17我们像雅各一样,也是在出生之前蒙拣选的。在已过的永远里,在神还未开始创造任何东西之前,祂就拣选了我们。……甚至在创立世界以前,神就注意我们,在已过的永远里拣选了我们。……雅各这个顽皮的人,抓脚跟的人,抓夺的人,蒙了神的拣选。这决定了他的将来。神的拣选是雅各一生的起源和开始。不要以为你是偶然得救的。不,我们的得救乃是神拣选的完成。……我们蒙神拣选是照着祂的预知(彼前一2,罗八29)。……在我们出生之前,神就预先知道我们。 17We, like Jacob, were also chosen before we were born. In eternity past, before God began to create anything, He chose us…Even before the foundation of the world, God paid attention to us by selecting us in eternity past…Jacob, the naughty one, the heel holder, the supplanter, was chosen by God. This was what determined his future. God’s selection was the origination, the initiation, of Jacob’s life. Do not think that you were saved by accident. No, our being saved was a fulfillment of God’s selection. Our being chosen by God was according to His foreknowledge (1 Pet. 1:2; Rom. 8:29)… Before we were born, God foreknew us.