Bible verses about "vocation" | Tyndale

¹⁶ Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forthe frute and that youre frute remayne that whatsoever ye shall axe of the father in my name he shulde geve it you.

¹⁶ Then the .xi. disciples went awaye into Galile in to a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them. ¹⁷ And when they sawe hym they worshipped him. But some of them douted. ¹⁸ And Iesus came and spake vnto them sayinge: All power ys geve vnto me in heve and in erth. ¹⁹ Go therfore and teache all nacions baptysinge them in the name of the father and the sonne and the holy goost: ²⁰ Teachinge them to observe all thynges what soever I comcommaunded you. And lo I am with you all waye even vntyll the ende of the worlde.

¹⁷ And Iesus sayde vnto them: folowe me and I will make you fisshers of men. ¹⁸ And strayght waye they forsoke their nettes and folowed him. ¹⁹ And when he had gone a lytell further thence he sawe Iames the sonne of zebede and Ihon his brother even as they were in the shyppe mendinge their nettes. ²⁰ And anone he called them. And they leeft their father zebede in the shippe with his hyred servauntes and went their waye after him.

¹⁷ but even as God hath distributed to every man. As the lorde hath called every person so let him walke: and so orden I in all congregacios. ¹⁸ Yf eny man be called beynge circumcised let him adde nothinge therto. Yf eny be called vncircumcised: let him not be circucised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothinge vncircumcision is nothinge: but the kepyng of the comaundmentes of god is altogether. ²⁰ Let every man abyde in the same state wherin he was called. ²¹ Arte thou called a servaut? care not for it. Neverthelesse yf thou mayst be fre vse it rather. ²² For he that is called in the lorde beynge a servaunt is the lordes freman. Lykwyse he that is called beynge fre is Christes servaut. ²³ Ye are dearly bought be not mennes seruauntes. ²⁴ Brethren let everye man wherin he is called therin abyde with God.

¹ I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called ² in all humblenes of mynde and meknes and longe sufferynge forbearinge one another thorowe love ³ and that ye be dyliget to kepe ye vnitie of ye sprete in the bonde of peace ⁴ beynge one body and one sprete eve as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge. ⁵ Let ther be but one lorde one fayth one baptim: ⁶ one god and father of all which is above all thorow all and in you all. ⁷ Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the measure of ye gyft of christ. ⁸ Wherfore he sayth: He is gone vp an hye and hath ledde captivitie captive and hath geven gyftes vnto men. ⁹ That he ascended: what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth? ¹⁰ He that descended is even the same also that ascended vp even above all hevens to fulfill all thinges. ¹¹ And the very same made some Apostles some prophetes some Evangelistes some Sheperdes some Teachers: ¹² yt the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ

¹⁴ For many are called and feawe be chosen.

¹⁸ The sprete of the lorde vpon me because he hath annoynted me: to preache ye gospell to ye poore he hath sent me: and to heale the broken harted: to preache delyverauce to the captive and sight to the blinde and frely to set at lyberte them that are brused

¹ I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called ² in all humblenes of mynde and meknes and longe sufferynge forbearinge one another thorowe love ³ and that ye be dyliget to kepe ye vnitie of ye sprete in the bonde of peace ⁴ beynge one body and one sprete eve as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge. ⁵ Let ther be but one lorde one fayth one baptim: ⁶ one god and father of all which is above all thorow all and in you all. ⁷ Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the measure of ye gyft of christ. ⁸ Wherfore he sayth: He is gone vp an hye and hath ledde captivitie captive and hath geven gyftes vnto men. ⁹ That he ascended: what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth? ¹⁰ He that descended is even the same also that ascended vp even above all hevens to fulfill all thinges. ¹¹ And the very same made some Apostles some prophetes some Evangelistes some Sheperdes some Teachers: ¹² yt the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ ¹³ tyll we every one (in the vnitie of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of god) growe vp vnto a parfayte man after ye measure of age of the fulnes of Christ.

⁴ As we have many members in one body and all members have not one office: ⁵ so we beynge many are one body in Christ and every man (amoge oure selves) one anothers mebers Seynge ⁶ that we have dyvers gyftes accordynge to the grace that is geven vnto vs: yf eny man have ye gyft of prophesye let him have it that it be agreynge vnto the fayth. ⁷ Let him that hath an office wayte on his office. Let him that teacheth take hede to his doctrine. ⁸ Let him that exhorteth geve attendaunce to his exhortacion. Yf eny man geve let him do it with singlenes. Let him that ruleth do it with diligence. Yf eny man shewe mercy let him do it with cherfulnes.

¹ I therfore which am in bondes for the lordes sake exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called