Who hath saved us, and called {us} with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. {beloved...: or, beloved of God, your election}

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

(For {the children} being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time {was} the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew {thee}; for thou {art} greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. {commandment: Heb. word} {greatly...: Heb. a man of desires}

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

{And} of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; {and the LORD} shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called {to be} saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, {saying}, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. {of...: Heb. from afar} {with lovingkindness...: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee}

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: {it is} the gift of God:

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

We love him, because he first loved us.

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. {Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the LORD}

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given {us} everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. {greatly...: Heb. of desires} {upright: Heb. upon thy standing}

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace {be} unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? {It is} God that justifieth.

Ye are of {your} father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. {of his own: or, from his own will or disposition}

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. {which...: Gr. whereto ye were delivered}

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.

{But} Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

[{A Psalm} of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise {shall} continually {be} in my mouth. {Abimelech: or, Achish}

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

For I {am} the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Who hath saved us, and called {us} with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

So then faith {cometh} by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. {beloved...: or, beloved of God, your election}

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

For this is the will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, {saying}, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. {of...: Heb. from afar} {with lovingkindness...: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee}

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? {shall} tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called {me} by his grace,

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any {man} pluck them out of my hand.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

So then {it is} not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, {and} one shepherd.

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do {them}.

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth {it}; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and {of} the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Blessed {is the man whom} thou choosest, and causest to approach {unto thee, that} he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, {even} of thy holy temple.

That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. {trusted: or, hoped}

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

(For {the children} being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, {being} of one accord, of one mind.

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

Which is come unto you, as {it is} in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as {it doth} also in you, since the day ye heard {of it}, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, {and} called:

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. {wish: or, pray}

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:

But the mercy of the LORD {is} from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, {even} as many as the Lord our God shall call.

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I {am} the LORD which sanctify you.

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

Forbidding to marry, {and commanding} to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. {that...: Heb. if I lie}

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

And to make all {men} see what {is} the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called {to be} an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be {that} the man whom the LORD doth choose, he {shall be} holy: {ye take} too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

And I will bring the blind by a way {that} they knew not; I will lead them in paths {that} they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. {straight: Heb. into straightness}

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

And it shall come to pass, {that} whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given {us} everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,