John 15:16
16You did not choose me, but aI chose you and appointed you that you should go and bbear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that cwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 17:14-16
14 dI have given them your word, and ethe world has hated them fbecause they are not of the world, gjust as I am not of the world. 15I hdo not ask that you itake them out of the world, but that you jkeep them from kthe evil one. ▼▼Or from evil
16 mThey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Ephesians 1:4-11
4 neven as he ochose us in him pbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be qholy and blameless before him. In love 5 rhe predestined us ▼▼Or before him in love, having predestined us
for tadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, uaccording to the purpose of his will, 6 vto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in wthe Beloved. 7 xIn him we have yredemption zthrough his blood, aathe forgiveness of our trespasses, abaccording to the riches of his grace, 8which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 acmaking known ▼▼Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known
to us the mystery of his will, aeaccording to his purpose, which he afset forth in Christ ▼▼Greek him
10as a plan for ahthe fullness of time, aito unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth in him. 11In him we have obtained ajan inheritance, akhaving been predestined alaccording to the purpose of him who works all things according to amthe counsel of his will, Ephesians 2:2-5
2 anin which you once walked, following the course ▼▼Or age
of this world, following apthe prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in aqthe sons of disobedience— 3among whom we all once lived in arthe passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and aswere by nature atchildren of wrath, like the rest of mankind. ▼▼Greek like the rest
4But ▼▼Or And
God, being awrich in mercy, axbecause of the great love with which he loved us, 5even aywhen we were dead in our trespasses, azmade us alive together with Christ— baby grace you have been saved— Titus 3:3-7
3For bbwe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4But when bcthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, bdnot because of works done by us in righteousness, but beaccording to his own mercy, by bfthe washing of regeneration and bgrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he bhpoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that bibeing justified by his grace we might become bjheirs bkaccording to the hope of eternal life. 1 Peter 2:9-12
9But you are bla chosen race, bma royal bnpriesthood, boa holy nation, bpa people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you bqout of darkness into brhis marvelous light. 10 bsOnce you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11Beloved, I urge you btas sojourners and exiles buto abstain from the passions of the flesh, bvwhich wage war against your soul. 12 bwKeep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, bxthey may see your good deeds and glorify God on bythe day of visitation. 1 Peter 4:3
3For the time that is past bzsuffices cafor doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 1 John 3:12
12We should not be like cbCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ccBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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