Calvinism

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

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. — read the full passage →

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: — read the full passage →

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

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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

For by grace are ye 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 sheweth mercy.

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to 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 Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate 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 alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

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

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. — read the full passage →

For many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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

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

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

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Wherefore, my beloved, 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the 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 men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

For all have sinned, and come 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 →

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

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

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

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of 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 →

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 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 also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; — read the full passage →

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, — read the full passage →

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

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

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. — read the full passage →

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

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

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

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame 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 any good or evil, 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, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

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

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

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

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.