John 15:16

Ye did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority against Me, unless it were given to you from above; on this account, he who delivered Me up to you has greater sin."

Romans 9:16

So, then, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God Who hath 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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It was not

John 15:16
Ye did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.
John 19:11
Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority against Me, unless it were given to you from above; on this account, he who delivered Me up to you has greater sin."
Romans 9:16
So, then, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God Who hath mercy.

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Philemon 1:15
For, perhaps, he departed for a season for this reason, that you might have him back forever;