and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

The Calling of Matthew

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.

Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”

He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.

“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?”

He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times

Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

The Parable of the Bags of Gold

“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests

Gethsemane

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.

That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”

“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!”

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”

“a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners

Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.

So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.

Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.

Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.

Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said,

The Way of the Cross

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.

Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.”

And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight.

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.

Gethsemane

They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”

A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.

“What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers.

And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”

They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).

When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”

But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,

but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him,

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles:

Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

The Wise and Foolish Builders

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.

Jesus and John the Baptist

John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them,

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’

and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida,

A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”

She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.”

and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’

And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’

“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.

So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’

“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.

He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’

As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them,

But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives,

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.

Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.

Jesus Arrested

While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him,

Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people,

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.

Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

On the Road to Emmaus

Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”

“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—

After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”

When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs.

Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.

“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered.

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city.

Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.

they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks to the Onlookers

While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.

If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed,

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”),

At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen.

and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”

In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.

And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.

Cornelius Calls for Peter

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.

Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants.

The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.

Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.’

“The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

When Barnabas and Saul had finished their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark.

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,

and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers.

Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them,

After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”

He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.”

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Paul Transferred to Caesarea

Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.

When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: “We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation.

However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,

We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island.

As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure,

Paul Ashore on Malta

Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta.

Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard

Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—

Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.

And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Jews and the Law

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

As he says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people; and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”

and, “In the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,

for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.

But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

Concerning Change of Status

Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.

Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so.

For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.

Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),

Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?

For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

No Other Gospel

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Paul Called by God

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.

Life by the Spirit

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ

Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)—

Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my co-workers for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me.

encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.