Romans 8:33
8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect?
It is God who justifies.
Romans 9:11
9:11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election
would stand, not by works but by
his calling)
–
Ephesians 1:4-5
1:4 For
he chose us in Christ
before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished
in his sight
in love.
1:5 He did this by predestining
us to adoption as his
sons
through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure
of his will –
Ephesians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:4
1:4 For
he chose us in Christ
before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished
in his sight
in love.
Ephesians 1:2
1:2 Grace and peace to you
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Ephesians 1:9
1:9 He did this when he revealed
to us the secret
of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth
in Christ,
Ephesians 1:1-2
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!