GENESIS 15 : 6
He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
But against any of the children of Israel a dog won't even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin-- and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."
You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?
For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.
But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.
They didn't destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,
Behold, Yahweh, like a [strong] man, will hurl you away violently; yes, he will wrap you up closely.
Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.
They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own who are gathered.
But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall call you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, In the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: And they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Hosts, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."
All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.
Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"
For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has."
But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
As he spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and his seed forever."
"Glory to God in the highest, On earth peace, good will toward men."
and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
But Jesus didn't trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
I pray for them. I don't pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
We know, brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} loved by God, that you are chosen,
But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled in his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} an example, that you should follow his steps,
seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
Therefore, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.
We love Him, because he first loved us.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.