“耶和华喜爱你们、拣选你们，不是因为你们的人口比别的民族多——其实你们在万族中是最小的——

“耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们，并非因你们的人数多于别民，原来你们的人数在万民中是最少的。

耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们，并非因你们人数比任何民族多，其实你们的人数在各民族中是最少的。

耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们，并非因你们人数比任何民族多，其实你们的人数在各民族中是最少的。

耶和华喜爱你们，拣选你们，并不是因为你们的人数比别的民族多，其实你们的人数在万族中是最少的；

「耶和華專愛你們，揀選你們，並非因你們的人數多於別民，原來你們的人數在萬民中是最少的。

耶和華專愛你們，揀選你們，並非因你們人數比任何民族多，其實你們的人數在各民族中是最少的。

耶和華專愛你們，揀選你們，並非因你們人數比任何民族多，其實你們的人數在各民族中是最少的。

「耶和華喜愛你們、揀選你們，不是因為你們的人口比別的民族多——其實你們在萬族中是最小的——

耶和華喜愛你們，揀選你們，並不是因為你們的人數比別的民族多，其實你們的人數在萬族中是最少的；

永恆主傾心於你們，揀選你們，並不是因為你們比任何別族之民多（你們在萬族之民中原是最少的）；

耶和華悅爾選爾、非為爾多於他邦之民、爾數較之維寡、

爾較凡民、其數維寡、耶和華愛爾擇爾、非為爾曹眾多也、

主悅爾、選擇爾、非為爾較諸國之民、人數眾多、爾原較諸民、人數維寡、

The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

The Lord chose you because he loved you very much. He didn’t choose you because you had more people than other nations. In fact, you had the smallest number of all.

It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,

“ The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!

“ The LORD had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

“ The Lord did not make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples,

The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;

Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:

“ The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye[ were] the fewest of all people:

It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;

当年你们祖先下埃及时，只有七十人，现在你们的上帝耶和华使你们多如天上的星辰。

既然说是出于恩典，就不再基于行为，不然恩典就不再是恩典了。

陶匠难道不可以从一团泥中拿一部分造贵重的器皿，又拿一部分造平凡的器皿吗？

耶和华啊，不要将荣耀归于我们，不要归于我们。愿荣耀归于你的名，因为你慈爱、信实！

“你们这一小群人啊，不要怕！因为你们的天父乐意把祂的国赐给你们。

在这对孩子还未出生，还没有显出谁善谁恶之前，上帝为了显明自己拣选人并不是按人的行为，而是按祂自己的旨意，便对利百加说：“将来大的要服侍小的。”正如圣经上说：“我爱雅各，厌恶以扫。”这样看来，我们该怎么下结论呢？难道上帝不公平吗？当然不是！祂曾对摩西说：“我要怜悯谁就怜悯谁，要恩待谁就恩待谁。”

不是我们爱上帝，而是上帝爱我们，并且差遣祂儿子为我们的罪作了赎罪祭，这就是爱。

总之，上帝要怜悯谁，就怜悯谁；要叫谁顽固，就叫谁顽固。

你们看，父上帝何等爱我们，称我们为祂的儿女！我们也实在是祂的儿女，世人之所以不认识我们，是因为他们不认识父上帝。

你们要追想你们的祖先亚伯拉罕和生你们的撒拉。我呼召亚伯拉罕的时候，他是孤身一人，但我赐福给他，使他子孙众多。

但通向永生的门小，路窄，找到的人也少。

关于以色列人，以赛亚先知曾疾呼：“以色列人虽多如海沙，但得救的只是剩余的人，因为上帝要在世上迅速、彻底地执行祂的判决。”以赛亚又说：“若不是万军之主给我们存留后裔，我们早就像所多玛和蛾摩拉一样灭亡了。”