Bible verses about "calling" | Twentieth_Century

³⁸ "Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

⁶ Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

⁹ But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.

¹⁰ God, from whom all help comes, and who called you, by your union with Christ, into his eternal glory, will, when you have suffered for a little while, himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

⁷ For God's Call to us does not permit of an impure life, but demands purity.

¹⁶ It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my Name.

²⁶ Look at the facts of your Call, Brothers. There are not many among you who are wise, as men reckon wisdom, not many who are influential, not many who are high-born; ²⁷ But God chose what the world counts foolish to put its wise men to shame, and God chose what the world counts weak to put its strong things to shame,

¹ I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

⁴ There is but one Body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your Call.

¹¹ With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the Call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith. ¹² Then, in the loving-kindness of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ, will the name of Jesus, our Lord, be honour ed in you, and you in him.

⁴ For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,

²⁹ For God never regrets his gifts or his Call.

¹⁰ Therefore, Brothers, do your best to put God's Call and Selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.

¹ I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received; ² Always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another, ³ And striving to maintain in the bond of peace the unity given by the Spirit.