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¹⁶You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. And I have appointed you, so that you may go forth and bear fruit, and so that your fruit may last. Then whatever you have asked of the Father in my name, he shall give to you.

⁴just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity. ⁵He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will,

²⁸And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints. ²⁹For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰And those whom he predestined, he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified. And those whom he justified, he also glorified.

⁸And all who inhabit the earth worshiped the beast, those whose names have not been written, from the origin of the world, in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain.

¹⁵But, when it pleased him who, from my mother’s womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace,

¹⁵But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

⁴⁸Then the Gentiles, upon hearing this, were gladdened, and they were glorifying the Word of the Lord. And as many as believed were preordained to eternal life.

¹³He has also called you into truth through our Gospel, unto the acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴⁴No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

⁷⁰And we have believed, and we recognize that you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

¹⁹I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your offspring may live, ²⁰and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them.”

²⁰Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone will hear my voice and will open the door to me, I will enter to him, and I will dine with him, and he with me.

⁵“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.”

⁴just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity.

⁶Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near. ⁷Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.

²²All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and those to whom the Son has chosen to reveal him.”

¹²There is a way which seems just to a man, but its conclusion leads to death.

³Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

¹⁵Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?