15 Bible Verses about election, responsibilities of

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Matthew 3:16-17

and Jesus being baptized went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon him. And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 12:15-21

But Jesus knowing it departed thence, and great multitudes followed him; and he cured them all, and charged them not to make him known; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying;read more.
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my spirit on him, and he shall declare judgment to the nations. He shall not strive nor cry aloud, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax shall be not extinguish, till he sends forth judgment to victory. And in his name shall nations hope.

1 Peter 1:18-21

knowing that you were not redeemed from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers, with destructible things, silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish, and without a spot; who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but made manifest in these last times for you,read more.
who through him believed in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

1 Peter 2:4-6

To whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed by men but approved by God, elect, precious, do you also yourselves be built up living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ, for it is said in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

Luke 6:13-16

And when it was day he called his disciples; and having chosen twelve of them, whom he named apostles, Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James, the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zealot,read more.
Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor,

Mark 3:14-19

And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them out to preach, and have power to cast out demons. And he gave to Simon the name of Peter. [He appointed him],read more.
and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James??nd he gave them the names of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder??18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And they came into a house,

Acts 1:2

till the day that having given charge to the apostles whom he chose by the Holy Spirit he was taken up;

Acts 9:15-16

But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and the children of Israel; for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name.

Acts 22:14-15

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth, for you shall be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

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