Exodus 33:12
Exodus 33:17
Psalms 1:6
Jeremiah 1:5
Matthew 7:23
23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you evildoers!’” ▼▼Ps 6:8
Ps 5:5; 6:8; Matt 25:12, 41; Luke 13:25, 27; 2Tim 2:19The Two Foundations Luke 6:47-49 John 17:22
22I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one.John 14:20; 1John 1:3; 3:24Romans 11:2
2God has not rejected his people whom he chose ▼▼10:2 Lit. knew
long ago. Don't you know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, ▼▼The Gk. lacks the story about
when he pleads with God against Israel?Rom 8:29 2 Corinthians 3:18
18As all of us reflect the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, we are being transformed into the same image with ever-increasing glory by the Lord's Spirit.Rom 8:29; 1Cor 13:12; 15:49; 2Cor 4:4, 6; Col 3:10; 1Tim 1:11Ephesians 1:5
5he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will,Matt 1:24; Luke 12:32; John 1:12; Rom 8:15, 29-30; 1Cor 1:21; 2Cor 6:18; Gal 4:5; Eph 1:9; 8:11; 1John 3:1Ephesians 1:11
11In Christ ▼▼Lit. him
we were also chosen when we were predestined according to the purpose of the one who does everything according to the intention of his will,Isa 46:10-11; Acts 20:32; 26:18; Rom 8:17; Eph 1:5; Col 1:12; 3:24; Titus 3:7; James 2:5; 1Pet 1:4 Ephesians 1:17
17I pray ▼▼The Gk. lacks I pray
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, ▼▼Lit. the Father of glory
would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation through knowing Christ ▼▼Lit. him
fully.John 20:17; Col 1:9 Philippians 3:21
21He will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorious body through the power that enables him to bring everything under his authority.1Cor 15:26-27, 43, 48-49; Eph 1:19; Col 3:4; 1John 3:2Colossians 1:15
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.2Cor 4:4; Heb 1:3; Rev 3:14Colossians 1:17-18
17He himself existed before all things, and by ▼▼Or in
him all things hold together.John 1:1, 3; 17:5; 1Cor 8:6 18He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.Acts 26:23; 1Cor 11:3; Eph 1:10, 22; 4:15; 5:23; Rev 1:5 2 Timothy 2:19
19However, God's solid foundation still stands. It has this inscription on it: “The Lord knows those who belong to him,” ▼▼Num 16:5
and “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.” ▼▼Num 16:26
Num 16:5; Nah 1:7; Matt 24:24; John 10:14, 27; Rom 8:35; 1John 2:19 Hebrews 1:6
6And again, when he brings ▼▼Or And when he again brings
his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.” ▼▼Deut 32:43 (LXX); Ps 97:7
Deut 32:43; Ps 97:7; Rom 8:29; Col 1:18; 1Pet 3:22; Rev 1:5 1 Peter 1:2
2the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!Rom 1:7; 8:29; 11:2; Eph 1:4; 2Thes 2:13; Heb 10:22; 12:24; 1Pet 2:9; 2Pet 1:2; Jude 1:21 John 3:2
2Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when Christ ▼▼Lit. he
is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.Job 19:26; Ps 16:11; Isa 56:5; Matt 5:8; Rom 8:15, 18, 29; 1Cor 13:12; 15:49; 2Cor 4:17; 5:7; Gal 3:26; 4:6; Phil 3:21; Col 3:4; 2Pet 1:4; 1John 5:1 Revelation of John 1:5
5and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful one, ▼▼Or Jesus Christ, the faithful witness
the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed ▼▼Other mss. read has washed
us from our sins by his bloodJohn 8:14; 13:34; 15:9; 1Cor 15:20; Gal 2:20; Eph 1:20; Col 1:18; 1Tim 6:13; Heb 9:14; 1John 1:7; Rev 3:14; 17:14; 19:16
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