You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
“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
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world,
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ J
We love because He first loved us.
But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
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
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to t
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for
In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He wil
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to
We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,
And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen
when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and p
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encourage
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the a
that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you s
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for c
to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose fr
Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obe
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approva
Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has b