22 Bible Verses about Predestination, Spiritual Events
Most Relevant Verses
At that time Jesus answering said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it has seemed good in thy sight.
And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.
For false Christs and false prophets shall be raised up, and shall show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
And when they had mocked him they took off the purple garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him away to crucify him,
And he said, It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Every thing which the Father gives to me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will by no means cast out;
as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that as to all that thou hast given him he should give them eternal life.
for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,
And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority;
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added the saved, day by day, to the assembly [church].
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are called]; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world has God chosen to put to shame the mighty, and the ignoble things of the world and things that are despised has God chosen, and things that are not, to destroy things that are,read more.
that no flesh may glory in the sight of God.
but we speak a wisdom of God hid in mystery, which God appointed from eternity for our glory, which none of the rulers of this life knew, for if they had known they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him, having predestinated us in love to an adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself in respect to the dispensation of the fullness of times, to bring all things into one in Christ, the things which are in heaven and the things which are on earth, in him in whom also we have been called, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works out all things according to the counsel of his will,
for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.
that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [worlds] should be made known, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,
and put on the new man, renewed in knowledge in the likeness of him that created him,
knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election, that our gospel came not to you in word only, but with power and with the Holy Spirit and with full assurance, as you know what we were among you for your sakes.
But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to salvation by purification of spirit, and belief of the truth, to which he called you by our gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus from eternity,
Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit of his creatures.
