Romans 11:7
What follows? Israel failed to get what it sought, but those whom God selected got it.
Romans 9:18
So he has mercy on anyone he pleases, and hardens the heart of anyone he pleases.
2 Corinthians 3:14
Their minds were dulled. For to this day, that same veil remains unlifted, when they read the old agreement, for only through union with Christ is it removed.
Matthew 13:14-15
They are a fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy, " 'You will listen and listen, and never understand, And you will look and look, and never see!
Luke 13:24
"You must strain every nerve to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in, and will not succeed,
John 12:40
"He has made their eyes blind and their minds dull, To keep them from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their minds, And turning to me to be cured."
Romans 3:9
What does this mean? Are we Jews at a disadvantage? Not at all. We have already charged Jews and Greeks all alike with being under the control of sin.
Romans 6:15
What follows, then? Are we to sin, because we live not under law but under mercy? Certainly not!
Romans 8:28-30
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.
Romans 9:23
so as to show all the wealth of his glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he has prepared from the beginning to share his glory,
Romans 9:31-32
while Israel, straining after a law that should bring uprightness, did not come up to it.
Romans 10:3
For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.
Romans 11:5
So too at the present time there is a remnant selected by God's mercy.
Romans 11:25
For to keep you from thinking too well of yourselves, brothers, I do not want you to miss this secret, that only partial insensibility has come upon Israel, to last until all the heathen have come in,
1 Corinthians 10:19
What am I saying then? That there is any such thing as being offered to an idol, or any such thing as an idol?
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.
Ephesians 1:4
Through him he chose us out before the creation of the world, to be consecrated and above reproach in his sight in love.
Philippians 1:18
But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad,
2 Thessalonians 2:10-14
and full of wicked deception for men who are going to destruction, because they refused to love the truth and be saved.
Hebrews 12:17
For you know how, when he afterward wished to claim the blessing, he was refused it, although he begged for it with tears, for he had no opportunity to repent of what he had done.
1 Peter 1:2
whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.