For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

For thou {art} an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that {are} upon the face of the earth.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? {of the: or, of that}

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, {even} Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, {are called}:

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, {of} the tribe of Benjamin.

But thou, Israel, {art} my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

Fear not: for I {am} with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Who raised up the righteous {man} from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made {him} rule over kings? he gave {them} as the dust to his sword, {and} as driven stubble to his bow. {the righteous...: Heb. righteousness}

Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant {be} not with day and night, {and if} I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

Let the redeemed of the LORD say {so}, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

And they shall come from the east, and {from} the west, and from the north, and {from} the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

Thou {art} the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

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

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.

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.