John 15:16

You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit ??fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me, unless it had been granted you from above. So you are less guilty than he who betrayed me to you."

Romans 9:16

You see, it is not a question of human will or effort but of the divine mercy.

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So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

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John 15:16
are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser;
John 19:11
Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me, unless it had been granted you from above. So you are less guilty than he who betrayed me to you."
Romans 9:16
You see, it is not a question of human will or effort but of the divine mercy.

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Philemon 1:15
Perhaps this was why you and he were parted for a while, that you might get him back for good,