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Adoption » Saints predestinated unto
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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He foreordained us to become his sons through Jesus Christ, in fulfilment of his generous purpose,
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Birthright » An honorable title
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him."
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and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood
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He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature,
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to the solemn gathering of all God's elder sons, enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men now at last enjoying the fulfilment of their hopes,
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Brethren » Spiritual » The family of God
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."
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And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.
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But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.
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The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'
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He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"
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So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"
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For both he who purifies them and they who are purified spring from one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
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Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "The deliverance and power and reign of our God, and the authority of his Christ have now come, for the accuser of our brothers, who kept bringing charges against them day and night before our God, has been hurled down.
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Calling » Those that are called by God
Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."
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We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers; and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.
On the contrary, who are you, my friend, to answer back to God? Can something a man shapes say to the man who shaped it, "Why did you make me like this?" Has not the potter with his clay the right to make from the same lump one thing for exalted uses and another for menial ones? Then what if God, though he wanted to display his anger and show his power, has shown great patience toward the objects of his anger, already ripe for destruction, read more.
so as to show all the wealth of his glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he has prepared from the beginning to share his glory, including us whom he has called not only from among the Jews but from among the heathen? Just as he says in Hosea, "I will call a people that was not mine, my people, And her who was not beloved, my beloved, And in the very place where they were told, 'You are no people of mine,' They shall be called sons of the living God."
so as to show all the wealth of his glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he has prepared from the beginning to share his glory, including us whom he has called not only from among the Jews but from among the heathen? Just as he says in Hosea, "I will call a people that was not mine, my people, And her who was not beloved, my beloved, And in the very place where they were told, 'You are no people of mine,' They shall be called sons of the living God."
but we proclaim a Christ who was crucified??n idea that is revolting to Jews and absurd to the heathen, but to those whom God has called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom.
For a slave who has been called to union with the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just as a free man who has been called is a slave of Christ. You have been bought and paid for; you must not let yourselves become slaves to men. Brothers, everyone must remain in fellowship with God in the station in which he was called.
Christ, character of » Saints are conformed to
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Christlikeness » The ultimate aim of the Christian life
He will make our poor bodies over to resemble his glorious body, by exerting the power he has to subject everything to himself.
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For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Dear friends, we are God's children now; it has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that if he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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and as we have been like the man of the earth, let us also try to be like the man from heaven.
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And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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and have put on that new self newly made in the likeness of its Creator, to know him fully.
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Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature.
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Church » Its spiritual relationships » Known as brethren
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."
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And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.
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But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.
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The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'
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He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"
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So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"
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For both he who purifies them and they who are purified spring from one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
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Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "The deliverance and power and reign of our God, and the authority of his Christ have now come, for the accuser of our brothers, who kept bringing charges against them day and night before our God, has been hurled down.
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Conformity » Who is predestined to be conformed to the image of jesus Christ
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
Election » Of saints, is » According to the foreknowledge of God
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.
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Election » Of saints, is » To conformity with Christ
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Christ, our example » Saints predestinated to follow
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Family » Its spiritual relationships » Known as brethren
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."
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And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.
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But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.
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The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'
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He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"
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So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"
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For both he who purifies them and they who are purified spring from one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
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Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "The deliverance and power and reign of our God, and the authority of his Christ have now come, for the accuser of our brothers, who kept bringing charges against them day and night before our God, has been hurled down.
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Firstborn » Birthright of the » Honorable distinction of
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him."
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and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood
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He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature,
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to the solemn gathering of all God's elder sons, enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men now at last enjoying the fulfilment of their hopes,
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the First-born » Illustrative of » The dignity, &c of Christ
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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He is the head of the church, it is his body; for he is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead??hat he might come to stand first in everything.
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Foreknowledge » Of God
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Father.
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whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.
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God has not repudiated his people, which he had marked out from the first. Do you not know what the Scripture says in speaking of Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel?
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it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer.
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who has been making this known from of old.'
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Foreordained plan » Based upon the foreknowledge of God
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Glory » Who the lord glorifies
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers; and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.
When Jesus had said all this he raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Do honor to your son, that your son may do honor to you, just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ. read more.
