2 Timothy 1:9

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Summary

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,

Hath

According to his

Which

Ephesians 1:3

Before

General references

Luke 1:75

Ephesians 2:9

Ephesians 3:11

Bible References

Hath

and she shall be deliver'd of a son, to whom you shall give the name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.

praising God, and showing benevolence to all the people. and the Lord encreased the church daily with new converts.

For tho' the doctrine of the cross seems folly to those that perish: yet we that are to be saved, do feel its energy is divine.

did raise us all, who were in that deadly state of sin, to life by Christ, for by grace ye are saved:

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the appointment of God our saviour, and of Jesus Christ our hope,

but when the kindness and love of God our saviour display'd itself to mankind,

According to his

At the same time Jesus, continuing his discourses, said, "I thank thee, O father, Lord of heaven and earth, for having revealed unto babes what thou hast hid from the wise and prudent.

At that very time Jesus fell into a divine transport, and said, "I magnify thee, O father, the Lord of heaven and earth, for having conceal'd these things from the artful and the crafty, whilst thou hast reveal'd them to the unskilful. justly, O father, hast thou thus dispens'd thy favour."

We know too, that all things co-operate for the good of those who love God, who, pursuant to his purpose, has now called them:

for he has discover'd to us the secret of his will, that out of his meer good pleasure, he had purposed in himself,

Which

all those whom my father gives me, shall come to me; and I will not reject any that come to me.

it is I that give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any one force them out of my hand.

"It is for them I pray: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me, because they are thine.

therefore, let no one glory in men: for all are yours:

Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all the spiritual blessings in Christ's kingdom.

Before

father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am going; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; yet,

he that does all these things, is the Lord himself that has said it." for the works of God are all known to him from the beginning of the world.

Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from antient times, but now is laid open,

according as he had chosen us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, free from vice, and devoted to virtue.

in pursuance of that dispensation which he made to former ages by Christ Jesus our Lord:

and gives the expectation of eternal life, which the God of veracity promised so many ages ago;

who was destin'd before the creation of the world, tho' 'tis of late only that he has appear'd, upon your account:

all that dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the lamb, that was slain.

the beast that thou sawest, was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, shall wonder when they behold the beast that was, and is not, but shall be.

General references

in the sincere practice of holiness and justice, all our days.

it is the gift of God) but not by works, so that no man can boast:

in pursuance of that dispensation which he made to former ages by Christ Jesus our Lord: