15 Bible Verses about election, responsibilities of

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Matthew 3:16-17

And after Jesus was immersed, he came up immediately from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him. And lo, a voice from heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

Matthew 12:15-21

But Jesus perceived it, and withdrew from that place. And many multitudes followed him, and he cured them all. And he charged them not to make him known; that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:read more.
Be hold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul delights. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall declare law to the Gentiles. He shall not contend, nor cry out; nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking wick he shall not extinguish, till he shall send forth his law for conquest. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

1 Peter 1:18-21

because you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without spot and blemish, who was indeed foreordained before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,read more.
who through him do believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 2:4-6

Coming to him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by man, but in the sight of God, chosen and precious, you, also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, that you may offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, chosen, precious; and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

Luke 6:13-16

And when it was day, he called to him his disciples; and from them he chose twelve, whom he also 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 Alphreus, and Simon who is called Zelotes,read more.
Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was also the traitor.

Mark 3:14-19

And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have authority to cure diseases, and to cast out demons. And Simon he surnamed Peter;read more.
and James the sou of Zebedee, and John the brother of James: and these he surnamed Boanerges, which means, sons of thunder: and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the Son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up. And they went into a house:

John 6:70

Jesus answered them: Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

Acts 1:2

till the day on which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen.

Acts 9:15-16

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

Acts 22:14-15

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of his mouth; for you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

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