God Knew Us Before We Were Born

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"Before I formed you ln the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appolnted
prophet to the nations."

psalm 139:1-2rt To the cholrmaster. A Psalm of Davld. O Lord, you have searched me and known mel You know
when I slt down and when I rlse up; you dlscem my thoughts fiom afar. You search out my path and my lylng down
and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word ls on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know lt altogether.
You hem me ln, behlnd and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

Psalm 139:15

your eyes saw my unformed substance; ln your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed
for me, when as yet there was none of them.

6alatians 1:!,5

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by hls grace,

Jeremlah t lrt-S
' Now the word of the Lord came to me, saylng "Before I formed you ln the womb I knew you, and before you were
born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the natlons."

Psalm 139:13-15

For you formed my lnward parts; you knlttEd me together ln my mothcr's womb. I pralse you, for I am fearfully
and wondcrfully madc. Wonderful ars your works; my soul knows lt very wcll. My frame was not hldden from you,
when I was belng madc ln secret, lntrleatcly woven ln thc dcpths of the earth. Your cycs saw my unformcd
substance; ln your book were wrltten, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there
was none of them.

lsalah 49:5 Esv I L47 helpfulvotes

And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be hls servant to brlng Jacob back to him; and that
lsrael mlght be gathered to him- for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength-

Eohesians 1:4 ESv I 146 helpfulvotes

Even as he chose us ln hlm before the foundatlon of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before hlm.
ln love

Jeremiah 1:1-19 ESV/ 133 helpfulvotes

The words of Jeremlah, the son of Hllklah, one of the prlests who were ln Anathoth ln the land of Benjamin, to
whom the word of the Lord came ln thc days of Joslah thc son of Amon, klng of Judah, ln thc thlrte€nth year of hls
relgn. lt came also ln the days of Jeholaklm the son of Joslah, klng of Judah, and untll the end of the eleventh year
of Zedeklah, the son of Joslah, klng of Judah, untll thc clptlvlty of Jerusalem ln the flfth month. Now the word of
the Lord came to mg saylng "Before I formed you ln the womb I knew you, and before you were born I
consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.' ...
.Sererniah 29:11 ESV / 132 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to glve you a future and a
hope.

lsaiah 44:2 ESV / LSzhelpfulvotes

Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my
servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen'

€enesis 2:7 EN I L29 helpfulvotes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and
the man became a living creature.

.lererniah L:4 ESV / 125 helpful votes

Now the word of the Lord came to me, saylng,

Rornans 8:29 ESV/ 125 helpful votes

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might
be the firstborn among many brothers.

lsaiah 49:3 ESV I L24 helpfulvotes

Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attentlon, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from
the body of my mother he named my name.

iob 33.:tS ESV / t22 helpfulvotes

Did not he who made me ln the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Jeremiah 1:10 ESV / 116 helpful votes

See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to
overthrow, to build and to plant."

Eohesians 2;10 ESV/ 111 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we
should walk in them.

Fsalm 139:tr5-L6 ESV / 105 helpful votes

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed
for me, when as yet there was none of them.

tuke 1:15 ESV/ l0l helptulvotes

For he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be fflled with the Holy
Splrlt, even from his mother's womb.

Eohesians 1:tr-23 ESV / 98 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Chrlst Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father ofour Lord
Jesus Chrlst, who has blessed us ln Chrlst wlth every splrltual blesslng ln the heavenly places, even as he chose us
in hlm before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before hlm. tn love he
predestlned us for adoptlon as sons through Jesus Chrlst, according to the purpose of hls wlll, ...

Luke 1:41 ESV / 98 helpful votes

And when Ellzabeth heard the greeting of Mary the baby leaped ln her womb. And Ellzabeth was fllled wlth the
Holy Spirlt,

Jeremiah l;8 ESV/ 97 helpful votes

Do not be aftaid of them, for t am wlth you to dellver you, declares the Lord."

Exodus 33:12 ESV/ 92 helpful votes

Moses said to the Lord, "See, you say to me, 'Brlng up thls pcoplg' but you have not let mc know whom you wlll
send wlth me. Yet you have sald, 'l know you by name, and you have also found favor ln my slght.'

Psalm 139:13 ESV/89 helpful votes

For you formed my lnward parts; you knltted me together ln my mother's womb.

Exodus 33:17 ESV / 88 helpful votes

And the Lord said to Mos6, 'Tttls very thlng that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my slght,
and I know you by name."

Acts 1,5:18 ESV/ 83 helptulvotes

Known from of old.'

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV I 77 helpfulvotes

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' wlll enter the klngdom of heaven, but the one who does the wlll of my
Father who is in heaven. On that day many wlll say to me, 'Lord, Lord, dld we not prophesy ln your name, and cast
out demons ln your name, and do many mlghty works ln your namcT And then wlll I declare to them, 'l never
knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlEssnes.'

Genesls 1:2&27 ESV 176 helpfulvotes

Then God sald, "Let us make man ln our lmage, after our llkeness. And let them have domlnlon over the flsh of the
sea and over the blrds ofthe heavens and over the llvestock and over all the earth and over every creeplng thlng
that creeps on the earth." So God created man ln hls own lmage, in the lmage of God he created him; male and
female he created them.

