Bible Verses About Predestination

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Bible passage combining election with foreknowledge.

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Direct Bible passage on predestinate, called, justified, glorified.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Direct Bible passage on being predestined according to God's purpose.

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Direct Bible passage on predestination for adoption.

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

Core Romans 9 text on election before birth

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Bible passage on definite plan and foreknowledge.

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Supports justification by faith rather than works; related but not direct free-will proof.

But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Scripture text often used in the grace/works debate, but not directly about free will.

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Works and faith text; related but not a direct predestination witness.

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

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Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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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:

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For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

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Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

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Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

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So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Romans 9 mercy language

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

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Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Romans 9 hardening language

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Romans 11 summary of mercy

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Conditioned on willing to do God's will.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

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But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Shows consent, not compulsion, in Christian ethics.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

Romans 9 mercy language

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

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For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

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And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

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And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

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And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

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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:

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But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

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When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

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For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

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Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

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Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

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But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

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But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

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For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

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Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

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Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

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But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

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He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

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For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

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The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

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Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

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And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

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Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

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And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

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At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

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Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

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And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

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For many are called, but few are chosen.

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And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

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Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

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The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

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And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

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For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

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The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

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But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

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And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

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Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

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I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

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All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

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And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

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No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

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Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

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As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

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I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

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I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

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