For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love

就如神从创立世界以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，无有瑕疵；

因为他从创世以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，没有瑕疵，满有爱心。

因为他从创世以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，没有瑕疵，满有爱心。

早在创造世界以前，祂已经在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在祂眼中成为圣洁无瑕的人。

就如创立世界以前，他在基督里拣选了我们，使我们因着爱，在他面前成为圣洁，没有瑕疵。

就如他从创世以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁、毫无瑕疵。他在爱中，

就如神從創立世界以前，在基督裏揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔，無有瑕疵；

因為他從創世以前，在基督裏揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔，沒有瑕疵，滿有愛心。

因為他從創世以前，在基督裏揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔，沒有瑕疵，滿有愛心。

早在創造世界以前，祂已經在基督裡揀選了我們，使我們在祂眼中成為聖潔無瑕的人。

就如創立世界以前，他在基督裡揀選了我們，使我們因著愛，在他面前成為聖潔，沒有瑕疵。

就是他於世界創立之前，在基督裏揀選了我們，使我們在他面前、滿有愛心、分別為聖、毫無瑕疵。

就如他從創世以前，在基督裡揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔、毫無瑕疵。他在愛中，

即如創世之先、由基督選我儕、俾在其前聖而無玷、

自創世之先、緣耶穌、擇我儕、使我儕在主前、潔淨無玷、施其仁愛、

亦自創世之先、因基督選我儕、使我儕以愛在其前為聖潔無玷者、

天主於創世以前、夙在基督之身、予吾人以恩簡、俾吾人得成聖潔無瑕、對越所天。

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.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

He has saved us and called us to a holy life— not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

“ Then the King will say to those on his right,‘ Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast— all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.

He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness—in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,

who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit— fruit that will last— and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—

But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

“ Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.

“ Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.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.

“ But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said,‘ You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription:“ The Lord knows those who are his,” and,“ Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”

so that you may become blameless and pure,“ children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky

For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fearin holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

“ If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

This is what the Lord says:“ As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and people say,‘ Don’t destroy it, there is still a blessing in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all.I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.It teaches us to say“ No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

things known from long ago.