26 Bible Verses about vocation

I THEN, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;

Let every one abide in the calling in which he is called.

Wherefore also we pray continually for you, that our God would count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

that ye may walk worthy of the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make sure your calling and election: for by doing these things, ye shall never at any time stumble:

Only conduct yourselves worthily as becometh the gospel of Christ; that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul wrestling together in the faith of the gospel;

I press towards the mark for the prize of the divine calling from on high in Christ Jesus.

There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye have been called to one hope of your calling;

but should I be delayed, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the pedestal of truth.

For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many fleshly wise, not many men in power, not many men of high birth, are called:

For hereunto have ye been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving you a pattern, that ye should follow his steps;

that ye should walk worthy of God, as calling you into his kingdom and glory.

to the church of God which is at Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, with all those who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both their's and our's:

FOR this cause [am] I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints,

for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, contemplate the apostle and high-priest whom ye confess, Jesus Christ;

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God,

praying at every opportunity with all prayer and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose with perseverance and intercession for all the saints;

Strain every nerve in the noble conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

And as he was of the same occupation, he abode with them, and worked, (for by trade they were tent-makers:)

praying also at the same time for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, that I may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains:

PAUL the apostle (not [sent] from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and our Father who raised him from the dead),

Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake.

For this cause therefore have I invited you hither, to see and to converse with you; for on account of the hope of Israel am I bound with this chain.