Calvinism

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

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

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

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed 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 to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

for by grace you have 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 who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →

“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. — read the full passage →

for by grace you have 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 writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.” — read the full passage →

For many are called, but few chosen.”

For this commandment which I command you this day is not too hard for you or too distant. — read the full passage →

For he said 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 it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to 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 complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, 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 one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

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 →

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

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, 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 →

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in 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 those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

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

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.

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

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

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

The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him. — read the full passage →

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

He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” — read the full passage →

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

And he is the atoning sacrifice 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 has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. — read the full passage →

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for 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 you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be. — read the full passage →

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

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

But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

This is the judgment, that the light has 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 didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

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:

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

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

among whom we also all once lived in the lust 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 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 has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

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

Oh 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 said 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 tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.

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

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants. — read the full passage →

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

For concerning 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 remains faithful. He can’t deny himself.”

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ 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 would be holy and without defect before him in love; — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

For 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 who calls,

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.

I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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.