I have done honor to you here on earth, by completing the work which you gave me to do. Now, Father, do such honor to me in your presence as I had done me there before the world existed. "I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message. Now at last they know that all that you have given me comes from you, for I have given them the truths that you gave me, and they have accepted them and been convinced that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me. I have a request to make for them. I make no request for the world, but only for those whom you have given me, for they are yours??10 all that is mine is yours and what is yours is mine??nd they have done me honor. Now I am to be no longer in this world, but they are to remain in the world, while I return to you. Holy Father, keep them by your power which you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are. As long as I was with them I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost (except the one who was destined to be lost), so that what the Scripture says might come true. But now I am coming to you, and I say this here in this world in order that they may have the happiness that I feel fully realized in their own hearts. I have given them your message, and the world has come to hate them, for they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask you to take them away from the world, but to keep them from evil. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them by truth. Your message is truth. Just as you sent me to the world, I have sent them to the world. And it is for their sake that I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated by truth. "It is not for them only that I make this request. It is also for those who through their message come to believe in me. Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are,
I have done honor to you here on earth, by completing the work which you gave me to do. Now, Father, do such honor to me in your presence as I had done me there before the world existed. "I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message. Now at last they know that all that you have given me comes from you, for I have given them the truths that you gave me, and they have accepted them and been convinced that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me. I have a request to make for them. I make no request for the world, but only for those whom you have given me, for they are yours??10 all that is mine is yours and what is yours is mine??nd they have done me honor. Now I am to be no longer in this world, but they are to remain in the world, while I return to you. Holy Father, keep them by your power which you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are. As long as I was with them I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost (except the one who was destined to be lost), so that what the Scripture says might come true. But now I am coming to you, and I say this here in this world in order that they may have the happiness that I feel fully realized in their own hearts. I have given them your message, and the world has come to hate them, for they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask you to take them away from the world, but to keep them from evil. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them by truth. Your message is truth. Just as you sent me to the world, I have sent them to the world. And it is for their sake that I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated by truth. "It is not for them only that I make this request. It is also for those who through their message come to believe in me. Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are,
God » Pillar of » Foreknowledge of
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Father.
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whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.
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God has not repudiated his people, which he had marked out from the first. Do you not know what the Scripture says in speaking of Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel?
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it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer.
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who has been making this known from of old.'
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Holiness » The character of Christ, the standard of
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.
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Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
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Holiness » Saints » Elected to
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Through him he chose us out before the creation of the world, to be consecrated and above reproach in his sight in love.
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Image » Figurative » Regenerated into
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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and have put on that new self newly made in the likeness of its Creator, to know him fully.
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and put on the new self which has been created in likeness to God, with all the uprightness and holiness that belong to the truth.
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Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him. Dear friends, we are God's children now; it has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that if he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And everyone who possesses this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as he is.
Justification » Who shall be justified
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers; and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.
that God has fulfilled to us, their children, the promise that he made to our forefathers, by raising Jesus to life, just as the Scripture says in the second psalm, You are my Son! Today I have become your Father!' Now as evidence that he has raised him from the dead, never again to return to decay, he said this: 'I will fulfil to you my sacred promises to David.' For in another psalm he says, 'You will not let your Holy One undergo decay.' read more.
Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay, but he whom God raised to life did not undergo it. You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.
Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay, but he whom God raised to life did not undergo it. You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.
For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.
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Justification » Those that are justified
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers; and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.
New Birth » Produces » Likeness to Christ
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Dear friends, we are God's children now; it has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that if he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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Plan foreordained » Based upon the foreknowledge of God
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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Predestination » Who God predestines
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm. Through him he chose us out before the creation of the world, to be consecrated and above reproach in his sight in love. He foreordained us to become his sons through Jesus Christ, in fulfilment of his generous purpose, read more.
so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son. It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven, in the abundance of his mercy which he has lavished upon us. He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ, and in arranging, when the time should have fully come, that everything in heaven and on earth should be unified in Christ??11 the Christ through whom it is our lot to have been predestined by the design of him who in everything carries out the purpose of his will,
so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son. It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven, in the abundance of his mercy which he has lavished upon us. He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ, and in arranging, when the time should have fully come, that everything in heaven and on earth should be unified in Christ??11 the Christ through whom it is our lot to have been predestined by the design of him who in everything carries out the purpose of his will,
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
I ask then, has God repudiated his people? By no means. Why, I am an Israelite myself, I am descended from Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin. God has not repudiated his people, which he had marked out from the first. Do you not know what the Scripture says in speaking of Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel? "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, I am the only one left and they are trying to take my life." read more.
But what is God's reply? "I have left myself seven thousand men who have never knelt to Baal!"
But what is God's reply? "I have left myself seven thousand men who have never knelt to Baal!"
Predestination » Those that are predestined by God
We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers; and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.
Prescience » Foreknowledge
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Father.
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whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.
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God has not repudiated his people, which he had marked out from the first. Do you not know what the Scripture says in speaking of Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel?
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it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer.
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who has been making this known from of old.'
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Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Brethren
For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;
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I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."
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And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.
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But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.
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The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'
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He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"
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So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"
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For both he who purifies them and they who are purified spring from one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
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Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "The deliverance and power and reign of our God, and the authority of his Christ have now come, for the accuser of our brothers, who kept bringing charges against them day and night before our God, has been hurled down.
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