2 Timothy 1:9

God saved and called us by a holy calling, not because of our works but according to his own purpose and grace given in Christ before time began. Salvation rests entirely on God's gracious initiative.

Cross-references · 37

• Eph 2:8–9For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
• Titus 3:4–5But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
• Eph 1:3–4Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
• Rom 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
• Rom 11:5–6In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
• 1 Pet 2:20–21How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
• Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
• 2 Th 2:13–14But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
• Rom 8:28–39And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
• Eph 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Rom 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
• Deut 7:7–8The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
• Isa 14:26–27This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
• 1 Pet 1:20He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
• John 17:9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
• Rev 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
• Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
• 1 Th 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
• Eph 2:5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
• 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• 1 Cor 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
• John 10:28–29I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
• John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
• Rom 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
• Matt 11:25–26At that time Jesus declared, “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.
• Rev 17:8The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
• Eph 3:11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Luke 10:21At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “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 was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• Eph 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
• 1 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
• 1 Pet 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
• Matt 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
• Rom 9:24including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
• Acts 2:47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
• 1 Cor 3:21–22Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
• Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’

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