not.

1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead--Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 3:3
so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

Exodus 9:16
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display to you My power, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose--even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Ezekiel 38:10-17
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. . . .

Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born."

Acts 1:20, 25
"For it is written in the book of Psalms: 'May his dwelling be deserted; let there be no one to live in it, ' and, 'May another take his office.' . . .

Acts 13:48
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

Romans 9:11-23
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's plan of election might stand, . . .

2 Timothy 2:19, 20
Nevertheless, God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His, " and, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity." . . .

1 Peter 2:8
and, "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the message--and to this they were appointed.

2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with tales they have concocted. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Jude 1:4
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed--ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

obtain.

Romans 11:7, 30
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:13, 14
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. . . .

1 Timothy 1:13, 16
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. . . .

2 Timothy 2:10
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: