1 Peter 2:9
But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, I thank thee that this has seemed good to thee.
John 15:16
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my Name.
Romans 9:13-18
The words of Scripture are-'I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.'
Romans 11:29
For God never regrets his gifts or his Call.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?
Ephesians 1:6
And so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving- kindness which he gave us in The Beloved;
Ephesians 1:12
That we should enhance his glory--we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.
Philippians 1:6
For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the Day of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 13:5
Do not let your conduct be ruled by the love of money. Be content with what you have, for God himself has said-- 'I will never forsake you, nor will I ever abandon you.'