The New birth comes after hearing/believing the gospel

Show me where ἐκλεκτός is equated with ‘all men”! ἐκλεκτός is never used in connection with “all men”. God chooses those who believe in the gospel. God foreknows who will believe, he does not predetermine who will believe.

Doug
The all men means the elect, the all means the elect in this context Rom 8:32-34

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
 
Those who were justified by the blood of Christ, shall one day live by Faith.
Faith is required before justification


Rom 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

Gal 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

Rom 10:9–10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.

Rom 3:24–25 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

Gal 3:8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

Rom 3:26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus

Rom 3:30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
 
Faith is required before justification
Faith is required to be given to them who have already been justified by Christ, for the just shall live by faith. All for whom Christ died have been made righteous Romans 5:19 and sooner or later they will be made to live by faith
 
Faith is required to be given to them who have already been justified by Christ, for the just shall live by faith. All for whom Christ died have been made righteous Romans 5:19 and sooner or later they will be made to live by faith
Sorry there is no justification of unbelievers



Rom 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,



Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.


Gal 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.


Rom 10:9–10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.


Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.


Rom 3:24–25 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;


Gal 3:8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”


Rom 3:26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus


Rom 3:30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
 
Yes it is that's just like saying there is no justification for sinners
Sorry there is no justification of unbelievers

To be justified one must have faith


Rom 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,



Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.


Gal 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.


Rom 10:9–10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.


Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.


Rom 3:24–25 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;


Gal 3:8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”


Rom 3:26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus


Rom 3:30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
 
That's like saying there's no justification for sinners
Big difference

As Justification is offered only to those who believe


Rom 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,



Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.


Gal 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.


Rom 10:9–10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.


Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.


Rom 3:24–25 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;


Gal 3:8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”


Rom 3:26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus


Rom 3:30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
Unbelievers on the other are not justified
John 3:18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Mark 16:16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

2 Thess 2:12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
 
Answered all ready. He was dead to him. Dead means absense of life.
Death means separation of the soul from the body. The metaphorical expression, “dead to me”, echoes the meaning of spiritual death; out of relationship, not companions, not friends. When we are spiritually dead, we are separated from God, out of positive relationship. We are not incapable of responding to God, but we naturally don’t want to. But God can, through the Holy Spirit, reach out to us and make us aware of our sin and guilt. We can comprehend and respond to that movement of God.

Incidentally, the spelling is absence…not absense.


Doug
 
Death means separation of the soul from the body. The metaphorical expression, “dead to me”, echoes the meaning of spiritual death; out of relationship, not companions, not friends. When we are spiritually dead, we are separated from God, out of positive relationship. We are not incapable of responding to God, but we naturally don’t want to. But God can, through the Holy Spirit, reach out to us and make us aware of our sin and guilt. We can comprehend and respond to that movement of God.

Incidentally, the spelling is absence…not absense.


Doug
Quite correct, as the Spiritually dead may

Romans 10:8–13 (LEB) — 8 But what does it say? “The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim), 9 that if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation. 11 For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who is rich to all who call upon him. 13 For “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Revelation 2:21–22 (LEB) — 21 And I have given her time in order to repent, and she did not want to repent from her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I am throwing her into a sickbed and those who committed adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent from her deeds.

Luke 11:32 (LEB) — 32 The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here!

Ezekiel 18:30–32 (LEB) — 30 “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one according to his ways,” declares the Lord Yahweh. “Repent and turn around from all of your transgression, and it will not be as a stumbling block of iniquity to you. 31 Throw away from yourselves all of your transgressions that you committed, and make for yourselves a new heart and new spirit, and so why will you die, house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying,” declares the Lord Yahweh. “And so repent and live!”

Zechariah 1:6 (LEB) — 6 However, did not my words and my regulations which I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? And they repented and said, ‘Yahweh of hosts planned to do with us according to our ways, and according to our deeds so he has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”

Matthew 11:21 (LEB) — 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Acts 8:22 (LEB) — 22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and ask the Lord if perhaps the intent of your heart may be forgiven you!”

Acts 17:30 (LEB) — 30 Therefore although God has overlooked the times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

2 Corinthians 7:9 (LEB) — 9 now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved according to the will of God, so that you suffered loss in no way through us.

2 Corinthians 7:10 (LEB) — 10 For grief according to the will of God brings about a repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.

2 Peter 3:9 (LEB) — 9 The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
 
The all men means the elect, the all means the elect in this context Rom 8:32-34

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
So what’s your point? Paul is not talking about “all men”, and doesn’t even say “all men”, but refers to “delivered him up for us all” referring specifically to those already believers.

Doug
 
You deny scripture

Justification is offered only to those who believe


Rom 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,



Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.


Gal 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.


Rom 10:9–10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.


Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.


Rom 3:24–25 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;


Gal 3:8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”


Rom 3:26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus


Rom 3:30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
Unbelievers on the other are not justified
John 3:18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

Mark 16:16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

2 Thess 2:12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
 
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