So the last shall be first, and the first last.

and he says to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here, not having on a wedding-garment?' And He was speechless.

Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice, because your names have been written in Heaven."

All that the Father giveth to Me shall come to Me; and him who comes to Me I will in no wise cast out;

For this is the will of My Father, that every one who beholds the Son, and believes on Him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

No one can come to Me, unless the Father Who sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"

I speak not concerning all of you: I know whom I chose; but, that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He that eats My bread lifted up his heel against Me.'

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.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

Father, as to what Thou hast given Me, I desire that they also maybe with Me, where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me; because Thou didst love Me before the founding of a world.

This One God exalted as a Prince and Savior, with His right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

But the Lord said to him, "Go your way; because this man is to Me a chosen vessel to bear My name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel;

And the gentiles, having heard it, were rejoicing, and glorifying the word of God; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth;

And we know that all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose; because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.

because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren. And whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

(for, the children being not yet born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him Who calleth), it was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger." read more. Even as it has been written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

So, then, He hath mercy on whom He willeth, and whom He willeth He hardeneth.

and that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us,

Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved. But, if by grace, it is no longer of works; otherwise the grace becomes no longer grace. [But, if of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise, the work is no longer work.]

But, when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace,

according as He chose us in Him before the founding of a world, that we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love; having predestinated us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

having predestinated us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

For by grace ye have been saved through faith: and this, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:

for we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

Yea, I request you also, true yoke-fellow, help these women, who, indeed, labored with me in the Gospel, with Clement also, and my remaining fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.

knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election;

But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord; because God, from the beginning, chose you to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of truth;

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, Who is Savior of all men, especially of believers.

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,

No one, serving as a soldier, entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

not keeping back anything, but showing forth all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God in all things.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him Who loveth, and loosed us from our sins in His own blood,