a[ver. 20, 21]
bSee ver. 2
cver. 6
dch. 16:15
e2 Thess. 1:10
fEzra 8:22; [Eccles. 8:12]
hch. 9:24; 1 Cor. 1:9; 7:15, 17; Gal. 1:15; 5:8; Eph. 4:1, 4; 2 Tim. 1:9
ich. 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2
j1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:5, 11; [ch. 9:23]
kPhil. 3:21; [1 Cor. 15:49; Col. 3:10]; See 1 John 3:2
lCol. 1:15, 18; Heb. 1:6; Rev. 1:5
m1 Cor. 6:11
nJohn 17:22; [Heb. 2:10]
oPs. 94:14
pch. 8:29
q[ch. 2:10; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2]
rJames 2:5; [Deut. 7:6; 26:18]
s[2 Tim. 1:9]; See Matt. 13:35
tch. 5:27; Col. 1:22; 1 Thess. 4:7
uver. 11; Rom. 8:29, 30
wSee Rom. 8:15
xver. 9; [Luke 2:14; Heb. 2:4]; See Luke 12:32
yver. 12, 14
z[John 3:35; 10:17; Col. 1:13]; See Matt. 3:17
aaCol. 1:14
abRom. 3:24; 1 Cor. 1:30; [ch. 4:30]
acSee Acts 20:28
adSee Acts 2:38
ae[ch. 3:8, 16; Col. 1:27]; See Rom. 2:4
afSee Rom. 16:25
ah[See ver. 5 above]
ai[ver. 11; Rom. 8:28; 9:11]
ajSee Mark 1:15
akCol. 1:16, 20; [ch. 3:15; Phil. 2:9, 10]
alDeut. 4:20; 32:9; See ver. 14
amver. 5
anch. 3:11; [Rev. 4:11]; See Rom. 8:28
ao[Acts 20:27]
apch. 1:3
aq1 Thess. 1:4; [Deut. 33:12]
arEph. 1:4
at1 Thess. 5:9; [2 Tim. 1:9]
auSee 1 Thess. 4:3
av1 Thess. 1:5
aw[See ver. 13 above]
axSee James 1:1

John 17:9-10

9I am praying for them. aI am not praying for the world but for those bwhom you have given me, for cthey are yours. 10 dAll mine are yours, and yours are mine, and eI am glorified in them.

Romans 8:28-30

28And we know that for those who love God all things work together ffor good, ▼
▼Some manuscripts  God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good
 for hthose who are called according to his purpose. 29For those whom he iforeknew he also jpredestined kto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be lthe firstborn among many brothers. 30And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also mjustified, and those whom he justified he also nglorified.

Romans 11:2

2 oGod has not rejected his people whom he pforeknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

Ephesians 1:4-11

4 qeven as he rchose us in him sbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be tholy and blameless before him. In love 5 uhe predestined us ▼
▼Or  before him in love, having predestined us
 for wadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, xaccording to the purpose of his will, 6 yto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in zthe Beloved. 7 aaIn him we have abredemption acthrough his blood, adthe forgiveness of our trespasses, aeaccording to the riches of his grace, 8which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 afmaking known ▼
▼Or  he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known . . .
 to us the mystery of his will, ahaccording to his purpose, which he aiset forth in Christ 10as a plan for ajthe fullness of time, akto unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

11In him we have obtained alan inheritance, amhaving been predestined anaccording to the purpose of him who works all things according to aothe counsel of his will,

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Stand Firm

13But apwe ought always to give thanks to God for you, aqbrothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you aras the firstfruits ▼
▼Some manuscripts  chose you from the beginning
 atto be saved, authrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14To this he called you through avour gospel, awso that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:1

Greeting

1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who are elect exiles of axthe Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
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