22 Bible Verses about Calling
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For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are called];
I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,
Wherefore, brothers, use the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure; for doing these things you shall never fall.
as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations before God in whom he believed, who makes the dead alive and calls things which do not exist as existing.??18 who against hope believed in hope that he should become a father of many nations according to the saying shall your posterity be.
I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.
but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of you may be hardened by the deception of sin;
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to a change of mind.
From Thematic Bible
Calling » The lord calling
And may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when you have suffered a little while, himself make you perfect, confirm, strengthen, establish you.
But when God who gave me being and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,
God is faithful by whom you are called into the society of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Calling » Those that call on the lord
Calling » Calling on the lord
Calling » Those that are called by God
And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he told me, These are the true words of God.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to [his] purpose. For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may be a first-born among many brothers; and whom he predestinated them he also called; and whom he called them he also justified; and whom he justified them he also glorified.
Yes indeed, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the work say to him that made it, Why did you make me thus? or has not the potter a right, in respect to the clay, to make of the same mass one vessel to honor and another to dishonor? But if God wishing to show his wrath and to make known his power endured with much long suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, read more.
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for glory, whom he also called, us not of the Jews only but also of the gentiles, as he says also in Hosea, I will call them that were not my people, my people, and her that was not beloved, beloved, and in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called children of the living God.
we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed an offense, and to the gentiles foolishness, but to the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and wisdom of God;
For the servant called in the Lord is the Lord's freeman; in like manner the called freeman is Christ's servant. You are bought with a price; be not servants of men. Let each one continue, brothers, in the calling in which he was called under God.
Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Calling » What not to call someone
But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on the earth, for one is your heavenly Father. Neither be called leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.
and he said to them, You know that it is not lawful for a Jew to associate with a man of another nation, or come into his house; and God has taught me not to call any man common or impure;
Calling » Many being called
Calling » Not many noble or mighty men being called
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are called];
Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of wisdom
Calling » The reward for not calling on the lord
Calling » The calling of God
Calling » Who only calls upon God when they are in trouble
Calling » Who does not call on the lord
Topics on Calling
Abraham, Calling And Life
Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham being called obeyed and went out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
Calling In Christ's Name
Acts 9:21And all that heard him were astonished and said, Is not this he that destroyed those who called on this name at Jerusalem, and has come here for this purpose, that he might lead them bound to the chief priests?
Calling upon God
2 Timothy 2:22But avoid youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Calling, Attitudes Of
Ephesians 4:1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,
Calling, Description Of
Hebrews 3:1Whence, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly call, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Jesus,
Calling, Of Christians
2 Timothy 1:9who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus from eternity,
Calling, Of Individuals
Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham being called obeyed and went out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
Calling, The Goals Of
1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful by whom you are called into the society of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Confidence, God's Calling
Romans 8:33Who will bring a charge against God's elect? It is God that justifies;
God Calling Jew And Gentile
John 10:16And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; and them I must lead, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
Name Calling
Ephesians 4:29Let no evil word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for useful edification, that it may afford benefit to those that hear.