1 Corinthians 12:11

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

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

As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

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

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,” ’ says Yahweh.”

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

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Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.

But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord Yahweh, you know.”

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ”

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all, and in us all.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”

While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men seek you.

When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.