...cross of Christ, as shall lead me to hate and 129 forsake sin. Thou didst choose thy saints in Christ, before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before thee in love: and he gave himself for them that he might redeem them from all iniquity, and purify...

...walk uprightly ;" and this upright walking is effected by the grace of him " who chose them in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame." He directs them in the paths of holiness ; he compels them to apply to him for continued grace, by...

...from their divine birth, shall attest them sons of God, the blessed of the Father, " chosen in him before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy, and without blame before him in love." And, do thou, O Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth, so vouchsafe to quicken us with thy...

...began. 2 Tim. i. 9. Those who obtain its blessings, are also described by St. Paul, as chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before him in love. Eph. i. 4. Here we see all the parties in this covenant brought to our view at once. God,...

...God's saints in every age, whom he calls his jewels, his peculiar treasure. They are chosen in Christ " before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy, and without blame before him in love."J They are "from the beginning chosen to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit...

...uhnll suffer persecution." They considered themselves as called to be SAINTS ; as " chosen of God" "before the foundation of the world, that they should be HOLY, and WITHOUT BLAMB before him in love ;" and as uml T the strongest bonds to exhibit accordantly a sanctification...

...christians were chosen to eternal life. He said to the Ephesians that God had chosen them in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before him in love. He assured the Thessalonians that God had not appointed them to wrath, but to obtain salvation...

...of our own. All this the apostle told the Ephesians : he told them that they were " chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world ; that they should be holy and without blame before him in love : God having predestinated them unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,...

...indeed a book written as you suppose, which contains the names of those whom I have chogen to life before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before me in love. Your name, therefore, I will not blot out of my book, but the names of those only who have...

...bring, and they shall hear my voice ;" (John x : 16.) and there are those who were " chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before him in love ; being predestinated to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according...