2 Timothy 1:9

Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers;

if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Now to Him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

in the hope of eternal life, which the God who cannot lie promised from all eternity,

He saved us, not by works which we did in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,