Romans 9 - 11
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a I am speaking the truth in Christ - I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit -
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that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
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For b I could wish that I myself were c accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen d according to the flesh.
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They are e Israelites, and to them belong f the adoption, g the glory, h the covenants, i the giving of the law, j the worship, and k the promises.
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To them belong l the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ m who is God over all, n blessed forever. Amen.
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But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
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and not all are children of Abraham o because they are his offspring, but p "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."
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This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but q the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
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For this is what the promise said: r "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son."
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And not only so, but s also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,
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though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad - in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of t him who calls -
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she was told, u "The older will serve the younger."
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As it is written, v "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
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What shall we say then? w Is there injustice on God's part? By no means!
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For he says to Moses, x "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
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So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
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For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, y "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
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So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
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You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For z who can resist his will?"
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But who are you, O man, a to answer back to God? b Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"
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c Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump d one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
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What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience e vessels of wrath f prepared for destruction,
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in order to make known g the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he h has prepared beforehand for glory -
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even us whom he i has called, j not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
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As indeed he says in Hosea,
k "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,'
and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'"
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l "And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,'
there they will be called m 'sons of the living God.'"
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And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: n "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, o only a remnant of them will be saved,
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for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay."
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And as Isaiah predicted,
p q "If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
r we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah."
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What shall we say, then? s That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, t a righteousness that is by faith;
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but that Israel u who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness v did not succeed in reaching that law.
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Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the w stumbling stone,
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as it is written,
x "Behold, I am laying in Zion y a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
z and whoever believes in him will not be a put to shame."
Romans 10
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Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
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For I bear them witness that b they have a zeal for God, c but not according to knowledge.
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For, being ignorant of d the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
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For e Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
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For f Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that g the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
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But h the righteousness based on faith says, i "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)
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or "'Who will descend into the j abyss?'" (that is, k to bring Christ up from the dead).
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But what does it say? l "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);
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because, if m you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and n believe in your heart o that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
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For the Scripture says, p "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."
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q For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; r for the same Lord is Lord of all, s bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
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For t "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him u of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear v without someone preaching?
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And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, w "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"
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But x they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, y "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"
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So z faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
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But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for
a "Their voice has gone out b to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the world."
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But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,
c "I will d make you jealous of those who are not a nation;
with a e foolish nation I will make you angry."
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Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,
f "I have been found by those who did not seek me;
I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."
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But of Israel he says, g "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."
Romans 11
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I ask, then, h has God rejected his people? By no means! For i I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
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j God has not rejected his people whom he k foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
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l "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life."
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But what is God's reply to him? m "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
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So too at the present time there is n a remnant, chosen by grace.
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o But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
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What then? p Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest q were hardened,
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as it is written,
r "God gave them a spirit of stupor,
s eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day."
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And David says,
t "Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
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let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever."
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So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass u salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
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Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
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Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as v I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
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in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and w thus save some of them.
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For if their rejection means x the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
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y If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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But if z some of the branches were broken off, and you, a although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
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do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
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Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
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That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you b stand fast through faith. So c do not become proud, but d fear.
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For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
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Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, e provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise f you too will be cut off.
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And g even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
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For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
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h Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: i a partial hardening has come upon Israel, j until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
k "The Deliverer will come l from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";
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"and this will be my m covenant with them
n when I take away their sins."
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As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are o beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
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For the gifts and p the calling of God are irrevocable.
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For just as q you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
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so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
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For God r has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
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Oh, the depth of the riches and s wisdom and knowledge of God! t How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
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"For u who has known the mind of the Lord,
or v who has been his counselor?"
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"Or w who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?"
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For x from him and through him and to him are all things. y To him be glory forever. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 11:10
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
1 Timothy 2:7
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ( I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
2 Corinthians 12:19
Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.
Galatians 1:20
(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
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Exodus 32:32
But now, if you will forgive their sin - but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.
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1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
Galatians 1:8 - 9
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
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Romans 11:14
In order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
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Romans 9:6
But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.
