Mic 5:2, Joh 15:16, Rom 8:29-30, 1Cor 1:27, Eph 1:4, 2Th 2:14, 1Jo 1:1 | ESV | STEP | But you , O Bethlehem Ephrathah , who are too little to be among the clans of Judah , from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel , whose coming forth is from of old , from ancient days .

w[See ver. 13 above]

Micah 5:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} ^bBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of ^cJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ^druler in Israel,
^ewhose coming forth is ^ffrom of old,
from ancient days.

John 15:16

16 You did not choose me, but ^gI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^hbear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ⁱwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Romans 8:29-30

29 For those whom he ^jforeknew he also ^kpredestined ^lto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^mthe firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also ⁿjustified, and those whom he justified he also ^oglorified.

1 Corinthians 1:27

27 But ^pGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^qGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

Ephesians 1:4

4 ^reven as he ^schose us in him ^tbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be ^uholy and blameless before him. In love

2 Thessalonians 2:14

14 To this he called you through ^vour gospel, ^wso that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:1

The Word of Life

1 ^xThat which was ^yfrom the beginning, ^zwhich we have heard, ^aawhich we have seen with our eyes, ^abwhich we looked upon and ^achave touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—