51 Bible Verses about Foreknowledge
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But of that day and hour no one knows, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
But of that day or that hour no one knows: neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.
him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay:
And we know that all things work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren: and those whom he predestinated he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners that are dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, in order to obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace be to you, and peace be multiplied.
But the things which God fore told by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer, he has thus fulfilled.
Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, clearly pointed out to you as a man from God, by mighty deeds and wonders and signs, which God did by him in your midst, as you yourselves also know, him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay:
For, in truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, did meet together, to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined to be done.
who was indeed foreordained before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,
For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:
(the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls,) it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger;
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture says, in regard to Elijah? how he intercedes with God against Israel, saying:
according as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,
how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? which at first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard him;
He that believes on him is not condemned; but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
As co-workers with him, we beseech you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain: (for he says: I have heard thee in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation:)
For you know this, that no lewd nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with vain words: for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in apostatizing from the living God.
For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away; since they again crucify in themselves the Son of God, and put him to an open shame.
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you; and these will stealthily introduce ruinous sects, and deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:
while it is said, To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the bitter provocation.
But there are some among you who believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he was that would betray him.
But that we may give them no offense, go to the sea, and throw in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first; and when you have opened his mouth, you will find a stater; take that, and give to them for me and you.
Then Jesus said to them: All of you will he offended at me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. But after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter answered and said to him: Though all shall be offended at thee, yet will I never be offended.read more.
Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, This night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.
And Jesus said to them: All of you will find in me an occasion for offense this night; for it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter said to him: Though all should find occasion for offense, yet I will not.read more.
And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, this day, during this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.
He replied: I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day before you have three times denied that you know me.
Jesus answered him: Will you lay down your life for me? Verily, verily I say to you, the cock will not crow till you have denied me three times.
Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come that he must go out of this world to his Father; and having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them to the end.
He replied: Go into the city, to a certain man, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the passover at your house, with my disciples.
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days rise again.
saying: The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and be raised the third day.
I have an immersion with which to be immersed, and how distressed I am till it be accomplished!
For I say to you, That even this which is written must be fulfilled in me: And he was numbered with transgressors. For the things concerning me have an end.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up;
Then Jesus said to them: Yet a little while I am with you, and I go away to him that sent me.
You have heard that I said to you, I am going away, and am coming again to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I go to the Father; for my Father is greater than I.
And now, Father, glorify me with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Then Jesus, knowing all things that were coming upon him, went forth, and said to them: Whom do you seek?
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.
For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will reward every one according to his deeds.
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the land mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a trumpet of great voice, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And then will ho send his angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the most distant part of earth to the most distant part of heaven.
When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory;
For whoever will be ashamed of me, and my words, in this sinful and adulterous generation, of him the Son of man also will be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels.
For whoever will be ashamed of me and my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in his own glory; and that of the Father, and of the holy angels.
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
From Thematic Bible
Foreknowledge » Of God
For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:
But of that day and hour no one knows, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, in order to obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace be to you, and peace be multiplied.
Prescience » Foreknowledge
For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:
But of that day and hour no one knows, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, in order to obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace be to you, and peace be multiplied.
Topics on Foreknowledge
Foreknowledge Of Christ
John 6:64But there are some among you who believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he was that would betray him.
God's Foreknowledge
Acts 2:23him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay: