2 Timothy 1:9
Who saved us and who 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 times eternal.
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Isaiah 14:26This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
Matthew 11:25Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
John 6:37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and he who comes to me I will, no, not cast out.
John 17:9I pray about them. I do not pray about the world, but about whom thou have given me, because they are for thee.
Acts 2:47praising God, and having favor with the whole populace. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those being saved.
Romans 3:20Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:7-15
Cautions and Exhortations; Ministerial Fidelity. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according… Read the whole commentary →