But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to
And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be g
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He gr
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Juda
Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obe
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His vo
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different g
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Yo
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet no
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.