But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
But I call to God, and the Lord will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.
“Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.
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