Romans 9:23

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Romans 9:23

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Might

2 Thessalonians 1:10

He had afore

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Might

Or the abundance of his goodness and forbearance and long suffering dos thou despise; not knowing that the goodness of God brings thee to repentance?

And the law entered, that the fall might abound. And where sin abounded, grace superabounded:

To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he rendered us acceptable in the beloved.

But God, being rich in mercy, by his much love which he loved us,

To me, the least of all the holy ones, was this grace given, to announce the good news in the nations, the untraceable riches of Christ.

To whom God would make known what the riches of the glory of this mystery in the nations; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

When he should come to be honoured in his holy ones, and to be admired in all the believing, (that our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

He had afore

O Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaak, and Israel, our fathers, watch this forever to the formation of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare for their heart to thee:

And he shall come before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the intelligence of the just; to prepare a people having been put in order for the Lord.

Among whom also we then all occupied ourselves in the eager desire? of our flesh, doing the wills of the flesh and the thoughts; and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.

Returning thanks to the Father, having rendered us fitting for the portion of the lot of the holy in light:

For God set us not for wrath, but for the acquisition of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

And we ought to return thanks to God always for you, brethren dearly beloved by the Lord, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation in consecration of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

If therefore any cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel for honour, consecrated, and useful for the master, prepared for every good work.

For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another.

According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the consecration of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.