Romans 2:28 - 29
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
Galatians 6:16
And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
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Exodus 4:22
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
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Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
1 Samuel 4:21
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
1 Kings 8:11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
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Genesis 17:2
That I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.
Deuteronomy 29:14
It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant.
Galatians 4:24
Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.
Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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Deuteronomy 4:14
And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.
Psalms 147:19
He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
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Hebrews 9:1
Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.
Romans 12:1
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
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Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Acts 13:32
And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers.
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Romans 11:28
As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
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Ephesians 4:6
One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Colossians 1:16 - 19
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through him and for him.
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Romans 1:25
Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
Hebrews 1:8
But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
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Galatians 4:23
But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.
John 8:33
They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?
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Hebrews 11:18
Of whom it was said, "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
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Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
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Galatians 4:23
But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.
Galatians 4:28
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
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Genesis 18:10
The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
Genesis 17:21
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.
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Genesis 18:10
The Lord said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
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Genesis 25:21
And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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Romans 4:17
As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Genesis 25:23
And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.
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Genesis 25:23
And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.
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Malachi 1:2 - 3
I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob
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Malachi 1:2 - 3
I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob
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Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
2 Chronicles 19:7
Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking bribes.
Job 8:3
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Job 34:10
Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
Psalms 92:15
To declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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Exodus 33:19
And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The Lord.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
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Exodus 33:19
And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The Lord.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
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Exodus 9:16
But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
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Exodus 9:16
But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
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2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, "O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
Job 9:12
Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?
Daniel 4:35
All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What have you done?
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Job 33:13
Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of man's words'?
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Isaiah 29:16
You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, "He did not make me"; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
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Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
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2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
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Romans 9:21
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
Romans 9:23
In order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory -
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
1 Peter 2:8
And "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
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Ephesians 3:16
That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
Romans 2:4
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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Romans 8:29
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Romans 3:29
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also.
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Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.
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Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God.
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Romans 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God.
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Isaiah 10:22 - 23
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God.
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Romans 11:5
So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
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Isaiah 10:22 - 23
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
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Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
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James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
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Deuteronomy 29:23
The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
Jeremiah 49:18
As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her.
Jeremiah 50:40
As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
Amos 4:11
I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me," declares the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
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Romans 10:20
Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, "I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.
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Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed ...
Romans 3:21 - 22
But now the righteousness of God has been manif...
Romans 10:6
But the righteousness based on faith says, "Do ...
Galatians 2:16
Yet we know that a person is not justified by w...
Galatians 3:24
So then, the law was our guardian until Christ ...
Philippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having a righteousness...
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning e...
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Romans 10:2 - 3
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened.
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Galatians 5:4
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
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1 Peter 2:8
And "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
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1 Peter 2:6 - 7
For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
Psalms 118:22
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Isaiah 8:14
And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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Romans 10:11
For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.
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Isaiah 49:23
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Joel 2:26 - 27
You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
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Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
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Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law.
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Romans 9:31
But that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
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Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith.
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Matthew 5:17
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Galatians 3:24
So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
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Leviticus 18:5
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
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Nehemiah 9:29
And you warned them in order to turn them back ...
Ezekiel 20:11
I gave them my statutes and made known to them ...
Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in ...
Ezekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against me. They did ...
Matthew 19:17
And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about wh...
Luke 10:28
And he said to him, "You have answered correctl...
Galatians 3:12
But the law is not of faith, rather "The one wh...
Romans 7:10
The very commandment that promised life proved ...
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Romans 9:30
What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith.
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Deuteronomy 30:12 - 13
It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?
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Revelation 9:1
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
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Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant.
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Deuteronomy 30:14
But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
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Deuteronomy 30:14
But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
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Matthew 10:32
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 12:8
And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God.
1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
Philippians 2:11
And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Acts 16:31
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.
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1 Peter 1:21
Who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Romans 9:33
As it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
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Romans 3:22
The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Romans 3:29
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also.
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Acts 10:36
As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ ( he is Lord of all).
