2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not dealing with us according to our works,but according to his purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
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Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.
John 6:37"Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject.
John 17:9"I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine,
Acts 2:47praising God, and looked on with favor by all the people. Meanwhile the Lord kept adding to them daily those that were being saved.
Romans 3:20For no man will be justified in God’s sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness 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 →