Acts 13:48.   And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Rom 8:28,30.   And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ...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. Rom 11:7.   What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Eph 1:5,11.   Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, ...In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 2 Tim 1:9-10.   Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: