Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?