15 Bible Verses about election, responsibilities of

but a voice came from the cloud, "This is my Son, my Chosen one; listen to him."

Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

but as Jesus knew of it he retired from the spot. Many followed him, and he healed them all, charging them strictly not to make him known ??17 it was for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah, Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.read more.
He will not wrangle or shout, no one will hear his voice in the streets. He will not break the bruised reed, he will not put out the smouldering flax, till he carries religion to victory: and the Gentiles will hope in his name.

you know it was not by perishable silver or gold that you were ransomed from the futile traditions of your past, but by the precious blood of Christ, a lamb unblemished and unstained. He was predestined before the foundation of the world and has appeared at the end of the ages for your sake;read more.
it is by him that you believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; and thus your faith means hope in God.

come to him then ??come to that living Stone which men have rejected and God holds choice and precious, come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For thus it stands in the scripture: Here I lay a Stone in Sion, a choice, a precious cornerstone: he who believes in him will never be disappointed.

and when day broke he summoned his disciples, choosing twelve of them, to whom he gave the name of 'apostles': Simon (to whom he gave the name of Peter), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon (who was called 'the Zealot'),read more.
Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who turned traitor).

He appointed twelve to be with him, also that he might despatch them to preach with the power of casting out daemons; there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,read more.
James the son of Zebedaeus and John the brother of James (he surnamed them Boanerges, or "Sons of thunder"), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the zealot, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. Then they went indoors,

Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!"

When I say 'you,' I do not mean you all; I know the men of my choice, and I made my choice that this scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.

are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser;

down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel. I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, to see the Just One, and to hear him speak with his own lips. For you are to be a witness for him before all men, a witness of what you have seen and heard.

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, with brother Sosthenes,