And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins."

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those who were being saved.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

even when we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope,

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

even us whom He called, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles?

For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

But we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus Christ,

but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all manner of life,

because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

For what glory [is it], if when you sin and are beaten, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer [for it], you endure, this is admirable before God.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving behind an example for you, that you should follow in His footsteps,

Therefore by works of the law no flesh shall be justified in His sight, for through the law [comes] [the] knowledge of sin.

for [the children] not yet being born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works but of Him who calls,

Even so then, at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

And if by grace, [it is] no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if [it is] of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

not of works, lest anyone should boast.

not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

It is not because you are more numerous than all [other] nations that the Lord has preferred you, and the Lord has chosen you: for you are fewer in number than all [other] nations.

But because the Lord has loved you, and He is keeping the oath which He swore to your fathers; the Lord has brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord has redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth; and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.

For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? And who shall turn back His uplifted hand?

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.

Yes, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight."

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

My Father, who has given [them] to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of My Father's hand.

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for [those] whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.

Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come-all things are yours.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ,

Father, I desire that those also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, so that they may behold My glory which You gave to Me; because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

"Known from everlasting to God are all His works.

[] Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to [the] revelation of [the] mystery kept secret since the world began,

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love,

according to the eternal purpose which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time [itself],

having been foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, He was made manifest in these last times for you,

And all those who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose name is not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

The Beast which you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth shall marvel, whose name is not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the Beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.