100 Bible Verses about Election and Predestination

Here are 100 Bible verses about election and predestination, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Romans 8:29 KJV

²⁹ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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Ephesians 2:8-10 KJV

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast. ¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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Ephesians 1:4 KJV

⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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Ephesians 1:4-6 KJV

⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: ⁵ Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, ⁶ To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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John 6:37 KJV

³⁷ All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

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2 Timothy 1:9 KJV

⁹ Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

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2 Thessalonians 2:13 KJV

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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2 Timothy 2:10 KJV

¹⁰ Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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Acts 13:48 KJV

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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Luke 10:22 KJV

²² All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

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Romans 8:28-29 KJV

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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Romans 9:15-18 KJV

¹⁵ For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. ¹⁷ For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout …

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1 Peter 1:2 KJV

² Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

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Romans 8:30 KJV

³⁰ Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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John 6:44 KJV

⁴⁴ No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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Romans 11:7 KJV

⁷ What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

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Romans 9:18 KJV

¹⁸ Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

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John 15:16 KJV

¹⁶ Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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Luke 18:7 KJV

⁷ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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John 10:27-29 KJV

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: ²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

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John 1:13 KJV

¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Romans 8:29-30 KJV

²⁹ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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1 Peter 1:20 KJV

²⁰ Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

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James 1:18 KJV

¹⁸ Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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Ephesians 1:11 KJV

¹¹ In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

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Romans 1:16 KJV

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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Psalm 37:28 KJV

²⁸ For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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Titus 1:1 KJV

¹ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

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John 17:24 KJV

²⁴ Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

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John 6:37-45 KJV

³⁷ All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. ³⁸ For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. ³⁹ And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. ⁴⁰ And this is the …

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Mark 13:20 KJV

²⁰ And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

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Job 23:13 KJV

¹³ But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

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Revelation 13:8 KJV

⁸ And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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2 Timothy 2:25 KJV

²⁵ In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

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Philippians 1:6 KJV

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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Ephesians 2:1-10 KJV

¹ And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; ² Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: ³ Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by …

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Romans 11:5 KJV

⁵ Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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John 5:40 KJV

⁴⁰ And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

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1 Thessalonians 1:4 KJV

⁴ Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

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1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV

¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Romans 9:21 KJV

²¹ Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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John 5:21 KJV

²¹ For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Matthew 11:25-27 KJV

²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. ²⁶ Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. ²⁷ All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to …

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Proverbs 21:1 KJV

¹ The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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1 Peter 1:15 KJV

¹⁵ But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

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Ephesians 1:5 KJV

⁵ Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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Galatians 1:1-24 KJV

¹ Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) ² And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: ³ Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴ Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, …

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Acts 11:18 KJV

¹⁸ When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

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John 5:24 KJV

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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John 3:3-5 KJV

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? ⁵ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of …

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Ephesians 2:3 KJV

³ Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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Ephesians 2:1 KJV

¹ And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

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1 Corinthians 12:3 KJV

³ Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

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Acts 18:27 KJV

²⁷ And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

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John 3:3 KJV

³ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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Matthew 22:14 KJV

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.

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Psalm 110:2 KJV

² The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

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Psalm 65:4 KJV

⁴ Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

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1 Thessalonians 1:3-10 KJV

³ Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; ⁴ Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. ⁵ For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. …

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1 Corinthians 3:5 KJV

⁵ Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

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Isaiah 55:11 KJV

¹¹ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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Revelation 5:9 KJV

⁹ And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

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1 John 5:19 KJV

¹⁹ And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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2 Peter 1:10 KJV

¹⁰ Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

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2 Thessalonians 2:14 KJV

¹⁴ Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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John 3:6 KJV

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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Luke 14:23 KJV

²³ And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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Matthew 8:2 KJV

² And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

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1 John 2:2 KJV

² And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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2 Peter 2:1 KJV

¹ But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

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Hebrews 13:5 KJV

⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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1 Corinthians 1:29 KJV

²⁹ That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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Matthew 23:37 KJV

³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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Hebrews 2:9 KJV

⁹ But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

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Philippians 2:12 KJV

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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2 Corinthians 10:4 KJV

⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

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1 Corinthians 15:10 KJV

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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John 6:45 KJV

⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

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Isaiah 53:1-12 KJV

¹ Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? ² For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ³ He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he …

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Deuteronomy 29:29 KJV

²⁹ The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

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Revelation 22:17 KJV

¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

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1 John 5:14 KJV

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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1 Timothy 2:10 KJV

¹⁰ But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

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2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 KJV

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: ¹⁴ Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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1 Thessalonians 5:9 KJV

⁹ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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1 Thessalonians 1:4-7 KJV

⁴ Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. ⁵ For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. ⁶ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. ⁷ So that ye were …

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Colossians 1:13 KJV

¹³ Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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Ephesians 3:20 KJV

²⁰ Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

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Galatians 1:15 KJV

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

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Matthew 19:26 KJV

²⁶ But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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Jeremiah 32:17 KJV

¹⁷ Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

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Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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Psalm 51:1-19 KJV

¹ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ² Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. ³ For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. ⁴ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou …

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2 Peter 1:5-10 KJV

⁵ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; ⁶ And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; ⁷ And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. ⁸ For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the …

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James 4:2 KJV

² Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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Hebrews 12:3 KJV

³ For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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