John 15:16
You did not choose me. I chose you and appointed you. You should go and bear fruit and your fruit should remain. Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 6:70
Jesus replied: Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil (false accuser) (slanderer) (demon).
John 13:18
I do not speak about all of you. I know whom I have chosen! This way the scripture may be fulfilled: 'He that eats my bread lifted up his heel against me.'
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.
Genesis 18:18
Abraham will definitely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him.
Psalm 71:18
And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your strength to this generation, your power to all who are to come.
Psalm 78:4-6
We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength and his wondrous works that he has done.
Psalm 145:4
One generation shall praise your works to another. They will declare your mighty acts.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who gains life is wise.
Isaiah 27:6
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill the entire world with fruit.
Isaiah 49:1-3
Listen to this, you islands! Pay attention you people far away. Jehovah chose me long before I was born. He recorded my name while I was in my mother's womb.
Isaiah 55:10-13
As the rain and the snow come down from the sky, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
Jeremiah 1:5-7
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.
Micah 5:7
Like dew from Jehovah the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples. It will be like showers upon the grass that do not wait for man or for sons of men.
Zechariah 1:4-6
Do not be like your fathers! The former prophets declared: 'Jehovah of Hosts said, I implore you, return from your evil ways, and from your wicked activities! But they did not listen, they paid no attention to me,' said Jehovah.
Matthew 21:22
You will receive the things you ask for in prayer when you have faith.
Matthew 28:18-19
Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying: All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
Mark 16:15-16
He said to them, Go into the entire world, and preach the good news to the whole creation.
Luke 6:13
The next day he called his disciples to choose from them twelve, whom he named apostles (ambassadors) (messengers):
Luke 24:47-49
Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 14:13-14
Whatever you ask in my name, I will do. That way the Father may be glorified because of the Son.
John 15:7-8
If you remain with me, and my words remain with you, ask whatever you will, and it will be done for you.
John 16:23-24
You will ask me for nothing then. Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
John 20:21-23
Jesus therefore said to them again: May you have peace. As the Father sent me, even so I send you.
John 21:15-17
When they had eaten Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said: Yes Lord; you know I have affection for you. Jesus said to him: Feed my lambs.
Acts 1:8
You will receive power, when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 1:24
They prayed: You O Jehovah, know the hearts of all men. Show us which of these men you choose.
Acts 9:15
The Lord said to him: Be on your way. This man is a chosen vessel to bear my name to the people of the nations, and kings and the children of Israel.
Acts 10:41
However, all the people did not see him. Witnesses who were previously chosen by God saw him. We who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead saw him.
Acts 20:25-28
I know all of you and have preached the kingdom with you. But you will not see me again.
Acts 22:14
He said: 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will. You are to see his righteous servant, and to hear him speak with his own voice.
Romans 1:5
Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, respecting his name.
Romans 1:13
I want you to know, brothers, that I was often determined to come to you, but was hindered until now, that I might have some fruit among you as well as the rest of the nations.
Romans 9:11-16
When they had not yet been born nor performed anything good or vile, so the purpose of God regarding the choosing would continue without dependence on works but on the One who calls.
Romans 9:21
Or does the potter not have authority over the clay? Can he make out of the same lump one vessel to honor, and another for common use? (Jeremiah 18:6)
Romans 15:4
The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction, that we through endurance and the encouragement from the Scriptures might have hope.
Romans 15:15-19
Nevertheless, brothers, I have written more boldly to you on some points, keeping you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me from God,
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God caused the growth.
1 Corinthians 9:16-18
Though I preach the good news I do not brag about it. Preaching the good news is my duty (obligation) and I must do it! It would be terrible if I did not preach the good news!
1 Corinthians 10:11
These things happened for examples, and they are written for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.
Galatians 1:15
It pleased God to separate me even from my mother's womb and call me through his grace.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship created with Christ Jesus for good works. God prepared these works in advance that we should walk in them.
Colossians 1:6
It came to you even as it did. Everywhere in the entire world it bears fruit and it increases in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace (loving-kindness) of God in truth.
Colossians 1:23
Provided that you continue in the faith, grounded (on the foundation) and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good news you heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven. For this I, Paul, was made a minister.
1 Timothy 2:7
Because of this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle. What I say is true, not false, and I am a teacher of the nations in the true faith.
2 Timothy 1:11
I was appointed to be a messenger of this good news, an apostle, and a teacher.
2 Timothy 2:2
What you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
From childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise to salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:5
I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you should correct the things that were defective, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave you orders.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through this he was commended as righteous. God testified about his gifts. Thus through faith he still speaks even though he is dead.
James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
1 Peter 1:14-21
Live as children of obedience. Do not fashion yourself according to your former lusts, for you were ignorant at that time.
1 Peter 3:2
Your husband could see your chaste behavior coupled with respect (reverence).
1 Peter 3:15
Sanctify the Christ as Lord (kurios: master) in your hearts. Always be ready to answer every man who asks you a reason for your hope, yet with meekness (mildness) and respect!
1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (atonement) (sacrificial payment) for our sins.
1 John 4:19
We love, because he first loved us.