THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 12:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.
כִּ֠י לֹֽא־יִטֹּ֤שׁ יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ בַּעֲב֖וּר שְׁמ֣וֹ הַגָּד֑וֹל כִּ֚י הוֹאִ֣יל יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת אֶתְכֶ֛ם ל֖וֹ לְעָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Phil 1:6Being confident of this very thing: that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.
- Deut 14:2Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth.
- Ps 106 (105):8
- Deut 7:7Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:
- Deut 7:8But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.
- Rom 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
- Jer 14:21Give us not to be a reproach, for thy name's sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
- Josh 7:9The Chanaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land, will hear of it, and being gathered together will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?