Eoheslans l:3r4 ESV 175 helpfulvotes

Blesed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Chrlst, who has blessed us ln Chrlst wlth every splrltual blesstng ln
the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
blameless before him. ln love

Zecharlah 12:1 ESV I 74 helpful votes

The burden ofthe word ofthe Lord concernlng lsracl: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavcns and
founded ths earth and formed the splrlt of man wlthln hlm:

JcrEmtah {6:1-5u0rt E'V |7I helpfulvotes

Ttrc word of the Lord that came to Jeremlah the prophet concerning the nations. About EgyPt. Concerning the
army of Pharaoh Neco, klng of Egypt, whlch was by the rlver Euphratcs at Cardremlsh and whldt Nebudtadnezzar
klng of Babylon defeated ln the fourth year ofJeholaklm the son ofJoslah, klng ofJudah: "Prepare buc*ler and
shleld, and admnce for battlel Harness the horses; mount, O horsemenl Take your statlons wlth your helmets,
pollsh your spears, put on your armorl Why have I seen lt? They are dlsmayed and have turned bachrard. Thelr
warrioni are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back- terror on every sldel declares the Lord. ...

,eremlah 1;6 ESY 174 helptulvotes

Then I sald, 'Ah, Lord Godl Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."

Romansg:1-33 ESV 172 helpfulvotes

I am speaking the truth ln Chrlst-t am not lylng; my consclence bears me wltnes ln the Holy Spirit- that I have
great sorrow and unceaslng angulsh ln my heart. For I could wlsh that I myself were accursed and cut offfrom
Chrlst for the sake of my brothers, my klnsmen accordlng to the flesh. They are lsraelltes, and to them belong the
adoptlon, the glory the covenants, the gMng of the law, the worshlp, and the promises. To them belong the
patrlarchs, and from their race, accordlng to the flesh, ls the Chrlst who ls God over all, blessed forever. Amen. ...

John 15:16 ESII l72 helpfulvotes

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear ftuit and that your fruit
should ablde, so that whatever you ask the Father ln my name, he may glve tt to you.

lsaiah 3:1-25 ESV 172 helpfulvotes

For behold, the Lord God of hosts ls taklng away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, allsupport of
bread, and all support of water; the mlghty man and the soldier, the Judge and the prophet, the diviner and the
elder, the captaln of frfty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert ln charms.
And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. And the people will oppress one another, every
one hls fellow and errery one his neighbor; the youth wlll be insolentto the elder, and the desplsed to the
honorable. ...

Jersnhh t7 FJ,V l7L helpfulvotes

But the Lord sald to me, 'Do not say, 'l am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I

command you, you shall speak.

Bomans 8:1-i]9 ESV / ZO helpful votes

There ls therefore now no condemnation for those who are in ChristJesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set
you free ln Chrlst Jesus from the law of sln and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh,
could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sln, he condemned sin in the flesh, in
order that the rlghteous requlrement of the law might be fulfilled ln us, who walk not accordlng to the flesh but
accordlng to the Splrlt. For those who lfue accordlng to the flesh set thelr mlnds on the things of the flesh, but
those who live according to the Splrlt set thelr minds on the thlnp of the Spirlt. ...

Jeremiah 4:1-31 ESV l70 helptulvotes

'lf you return, O lsrael,
declares the Lord, to me you should return. lf you remove your detestable thlngs from my
presence, and do not waver, and lf you swear, 'As the Lord llves,' in truth, ln justlce, and in righteousness, then
natlons shal! bless themselves ln hlm, and ln hlm shall they glory.' For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and
Jerusalem: "Break up your frllow ground, and sow not among thoms. Clrcumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove
the foreskln of your hearts, O men of Judah and lnhabltants of .lerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like flre, and burn
God Consecrated You

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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may
proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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I have been crucified with Christ. lt is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the
flesh I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Iappeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transforrned by the
renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and
perfect.

called according to his purpose.

., ' "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish
but have eternal life.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a
hope.

"Before lformed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a
prophet to the nations."

, ,1.- Th€ revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must
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soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God
and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this
prophery, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the
seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and
from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the
dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ
and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
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For the word of Gorl is living and actlve, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of
spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
God Appointed You

John 15:16

You dld not choose me, but I chose you and appolnted you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit
should abidq so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Jeremiah 1:5

"Before I formed you ln the womb I knew you, and before you were bom I consecrated you; I appolnted you a
prophet to the natlons.'

l John l:9
lf we confess our slns, he ls falthful and just to forglve us our slns and to cleanse us from att unrighteousness.

Eohesians 1:11

ln hlm we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestlned accordlng to the purpose of hlm who works all
thlng accordlng to the counsel of hls wlll,

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sln is deeth, but the free glft of God ls eternal life ln Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 20:28

Pay careful attentlon to yourselves and to all the flocb ln whlch the Hoty Splrlt has made you overseers, to care for
the church of God, which he obtalned wlth hls own blood.

John 3116

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes ln hlm should not perlsh but have
etemalllfe.

lsalah 55:11

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; lt shall not return to me empty, but lt sha[ accomp]lsh that
whlch I purpose, and shall succeed ln the thlng for whlch I sent it.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal prlesthood, a holy natlon, a people for hls own possesslon, that you may
proclalm the excellencies of hlm who called you out of darkness lnto hls marvelous light.

Hebrews 9:27

And Just as lt ls appolnted for man to dle once, and after that comes Judgment,

2 Tlmothv 3:16

All Scrlpture ls breathed out by God and profltable for teachln& for reproof, for correcuon, and for tralnlng ln
rlgfiteousness,