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2 Timothy 1 9-2 Timothy 1 10
God has saved us. He has chosen us to live a holy life. It wasn’t because of anything we have done. It was because of his own purpose and grace. Through Christ Jesus, God gave us this grace even before time began.It has now been made known through the coming of our Savior, Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death. Because of the good news, he has brought life out into the light. That life never dies.
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Ephesians 1:4
God chose us to belong to Christ before the world was created. He chose us to be holy and without blame in his eyes. He loved us.
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Hebrews 9:26
If he had, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But he has appeared once and for all time. He has come at the time when God’s work is being completed. He has come to do away with sin by offering himself.
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Revelation 13:8
Many people who live on the earth will worship the beast. They are the ones whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the one whose death was planned before the world was created.
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Titus 1:2-3
That belief and understanding lead to the hope of eternal life. Before time began, God promised to give that life. And he does not lie.Now, at just the right time, he has made his promise clear. He did this through the preaching that he trusted me with. God our Savior has commanded all these things.
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Colossians 1:26
That word contains the mystery that has been hidden for many ages. But now it has been made known to the Lord’s people.
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Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one whom God appointed to receive all things. God also made everything through him.
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Ephesians 3:11
That was God’s plan from the beginning. He has fulfilled his plan through Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Ephesians 3:9
God told me to make clear to everyone how the mystery came about. In times past it was kept hidden in the mind of God, who created all things.
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1John 4:9-10
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Ephesians 1:10
It will all come about when history has been completed. God will then bring together all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
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1John 1:2
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Romans 3:25
God gave Christ as a sacrifice to pay for sins through the spilling of his blood. So God forgives the sins of those who have faith. God did all this to prove that he does what is right. He is a God of mercy. So he did not punish for their sins the people who lived before Jesus lived.
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Galatians 4:4
But then the chosen time came. God sent his Son. A woman gave birth to him. He was born under the authority of the law.
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Micah 5:2
The Lord says,“ Bethlehem Ephrathah, you might not be an important town in the nation of Judah. But out of you will come for me a ruler over Israel. His family line goes back to the early years of your nation. It goes all the way back to days of long ago.”
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Proverbs 8:23
I was formed a long, long time ago. I was formed at the very beginning, when the world was created.
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Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman hate each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. Her son will crush your head. And you will bite his heel.”
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Romans 16:25-26
May God receive glory. He is able to strengthen your faith. He does this in keeping with the good news and the message I preach. It is the message about Jesus Christ. This message is in keeping with the mystery hidden for a very long time.The mystery has now been made known through the writings of the prophets. The eternal God commanded that it be made known. God wanted all the Gentiles to obey him by trusting in him.
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Acts 3:25-26
What the prophets said was meant for you. The covenant God made with your people long ago is yours also. He said to Abraham,‘ All nations on earth will be blessed through your children.’( Genesis 22:18; 26:4)God raised up Jesus, who serves him. God sent him first to you. He did it to bless you. He wanted to turn each of you from your evil ways.”
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1John 3:5
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1 John 3 8
The person who does what is sinful belongs to the devil. That’s because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the devil’s work.