15 Bible Verses about election, responsibilities of

And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.

And Jesus being baptized, went up straightway 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 out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

And Jesus knowing it withdrew from thence; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all. And charged them, not to make him known: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying, Behold my servant,read more.
whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the heathens. He shall not strive nor clamour, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. He shall not break a bruised reed, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the heathens trust.

Seeing ye know ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation delivered by tradition from your fathers, But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, Who verily was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you,read more.
Who thro' him believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope, might be in God.

To whom coming as unto a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen of God and precious, Ye also as living stones are built up, a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God thro' Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

And when it was day, he called to him his disciples, and chose twelve of them, whom also he named Apostles: Simon (whom also he named Peter) and Andrew his brother: James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas,read more.
James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, Jude the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also was the traitor.

And he ordained twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have power to heal diseases and to cast out devils. And Simon he surnamed Peter: And James the son of Zebedee,read more.
and John the brother of James (and he surnamed them Boanerges, that is, the sons of thunder) And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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

I know whom I have chosen, that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit, and your fruit may remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Until the day he was taken up, after having thro' the Holy Ghost given commandment to the apostles, whom he had chosen:

But the Lord said unto him, Go: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before nations and kings, and the children of Israel. For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, to know his will, and see that Just one, and hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be his witness to all men, of what thou hast seen and heard.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God,