Romans 9:11
Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
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Romans 9:11
Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
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Romans 9:13
Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.
Romans 9:14
What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.
Romans 9:15
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
Romans 9:16
So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.
Romans 9:10
And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--
Deuteronomy 7:7
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
Deuteronomy 7:8
But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Genesis 25:26
And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
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Romans 9:23
And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,
Romans 9:24
Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
1 Thessalonians 1:4
Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
Romans 8:33
Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;
Romans 9:21
Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
Romans 11:28
As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
Ephesians 1:9
Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
2 Thessalonians 2:14
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah 51:29
And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.
Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
Ephesians 2:9
Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
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Romans 9:7
And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
Romans 9:8
That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
Romans 9:9
For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.
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