15 Bible Verses about election, responsibilities of
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And there was a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear ye Him. And while the voice is heard, Jesus is found alone.
And Jesus having been baptized, came up straightway from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove, coming on Him. And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying; This is my beloved Son in whom I delight.
And Jesus having known it departed thence: and many multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. And He charged them much that they should not make Him known. In order that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,read more.
Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul took delight: I will place my Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the Gentiles. He will not strive, nor scream, nor shall any one hear His voice in the streets. The bruised reed He will not break, and He will not quench the smoking wick, until He may send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.
knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold, but by the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and spotless: foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but having been made manifest at the last of the times for the sake of you,read more.
who through him are faithful toward God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope are toward God.
Unto whom going forth, to a living stone, indeed rejected by men, but elect with God, precious, and you, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, into a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, acceptable unto God through Jesus Christ. Because it runs thus in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and the one believing on him can not be ashamed.
And when it was day, He called His disciples to Him: and having chosen twelve from them, 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 Alpheus, and Simon called the Zealot;read more.
and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became His betrayer.
And He made twelve (apostles) that they may be with Him and that He may send them out to preach, and to have power to heal diseases, and to cast out the demons. And He placed the name Peter on Simon;read more.
and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and on them He placed the names Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder: 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.
I do not speak concerning you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
You did not choose me, but I chose you, and placed you in your position, that you may go forth and bear fruit, and your fruit may abide: in order that He may give you whatsoever you may ask in my name.
from the day on which, having given commandment through the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom He had chosen, He was received up.
And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel: for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee to know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice from His mouth; because thou shalt be a witness for Him to all men of those things which thou hast seen and heard.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God,
Paul, called an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Sosthenes,
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