal.

But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,

I marvel that you are so readily leaving Him who called you by the grace of Christ, and are adhering to a different Good News.

No such teaching ever proceeded from Him who is calling you.

Such was the eternal purpose which He had formed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received–

with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.

For God has not pre-destined us to meet His anger, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ;

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

Yet God's solid foundation stands unmoved, bearing this inscription, »The Lord knows those who really belong to Him.« And this also, »Let every one who names the Name of the Lord renounce all wickedness.«

And because of this He is the negotiator of a new Covenant, in order that, since a life has been given in atonement for the offences committed under the first Covenant, those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance which has been promised to them.

Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the victor's crown –even the crown of Life– which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Listen, my dearly-loved brethren. Has not God chosen those whom the world regards as poor to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which He has promised to those that love Him?

But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.

not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.

And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.

This is love indeed–we did not love God, but He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

We love because God first loved us.

All whom I hold dear, I reprove and chastise; therefore be in earnest and repent.




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