Deu 7:7-8, 1Sa 12:22, 1Ch 28:4-5, Mat 11:26, Luk 10:21, 1Cor 1:1 | ESV | STEP | It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples ,

Deuteronomy 7:7-8

7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but ^ait is because the Lord loves you and is keeping ^bthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

1 Samuel 12:22

22 ^cFor the Lord will not forsake his people, ^dfor his great name’s sake, because ^eit has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.

1 Chronicles 28:4-5

4 Yet the Lord God of Israel ^fchose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel ^gforever. ^hFor he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s ⁱhouse, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 5 And of ^jall my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he ^khas chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

Matthew 11:26

26 yes, Father, for such was your ^lgracious will. ^{▼▼Or for so it pleased you well}

Luke 10:21

Jesus Rejoices in the Father’s Will

21 ⁿIn that same hour ^ohe rejoiced ^pin the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, ^qLord of heaven and earth, that ^ryou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^srevealed them to little children; yes, Father, for ^tsuch was your gracious will. ^{▼▼Or for so it pleased you well}

1 Corinthians 1:1

Greeting

1 Paul, ^vcalled ^wby the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,