Romans 8:28

“Perhaps Yahweh will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day.”

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

and those whom He predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified; and those whom He justified, He also glorified.

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles?

for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding to the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ for a different gospel,

This persuasion is not from Him who calls you.

For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want.

by predestining us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him

In Him, we also have been made an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

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

so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the trespasses that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.