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1 Peter 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

My favorite part, "according to foreknowledge". Amen and praise God. Of course he knew.

FOREKNOWL'EDGE, n. Knowledge of a thing before it happens; prescience.

PRESCIENCE, n. presi'ence or pre'shens. [Low L. proescientia; proe, before, and scientia, knowledge.] Foreknowledge; knowledge of events before they take place. Absolute prescience belongs to God only.

Of things of the most accidental and mutable nature, God's prescience is certain.

Jael if you are saved because God looked forwad in time and saw who would accept his offer and he THEN elected them..they are saved by works..it is the most hidious doctrine that says God chose you because you chose Him. It is salvation by works

Jhn 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

That God chose you based on your work is a lie from the pit of hell

1Jo 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.

From The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: "Also in <1 Pet 1:2> those to whom the apostle is writing are characterized as "elect according to the foreknowledge (prognosis) of God," where the election is based on the "foreknowledge." By the prognosis or foreknowledge, however, far more is meant than prescience. It has the idea of a purpose which determines the course of the Divine procedure. If it meant simply pre-vision of faith or love or any quality in the objects of the election, Peter would not only flatly contradict Paul ; but also such a rendering would conflict with the context of this passage, because the objects of election are chosen "unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of .... Christ," so that their new obedience and relation to Christ are determined by their election by God, which election springs from a "foreknowledge" which therefore cannot mean a mere prescience." Oops....I guess you can't fall back on foreknowledge either.