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Romans 2:4
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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Acts 2:21
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
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Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
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Ephesians 4:21
Assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.
John 9:36
He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?
John 17:20
I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.
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Acts 8:31
And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Titus 1:3
And at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior.
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Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns.
Nahum 1:15
Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
Ephesians 6:15
And, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
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Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns.
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Romans 3:3
What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Hebrews 4:2
For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.
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John 12:38
So that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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Galatians 3:2
Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
Galatians 3:5
Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith -
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Psalms 19:4
Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun.
1 Thessalonians 1:8
For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.
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Mark 16:15
And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
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Psalms 19:4
Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
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Romans 11:11
So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
Romans 11:14
In order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
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Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
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Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
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Isaiah 65:1
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that was not called by my name.
Romans 9:30
What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith.
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Isaiah 65:1
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that was not called by my name.
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Isaiah 65:2
I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices.
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Isaiah 65:2
I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices.
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1 Samuel 12:22
For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
Jeremiah 31:37
Thus says the Lord : "If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:24
Have you not observed that these people are saying, 'The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose'? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.
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2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.
Philippians 3:5
Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee.
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Psalms 94:14
For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage.
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Romans 8:29
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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1 Kings 19:10
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:14
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
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1 Kings 19:10
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:14
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
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1 Kings 19:18
Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
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1 Kings 19:18
Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
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Romans 9:27
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved.
Jeremiah 3:14
Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord ; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Zechariah 13:8
In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
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Romans 4:4
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
Deuteronomy 9:4 - 5
Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.
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Romans 9:31
But that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
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Romans 11:25
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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Isaiah 29:10
For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
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Deuteronomy 29:4
But to this day the Lord has not given you a he...
Isaiah 43:8
Bring out the people who are blind, yet have ey...
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who ...
Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebelli...
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, alien...
Matthew 13:14
Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is...
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Psalms 69:22 - 23
Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
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Psalms 69:22 - 23
Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
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Acts 28:28
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.
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Romans 15:16
To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Acts 26:17
Delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles - to whom I am sending you
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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1 Corinthians 7:16
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Timothy 4:16
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
James 5:20
Let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
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Romans 5:11
More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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Numbers 15:18 - 21
Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you
Nehemiah 10:37
And to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.
Ezekiel 44:30
And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.
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Jeremiah 11:16
The Lord once called you 'a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.' But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
Psalms 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
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Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Isaiah 66:2
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Isaiah 66:5
Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
Jeremiah 44:10
They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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1 Corinthians 15:2
And by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you - unless you believed in vain.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
Hebrews 3:14
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
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John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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2 Corinthians 3:16
But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
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Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
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2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened.
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Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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Isaiah 59:20 - 21
And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," declares the Lord.
John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Hebrews 8:8 - 12
For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
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Psalms 14:7
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
Psalms 53:6
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
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Isaiah 59:20 - 21
And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," declares the Lord.
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Romans 9:4
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
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Isaiah 27:9
Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.
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Romans 9:5
To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Deuteronomy 7:8
But it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.
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Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Ephesians 2:2 - 3
In which you once walked, following the course ...
Ephesians 2:11
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentile...
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far o...
Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in...
Colossians 3:7
In these you too once walked, when you were liv...
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient...
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Romans 3:9
What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin.
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Colossians 2:3
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
Ephesians 3:10
So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
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Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Isaiah 40:13
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
1 Corinthians 2:16
For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Job 15:8
Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
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Job 36:22 - 23
Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
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Job 35:7
If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
Job 41:11
Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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1 Corinthians 8:6
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
1 Corinthians 11:12
For as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
Colossians 1:16
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through him and for him.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
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Romans 16:27
To the only wise God be glory forevermore throu...
Ephesians 3:21
To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jes...
Philippians 4:20
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever...
1 Timothy 1:17
To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the o...
1 Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of Go...
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord...
Jude 1:25
To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Chri...
Revelation 1:6
And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and F...
Revelation 5:13
And I heard every creature in heaven and on ear...
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