Parallel Verses

Goodspeed New Testament

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

New American Standard Bible

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

King James Version

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,

Holman Bible

He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

International Standard Version

He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own accomplishments, but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in the Messiah Jesus before time began.

A Conservative Version

Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.

American Standard Version

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Amplified

for He delivered us and saved us and called us with a holy calling [a calling that leads to a consecrated life—a life set apart—a life of purpose], not because of our works [or because of any personal merit—we could do nothing to earn this], but because of His own purpose and grace [His amazing, undeserved favor] which was granted to us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago],

An Understandable Version

[It is] God who saved us and called us to live holy lives [or, "to be dedicated people"], not as a result of our [good] deeds, but in harmony with His own purpose and unearned favor. [This was] given to us through [the atoning work of] Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time. [Note: Salvation through Christ was planned before time began. See Titus 1:2; Rom. 16:25; Eph. 1:4].

Anderson New Testament

who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be fore the times of the ages,

Bible in Basic English

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Common New Testament

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

Daniel Mace New Testament

who has saved us, and by the gospel hath called us to holiness, not in consideration of our works, but in pursuance of his own resolution, and the favour, which having been promised us by Jesus Christ several ages ago,

Darby Translation

who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time,

Godbey New Testament

the one having saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times,

John Wesley New Testament

not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began;

Julia Smith Translation

Who having saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, given us in Christ Jesus before eternal times,

King James 2000

Who has saved us, and called us with a 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,

Lexham Expanded Bible

who saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus {before time began},

Modern King James verseion

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our deeds, but according to his own purpose and grace, which grace was given us through Christ Jesus before the world was,

Moffatt New Testament

who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

Montgomery New Testament

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not dealing with us according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.

NET Bible

He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

New Heart English Bible

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus from eternity,

The Emphasized Bible

Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to the peculiar purpose and favour - which was given to us in Christ Jesus before age-during times,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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 time had a beginning;

Twentieth Century New Testament

It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn Call--not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

Williams New Testament

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago,

World English Bible

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Worrell New Testament

Who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose, and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages,

Worsley New Testament

who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and grace bestowed upon us through Christ Jesus, before the world was,

Youngs Literal Translation

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
σώζω 
Sozo 
Usage: 79

us
ἡμᾶς 
hemas 
ἡμῖν 
hemin 
us, we, our, us-ward 9, not tr
us, we, our, for us
Usage: 170
Usage: 160

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

καλέω 
Kaleo 
call, bid, be so named, named ,
Usage: 106

us with an holy
G40
ἅγιος 
Hagios 
Usage: 209

κλῆσις 
Klesis 
Usage: 11

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

κατά 
Kata 
κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428
Usage: 428

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

ἴδιος 
Idios 
Usage: 96

πρόθεσις 
Prothesis 
Usage: 9

χάρις 
Charis 
Usage: 151

δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

πρό 
Pro 
before, above, above ... ago, or ever
Usage: 34

the world
χρόνος 
Chronos 
Usage: 41

Devotionals

Devotionals about 2 Timothy 1:9

Devotionals containing 2 Timothy 1:9

Images 2 Timothy 1:9

Context Readings

Exhortation To Share Paul's Suffering

8 So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God. 9 He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus, 10 which has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has taken away the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the good news,

Cross References

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life, which God who never lies promised ages ago,

Romans 16:25

To him who can make you strong by the good news I bring and the preaching about Jesus Christ, through the disclosure of the secret kept back for long ages but now revealed,

John 6:37

All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never refuse anyone who comes to me,

Ephesians 2:8-9

For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God.

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by order of God our Savior and of Jesus Christ our hope,

Titus 3:4-5

But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior were revealed,

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, my fellow-Christians, who have likewise heard the heavenly invitation, observe how faithful Jesus, the commissioner and high priest of our religion,

Matthew 1:21

She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for it is he who is to save his people from their sins."

Matthew 11:25-26

At that same time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent and revealing it to children.

Luke 10:21

At that moment he was inspired with joy, and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent, and revealing it to children! Yes, I thank you, Father, for choosing to have it so!

John 10:28-29

and I give them eternal life, and they shall never be lost, and no one shall tear them out of my hands.

John 17:9

I have a request to make for them. I make no request for the world, but only for those whom you have given me, for they are yours??10 all that is mine is yours and what is yours is mine??nd they have done me honor.

John 17:24

Father, I wish to have those whom you have given me with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me, for you loved me before the creation of the world.

Acts 2:47

constantly praising God and respected by all the people. And every day the Lord added people who were saved to their number.

Acts 15:18

who has been making this known from of old.'

Romans 3:20

For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin.

Romans 8:28-39

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 9:11

For before the children were born or had done anything either good or bad, in order to carry out God's purpose of selection, which depends not on what men do but on his calling them,

Romans 9:24

including us whom he has called not only from among the Jews but from among the heathen?

Romans 11:5-6

So too at the present time there is a remnant selected by God's mercy.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For to those who are on the way to destruction, the story of the cross is nonsense, but to us who are to be saved, it means all the power of God.

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

So no one should boast about men. For it all belongs to you??22 Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future??ll of it belongs to you.

Ephesians 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm.

Ephesians 1:9

He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ,

Ephesians 2:5

he made us, dead as we were through our offenses, live again with the Christ. It is by his mercy that you have been saved.

Ephesians 3:11

fulfilling the eternal purpose which God carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

God has not called us to an unclean life, but to a pure one.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,

1 Peter 1:15-16

but like the holy Being who has called you, you must also prove holy in all your conduct,

1 Peter 1:20

who was predestined for this before the foundation of the world, but was revealed only at the end of the ages,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, his own people, so that you may declare the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

Revelation 13:8

All the inhabitants of the earth whose names have not from the foundation of the world been written in the slain Lamb's book of life, will worship it.

Revelation 17:8

The animal that you saw was, and is no more; it is going to come up out of the abyss, but it is to go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth, whose names from the foundation of the world have not been written in the book of life, will be amazed when they see that the animal was, and is no more, and yet is to come.

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