Löydetty 1518 Tulokset: Chosen People
He has chosen us out, in Christ, before the foundation of the world, to be saints, to be blameless in his sight, for love of him;✻ (Ephesians 1, 4)
to shew yourselves innocent and single-minded, God’s children, bringing no reproach on his name. You live in an age that is twisted out of its true pattern, and among such people you shine out, beacons to the world, (Philippians 2, 15)
You are God’s chosen people, holy and well beloved; the livery you wear must be tender compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; (Colossians 3, 12)
And now we are told that there are those among you who live in idleness, neglecting their own business to mind other people’s. (2 Thessalonians 3, 11)
and of that witness I am the chosen herald, sent as an apostle (I make no false claims, I am only recalling the truth) to be a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.✻ (1 Timothy 2, 7)
I adjure thee in the sight of God and of Jesus Christ, and the angels he has chosen, to observe these rules without rash judgement, without yielding to partiality. (1 Timothy 5, 21)
who gave himself for us, to ransom us from all our guilt, a people set apart for himself, ambitious of noble deeds. (Titus 2, 14)
And so he must needs become altogether like his brethren; he would be a high priest who could feel for us and be our true representative before God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. (Hebrews 2, 17)
those who provoked him were the people (some, though not all of them) whom Moses had rescued from Egypt.✻ (Hebrews 3, 16)
You see, therefore, that God’s people have a sabbath of rest still in store for them; (Hebrews 4, 9)
The purpose for which any high priest is chosen from among his fellow men, and made a representative of men in their dealings with God, is to offer gifts and sacrifices in expiation of their sins. (Hebrews 5, 1)
and, for that reason, must needs present sin-offerings for himself, just as he does for the people.✻ (Hebrews 5, 3)
