Mark 12:16

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.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

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

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

For, behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.

Moses said to Yahweh, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring up this people;’ and you haven’t let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’

Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your name.

Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it. There were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.

I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’

Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

that the rest of men may seek after the Lord; all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.’

yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.

So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.