Calvinism

No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: — read the full passage →

And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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 us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; — read the full passage →

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. — read the full passage →

For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby. — read the full passage →

For many are called, but few chosen.

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. — read the full passage →

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. — read the full passage →

because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. — read the full passage →

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

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: — read the full passage →

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. — read the full passage →

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

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

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. — read the full passage →

and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus? — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. — read the full passage →

So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. — read the full passage →

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction: — read the full passage →

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

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be: — read the full passage →

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

But the scripture shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, — read the full passage →

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

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: — read the full passage →

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. — read the full passage →

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

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

At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: — read the full passage →

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: — read the full passage →

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

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