⁷ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;