耶和華專愛你們，揀選你們，並非因你們人數比任何民族多，其實你們的人數在各民族中是最少的。

“耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们，并非因你们的人数多于别民，原来你们的人数在万民中是最少的。

耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们，并非因你们人数比任何民族多，其实你们的人数在各民族中是最少的。

耶和华专爱你们，拣选你们，并非因你们人数比任何民族多，其实你们的人数在各民族中是最少的。

“耶和华喜爱你们、拣选你们，不是因为你们的人口比别的民族多——其实你们在万族中是最小的——

耶和华喜爱你们，拣选你们，并不是因为你们的人数比别的民族多，其实你们的人数在万族中是最少的；

「耶和華專愛你們，揀選你們，並非因你們的人數多於別民，原來你們的人數在萬民中是最少的。

耶和華專愛你們，揀選你們，並非因你們人數比任何民族多，其實你們的人數在各民族中是最少的。

「耶和華喜愛你們、揀選你們，不是因為你們的人口比別的民族多——其實你們在萬族中是最小的——

耶和華喜愛你們，揀選你們，並不是因為你們的人數比別的民族多，其實你們的人數在萬族中是最少的；

永恆主傾心於你們，揀選你們，並不是因為你們比任何別族之民多（你們在萬族之民中原是最少的）；

耶和華悅爾選爾、非為爾多於他邦之民、爾數較之維寡、

爾較凡民、其數維寡、耶和華愛爾擇爾、非為爾曹眾多也、

主悅爾、選擇爾、非為爾較諸國之民、人數眾多、爾原較諸民、人數維寡、

The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

The Lord chose you because he loved you very much. He didn’t choose you because you had more people than other nations. In fact, you had the smallest number of all.

It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,

“ The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!

“ 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.

“ The Lord did not make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples,

The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;

Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:

“ The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye[ were] the fewest of all people:

It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;

你的列祖七十人下埃及，現在耶和華－你的上帝卻使你如同天上的星那樣多。」

既是靠恩典，就不憑行為，不然，恩典就不再是恩典了。

難道陶匠沒有權從一團泥裏拿一塊做成貴重的器皿，又拿一塊做成卑賤的器皿嗎？

耶和華啊，榮耀不要歸與我們，不要歸與我們；要因你的慈愛和信實歸在你的名下！

你們這小羣，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。

雙胞胎還沒有生下來，善惡還沒有行出來，為要貫徹上帝揀選人的旨意，不是憑着人的行為，而是憑着那呼召人的，上帝就對利百加說：「將來，大的要服侍小的。」正如經上所記：「雅各是我所愛的；以掃是我所惡的。」這樣，我們要怎麼說呢？難道上帝有甚麼不義嗎？絕對沒有！因他對摩西說：「我要憐憫誰就憐憫誰，要恩待誰就恩待誰。」

不是我們愛上帝，而是上帝愛我們，差他的兒子為我們的罪作了贖罪祭；這就是愛。

由此看來，上帝要憐憫誰就憐憫誰，要使誰剛硬就使誰剛硬。

你們看父賜給我們的是何等的慈愛，讓我們得以稱為上帝的兒女；我們也真是他的兒女。世人不認識我們的理由，是因他們未曾認識父。

要追想你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕和生你們的撒拉；因為我選召亞伯拉罕時，他只有一個人，但我賜福給他，使他增多。

通往生命的門是窄的，路是小的，找到的人也少。」

關於以色列人，以賽亞喊着：「雖然以色列人多如海沙，得救的將是剩下的餘數，因為主要在地上施行他的話，徹底而又迅速。」又如以賽亞先前說過：「若不是萬軍之主給我們存留餘種，我們早已變成所多瑪，像蛾摩拉一樣了。」