Chosen by God

God has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. 1

For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favour and will. 2

For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified. 3

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures, 4 appointed to eternal life. 5

We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will. 6

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 7 Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the One who justifies. 8 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 9

 

1 2Tim 1.9 2 Eph 1.4-5 3 Rom 8.29-30 4 Jam 1.18 5 Ac 13.48 6 Eph 1.11 7 Rom 8.31 8 Rom 8.33 9 1Th 5.9