ySee 1 Pet. 2:22
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
7It 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, 8but 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.John 15:16
16You did not choose me, but cI chose you and appointed you that you should go and dbear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ewhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.Romans 5:8-10
8but fGod shows his love for us in that gwhile we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Since, therefore, hwe have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from ithe wrath of God. 10For if jwhile we were enemies kwe were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by lhis life.Romans 8:29-30
29For those whom he mforeknew he also npredestined oto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be pthe firstborn among many brothers. 30And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also qjustified, and those whom he justified he also rglorified.2 Corinthians 5:19-21
19that is, in Christ God was reconciling ▼▼Or God was in Christ, reconciling
the world to himself, tnot counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us uthe message of reconciliation. 20Therefore, vwe are ambassadors for Christ, wGod making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 xFor our sake he made him to be sin ywho knew no sin, so that in him we might become zthe righteousness of God. Ephesians 2:4-5
4But ▼▼Or And
God, being abrich in mercy, acbecause of the great love with which he loved us, 5even adwhen we were dead in our trespasses, aemade us alive together with Christ— afby grace you have been saved— 1 John 4:19
19 agWe love because he first loved us.
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