ae[See ver. 5 above]

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
10as a plan for agthe fullness of time, ahto unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

11In him we have obtained aian inheritance, ajhaving been predestined akaccording to the purpose of him who works all things according to althe counsel of his will,

Ephesians 2:2-5

2 amin which you once walked, following the course of this world, following anthe prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in aothe sons of disobedience 3among whom we all once lived in apthe passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body
Greek flesh
and the mind, and arwere by nature aschildren of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Greek  like the rest
4But
Or And
God, being avrich in mercy, awbecause of the great love with which he loved us,
5even axwhen we were dead in our trespasses, aymade us alive together with Christazby grace you have been saved

Titus 3:3-7

3For bawe 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 bbthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, bcnot because of works done by us in righteousness, but bdaccording to his own mercy, by bethe washing of regeneration and bfrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he bgpoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that bhbeing justified by his grace we might become biheirs bjaccording to the hope of eternal life.

1 Peter 2:9-12

9But you are bka chosen race, bla royal bmpriesthood, bna holy nation, boa people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you bpout of darkness into bqhis marvelous light. 10 brOnce 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 bsas sojourners and exiles btto abstain from the passions of the flesh, buwhich wage war against your soul. 12 bvKeep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, bwthey may see your good deeds and glorify God on bxthe day of visitation.

1 Peter 4:3

3For the time that is past bysuffices bzfor 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 caCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? cbBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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