Chamada
A chamada de Deus é irrevogável. Ele nos chamou das trevas para a sua maravilhosa luz — para sermos santos, discípulos e instrumentos de sua graça no mundo.
Chamados por Deus
Fostes chamados para a liberdade. A chamada de Deus é dom irrevogável que nos convida à santidade e ao serviço.
15 but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all {your} conversation;16 because it is written, Be ye holy, for *I* am holy.
9 who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to {his} own purpose and grace, which {was} given to us in Christ Jesus before {the} ages of time,
24 He {is} faithful who calls you, who will also perform {it}.
4 {There is} one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
14 I pursue, {looking} towards {the} goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.
A resposta à chamada
Deus é fiel, pelo qual fostes chamados. Ele nos escolheu, nos capacitou e nos enviou com propósito eterno.
9 God {is} faithful, by whom ye have been called into {the} fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
28 and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, {and} things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;29 so that no flesh should boast before God.
28 But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
14 whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to {the} obtaining of {the} glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
38 And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and {that} ye should bear fruit, and {that} your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.
1 I am sought out of them that inquired not {for me}, I am found of them that sought me not; I have said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.