Romans 9:16
So one's destiny does not depend on his own willing or strenuous actions but on God's having mercy on him.
Matthew 11:25-26
At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.
Luke 10:21
At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.
John 1:12-13
But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God,
John 3:8
The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Romans 9:11
For even before the twin sons were born, and though they had done nothing either good or bad, that God's purpose in accordance with His choice might continue to stand, conditioned not on men's actions but on God's calling them,
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
For consider, brothers, the way God called you; that not many of you, in accordance with human standards, were wise, not many influential, not many of high birth.
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is so rich in mercy on account of the great love He has for us,
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by His unmerited favor through faith that you have been saved; it is not by anything that you have done, it is the gift of God.
Philippians 2:13
for it is God Himself who is at work in you to help you desire it as well as do it.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth,
Titus 3:3-5
For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.
James 1:18
In accordance with His will He made us His children by the message of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.
1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.
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