THEOSIS1 Chronicles 16:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
זֶ֚רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדּ֔וֹ בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּחִירָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 7:6Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be his peculiar people of all peoples that are upon the earth.
- Ps 135 (134):4
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- Gen 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Gen 35:10Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.
- Gen 35:12And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Ex 19:5If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.
- Ex 19:6And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.