Shēnméngjì 7:7

7 Yēhéhuá zhuān aì nǐmen , jiǎnxuǎn nǐmen , bìng fēi yīn nǐmen de rén shǔ duō yú bié mín , yuánlái nǐmen de rén shǔ zaì wàn mín zhōng shì zuì shǎo de .

Shēnméngjì 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:7

The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you
He had done both, and the one as the effect and evidence of the other; he loved them, and therefore he chose them; but neither of them,

because ye were more in number than any people;
not for the quantity of them, nor even for the quality of them:

for ye were the fewest of all people;
fewer than the Egyptians, from whence they came, and than the Canaanites they were going to drive out and inherit their land, ( Deuteronomy 7:1 ) . Those whom God has loved with an everlasting love, and as a fruit of it has chosen them in Christ before the world began to grace and glory, holiness and happiness, are but a small number, a little flock; though many are called, few are chosen; nor are they better than others, being by nature children of wrath even as others, and as to their outward circumstances the poor of this world.

Shēnméngjì 7:7 In-Context

5 Nǐmen què yào zhèyàng daì tāmen , chāihuǐ tāmende jìtán , dá suì tāmende zhù xiàng , kǎn xià tāmende mùǒu , yòng huǒ fùnshāo tāmen diāokè de ǒuxiàng .

6 Yīnwei nǐ guī Yēhéhuá nǐ shén wéi shèngjié de mín . Yēhéhuá nǐ shén cóng dì shàng de wàn mín zhōng jiǎnxuǎn nǐ , tè zuò zìjǐ de zǐmín .

7 Yēhéhuá zhuān aì nǐmen , jiǎnxuǎn nǐmen , bìng fēi yīn nǐmen de rén shǔ duō yú bié mín , yuánlái nǐmen de rén shǔ zaì wàn mín zhōng shì zuì shǎo de .

8 Zhǐ yīn Yēhéhuá aì nǐmen , yòu yīn yào shǒu tā xiàng nǐmen lièzǔ suǒ qǐ de shì , jiù yòng dà néng de shǒu lǐng nǐmen chūlai , cóng wéi nú zhī jia jiùshú nǐmen tuōlí Āijí wáng fǎlǎo de shǒu .

9 Suǒyǐ , nǐ yào zhīdào Yēhéhuá nǐde shén , tā shì shén , shì xìnshí de shén . xiàng aì tā , shǒu tā jièmìng de rén shǒu yuē , shī cíaì , zhídào qiā daì .