2 Timothy 1:9

—the One who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not because of our works but because of His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

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In The King James Version

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

In Context

8So do not be ashamed to identify with our Lord or with me His prisoner, but join in suffering for the Gospel according to the power of God

10but has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who by means of the Gospel destroyed the death and brought life and immortality to light;

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Cross References

Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus reacted and said: “ ‘I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to ‘babes’.

John 6:37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will not throw out;

John 17:9I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given me, because they are yours.

Acts 2:47praising God and having favor with all the people. And day by day the Lord added to the Church those who were being saved.

Romans 3:20It follows that no flesh will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because through the law comes the real 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 →

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