Bible verses about "vocation" | Riverside

¹⁶ It was not you who chose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

¹⁶ The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed to meet them, ¹⁷ and they saw him and bowed down before him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ Jesus came to them and talked with them. He said, "To me has been given all authority in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to keep all the commands that I have given you. And, behold, I am with you all the days to the end of the world."

¹⁷ Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." ¹⁸ They immediately left their nets and followed him. ¹⁹ Going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John in their boat, mending their net. ²⁰ Immediately he called them. They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him away.

¹⁷ But, as the Lord has allotted to each, let each go on living as when God called him. So I prescribe in all the churches. ¹⁸ Was any one already circumcised when called? Let him not efface it. Was any one called when uncircumcised? Let him not become circumcised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God is all. ²⁰ Let each stay in that condition in which he was called. ²¹ Were you called when a slave? Let it not trouble you. On the contrary, even if you can become free, take it in preference. ²² For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman. Just so the free man, when called, is the slave of Christ. ²³ You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men. ²⁴ Let each one, brethren, stay in that condition in which he was called, close to God.

¹ I, THE prisoner of the Lord, beg you, then, to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called, ² with all modesty and gentleness, being slow to anger, bearing with one another in love, ³ earnest in keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called with one hope that belongs to your calling, ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. ⁷ To each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ⁸ Therefore it says, "He ascended on high; he led away captives; he gave gifts to men." ⁹ What does "he ascended" mean, except that he had descended into the lowest parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is also he who "ascended" high above all the heavens to fill all things. ¹¹ And he "gave" to some to be apostles, some prophets, some tellers of the good news, some shepherds and teachers, ¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the work of service, for building up the body of Christ,

¹⁴ For many are invited, but few are chosen."

¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and sight to the blind, to set at liberty the crushed,

¹ I, THE prisoner of the Lord, beg you, then, to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called, ² with all modesty and gentleness, being slow to anger, bearing with one another in love, ³ earnest in keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called with one hope that belongs to your calling, ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. ⁷ To each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ⁸ Therefore it says, "He ascended on high; he led away captives; he gave gifts to men." ⁹ What does "he ascended" mean, except that he had descended into the lowest parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is also he who "ascended" high above all the heavens to fill all things. ¹¹ And he "gave" to some to be apostles, some prophets, some tellers of the good news, some shepherds and teachers, ¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the work of service, for building up the body of Christ, ¹³ until we all attain oneness in the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, and the maturity of manhood and the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

⁴ For as in one body we have many members and the members do not all have the same function, ⁵ so we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another. ⁶ Having gifts differing according to the grace given to us, if it is prophecy, let us use it according to the proportion of our faith; ⁷ if it is service, let us use it in service. Let the teacher use his gift in teaching. ⁸ Let the exhorter use his gift in exhorting. Let him who gives do it in simplicity. Let him who manages do it earnestly. Let him who helps the needy do it cheerfully.

¹ I, THE prisoner of the Lord, beg you, then, to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,