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Romans 8:29-31
For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
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John 3:3-5
Jesus replied,“ Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”“ How can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked him.“ Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”Jesus answered,“ Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
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1 Peter 1 23
because you have been born again— not of perishable seed but of imperishable— through the living and enduring word of God.
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John 1:13
who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
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Revelation 14:4
These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed from humanity as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.
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1 Peter 1 3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
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Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.” This is the LORD’s declaration.
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Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
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2 Thessalonians 2 13-2 Thessalonians 2 14
But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 1:12
so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.
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Colossians 1:20-21
and through him to reconcile everything to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds as expressed in your evil actions.
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Leviticus 23:10
“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.
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Amos 6:1
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria— the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.
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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, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.
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1 Corinthians 4 15
For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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1 John 3 9
Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because his seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.
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Hebrews 12:23
to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,
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Romans 9:15-18
For he tells Moses, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.So then, it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.For the Scripture tells Pharaoh, I raised you up for this reason so that I may display my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in the whole earth.So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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James 1:21
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.