22 Bible Verses about Calling
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Behold your calling brethren: that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:
I therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you, to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye are called,
Wherefore the rather, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election firm; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.
I have made thee a father of many nations) before God in whom he believed, as quickning the dead, and calling the things that are not, as though they were:
But one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, and reaching forth unto the things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called to day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin:
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
From Thematic Bible
Calling » The lord calling
Now the God of all grace, who hath called us by Christ Jesus to his eternal glory, after ye have suffered a while, himself shall perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood:
God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship 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 saith to me, Write: Happy are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true sayings of God.
And we know, that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose. For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, conformable to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. And whom he predestinated, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
For who hath resisted his will? Nay, but who art thou, O man, that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, out of the same mass to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour? What if God, being willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, yet endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction? read more.
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, whom he had before prepared for glory? Even us whom he hath called, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles: As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.
to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness: But to them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
For he that is called by the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman; and in like manner, he that is called being free, is the servant of Christ. Ye are bought with a price; do not become the servants of men. Brethren, let every one wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Calling » What not to call someone
But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven. Neither be ye called Masters; for one is your Master, even Christ.
And he said to them, Ye know it is unlawful for a Jew to join with or come to one of another nation; but God hath shewed me, to call no man common or unclean.
Calling » Many being called
Calling » Not many noble or mighty men being called
Behold your calling brethren: that not many wise men after 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 to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out, not knowing whither he went.
Calling In Christ's Name
Acts 9:21But all that heard were amazed, and said, Is not this he who destroyed those that call on this name at Jerusalem? And came hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?
Calling upon God
2 Timothy 2:22Flee also youthful desires; but follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace with them that call upon the Lord, out of a pure heart.
Calling, Attitudes Of
Ephesians 4:1I therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you, to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye are called,
Calling, Description Of
Hebrews 3:1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high-priest of our profession,
Calling, Of Christians
2 Timothy 1:9not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began;
Calling, Of Individuals
Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, being called to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out, not knowing whither he went.
Calling, The Goals Of
1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Confidence, God's Calling
Romans 8:33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
God Calling Jew And Gentile
John 10:16I have also other sheep which are not of this fold: I must bring them likewise, and they will hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, and one shepherd.
Name Calling
Ephesians 4:29Let no corrupt discourse proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good, to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.