and 9:27
\v 5 In the same way, at the present time there is a small portion of Jews who are faithful to God. This is because God acts kindly and has chosen them.
"small group" = remnant
\v 12 Therefore, my fellow believers, we have an obligation; but our obligation is not to live according to what our sinful human nature wants us to do.
sinful human nature regularized in the following:
8:9
8:13
13:14
\v 17 Moses recorded that God had told Pharaoh, "This is why I made you king of Egypt: It was so I might fight against you and everyone in the world will know how great I am."
Bob and Susan by Tom
\v 4 They, like me, are Israelites. God chose them to be his children. It is to them that he showed how wonderful he is. It is with them that he made the covenants. It is to them that he gave the law. They are the ones whom he taught to worship him in the right way. They are the ones to whom God promised many things.
v 35 Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us—even if someone afflicts us, or even someone harms us, or even if we have nothing to eat, or even if we do not have enough clothes, or even if we live in a dangerous situation, or even if someone will kill us!
Thanks to Bob and Susan
\v 28 And we know that for those who love God, he works out all things that happen to them in a way that does **them** good. He does this for those whom he has chosen, because that was what he planned to do.
\v 22 You who command people not to sleep with someone to whom they are not married, it is disgusting that you commit adultery yourself! You who command others not to worship idols, it is disgusting that you rob the temples where people worship those idols.