Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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Study Note
The declaration that God chose Israel 'because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers' grounds election entirely in divine love and prior covenant-oath rather than in Israel's size, strength, or merit (verse 7: 'the fewest of all people'). This passage is foundational for understanding biblical election as 'elective grace' — a concept developed in Paul's argument in Romans 9-11 that election operates through divine promise rather than national or moral qualification. The threefold movement — God loved, God swore, God redeemed — establishes the Trinitarian structure of salvation as rooted in eternal love that expresses itself through faithful promise-keeping and historical action. Titus 3:4-5's 'the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared' echoes this logic of grace-prior-to-merit as the ground of salvation.
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but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
but because of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
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