Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Rufus
Bible References
Rufus
Mark 15:21
They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Chosen
Matthew 20:16 “So the last will be first, and the first last.”
John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Ephesians 1:4
For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
2 John 1:1
The Elder:
To the elect lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth—
To the elect
His
Matthew 12:49
And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
Mark 3:35 Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
John 19:27
Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
1 Timothy 5:2
older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.