Thematic Bible: Irrespective of merit
Thematic Bible
Election » Of saints, is » Irrespective of merit
even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) --
God, Love Of » Irrespective of merit
"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you -- for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.