And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

So then, ¹  God ²  has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. ³ 

For the death he died, he died to sin once for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God.

He was ¹  fully convinced that what God ²  promised he was also able to do.

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

He ¹  will reward ²  each one according to his works: ³ 

Without being weak in faith, he considered ¹  his own body as dead ²  (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects ¹  of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory –

because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son ¹  would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. ² 

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

This gospel ¹  he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, ¹  so that he would become ²  the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, ³  that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin. ¹ 

For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

Indeed, he who ¹  did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?

even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

He ¹  did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.

For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all. ¹