Election
God's sovereign choice of individuals and peoples for salvation and service. Ephesians 1:4 declares God 'chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.' Romans 9:11 explains that God's choice operates 'not by works but by him who calls.' First Thessalonians 1:4 affirms, 'We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you.' Jesus said, 'You did not choose me, but I chose you' (John 15:16). Election is not based on foreseen merit but on God's gracious purpose (Romans 9:16). Second Peter 1:10 calls believers to 'confirm your calling and election.' Election humbles human pride and magnifies divine grace.
Verses about Election
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Yesaya 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentile…
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Yesaya 45:4
For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
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Yesaya 65:9
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwe…
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Yesaya 65:22
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect…
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Matius 24:22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
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Matius 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall decei…
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Matius 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to…
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Markus 13:20
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the day…
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Markus 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
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Markus 13:27
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost par…
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Lukas 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
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Roma 8:33
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
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Roma 9:11
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, …
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Roma 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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Roma 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
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Roma 11:28
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
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Kolose 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
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1 Tesalonika 1:4
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
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1 Timotius 5:21
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doin…
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2 Timotius 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.