John 10:27-29
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me;
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
John 17:11
I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.
Romans 9:18
Thus God has mercy on anyone just as he pleases, and he makes anyone stubborn just as he pleases.
Romans 9:23-24
What if he means to show the wealth that lies in his glory for the objects of his mercy, whom he has made ready beforehand to receive glory ??24 that is, for us whom he has called from among the Gentiles as well as the Jews?
Romans 15:12-13
or again, as Isaiah says, Then shall the Scion of Jessai live, he who rises to rule the Gentiles; on him shall the Gentiles set their hope.
Ephesians 1:12-13
to make us redound to the praise of his glory by being the first to put our hope in Christ.
1 Peter 5:3-5
not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock.