Called By God

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

For many are called, but few chosen.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”

I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.

And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies. — read the full passage →

By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written, — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. — read the full passage →

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; — read the full passage →

Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask; I am found by those who didn’t seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are: — read the full passage →

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. — read the full passage →

Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child. — read the full passage →

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?