CHOSEN
He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
But just as He Who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ” Be holy, because I am holy.”
Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I have sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind.
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and in all.
Because of these things the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.