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Chapter 3: Of Gods Decree
Those of mankind that are predestinated to life, God before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret Councel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of his meer free grace and love;a without any other thing in the creature as a condition or cause moving him thereunto.b
a. Ephesians 1:4, 9, 11; Romans 8:30; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:9
Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 1:11
1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
1:4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love 1:9 And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Romans 8:30
8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
8:30 And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
2 Timothy 1:9
1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
1:9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:9 For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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b. Romans 9:13, 16; Ephesians 1:6, 12
Romans 9:13; Romans 9:16
9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
9:13 So it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." 9:16 So then, it does not depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 1:12
1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
1:6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One. 1:12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
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