2 Tim.2:4-7 – No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier. Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules. The hard-working farmer ought to be …
Gal.1:15,16 – But when He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, This passage is filled with passion and intimate love. Paul is describing his amazement at being chosen …
1 Peter 1:14,15 – As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written: “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.” There are certain words that set …
Heb.10:14-18 – For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,“THIS IS THE COVENANT WHICH I WILL MAKE WITH THEMAFTER THOSE DAYS, DECLARES THE LORD:I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEARTS,AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR MIND,”He then says,“AND …
1 Peter 1:1,2 – To those who reside as strangers….who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: This is a beautiful passage of scripture that blends together our election and the work of the Holy …
Acts 13:2,3 – While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.” Then, when they had fasted, prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. There are two very important things to take …
Eph.1:3,4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. One of the sad mistakes the …
1 Peter 2:9,10 – But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD’S OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE …
1 Peter 2:9 – KJV – But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: Some Bible passages seem to be seared in our minds from the King James …
1 Cor. 1:1,2 – Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus …
