the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.

古时耶和华向以色列显现，说：‘我以永远的爱爱你，因此我以慈爱吸引你。’

耶和华从远方向我显现：“我以永远的爱爱你，因此，我以慈爱吸引你。”

耶和华从远方向我显现：“我以永远的爱爱你，因此，我以慈爱吸引你。”

从前，耶和华向以色列显现，说：“我以永远不变的爱爱你，我以慈爱吸引你到我身边。

耶和华在古时（“在古时”或译：“从远处”）曾向以色列（按照《马索拉文本》，“以色列”应作“我”；现参照《七十士译本》翻译）显现，说：“我以永远的爱爱你，因此，我对你的慈爱延续不息（“我对你的慈爱延续不息”或译：“我要以慈爱吸引你”）。

古時耶和華向以色列顯現，說：我以永遠的愛愛你，因此我以慈愛吸引你。

耶和華從遠方向我顯現：「我以永遠的愛愛你，因此，我以慈愛吸引你。」

耶和華從遠方向我顯現：「我以永遠的愛愛你，因此，我以慈愛吸引你。」

從前，耶和華向以色列顯現，說：「我以永遠不變的愛愛你，我以慈愛吸引你到我身邊。

耶和華在古時（“在古時”或譯：“從遠處”）曾向以色列（按照《馬索拉文本》，“以色列”應作“我”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯）顯現，說：“我以永遠的愛愛你，因此，我對你的慈愛延續不息（“我對你的慈愛延續不息”或譯：“我要以慈愛吸引你”）。

永恆主從遠方向以色列顯現，說：我以永遠的愛愛了你，因此我對你延長我的堅愛。

民曰耶和華自遠方見於我曰、我以永愛愛爾、故以恆慈導爾、

民曰、昔耶和華顯現示我曰、我永愛爾、施爾以恆忍。

民曰、古昔之時、主顯現於我、或作主自遠方顯現於我曰、我永遠愛爾、故我施爾以恩、

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:“ I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said,“ I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. I have kept on loving you with a kindness that never fails.

the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Long ago the Lord said to Israel:“ I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.

The Lord appeared to him long ago, saying,“ I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with kindness.

The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying:“ Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me,[ saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

In a far-off land the LORD will manifest himself to them. He will say to them,‘ I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.

Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying,“ Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

I led them with human cords, with ropes of love. To them I was like one who eases the yoke from their jaws; I bent down to give them food.

In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love,” says the LORD your Redeemer.“ For this is like the days of Noah to me: when I swore that the water of Noah would never flood the earth again, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

But from eternity to eternity the LORD’s faithful love is toward those who fear him, and his righteousness toward the grandchildren

Indeed he loves the people. All your holy ones are in your hand, and they assemble at your feet. Each receives your words.

We love because he first loved us.

“ The LORD had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors, he brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.Know that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps his gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commands.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

“ I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you ask,“ How have you loved us?”“ Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” This is the LORD’s declaration.“ Even so, I loved Jacob,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,he saved us— not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy— through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.He poured out his Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated for all eternity.

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

Yet the LORD had his heart set on your ancestors and loved them. He chose their descendants after them— he chose you out of all the peoples, as it is today.

Take me with you— let’s hurry. Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad in you; we will celebrate your caresses more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, whether by what we said or what we wrote.May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,

Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage, but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs,since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.

Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me—

There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, the clouds in his majesty.

By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.