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.
Instead, just like God, the one who chose you to belong to him, is ◄holy/separate from evil►, you also must be ◄holy/separate from evil► in everything that you do, because it is {someone/Moses has} written in the Scriptures that God said, "You must be ◄holy/separate from evil► because I am ◄holy/separate from evil►."
One of the reasons why God chose you is that you would suffer. When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you, in order that you would ◄imitate what/do like► he did.
When people do evil things to you or insult you, do not ◄retaliate/repay them by► doing evil things to them or insulting them. Instead, ask God to bless them, because that is what you have been chosen by God {what God called you} to do, in order that you may receive a blessing from him.
God saved us and chose us to conduct our lives in a pure way. It was not our doing good deeds/actions that caused him to do this for us—something that we did not deserve. Instead, before ◄time began/he created the world► he purposed/planned to be kind to us as a result of what Christ Jesus would do for us.
Because God has invited you to be his people, you can certainly trust him to keep on helping you to do that.
All we believers form just one group [MET], and we have only one Holy Spirit. Similarly, you were chosen {God chose you} in order that you all might confidently keep expecting one set of good things from God.
Instead, I concentrate only on continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him in heaven.
A resposta à chamada
Deus é fiel, pelo qual fostes chamados. Ele nos escolheu, nos capacitou e nos enviou com propósito eterno.
You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom unbelievers despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective what unbelievers consider to be important. He did that in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
And we know that to those/us who love God, he works out all things that happen to them/us in a way that produces good spiritual benefits for us. He does these things for those/us whom he has chosen, because that was (OR, was according to) what he planned to do.
We thank God that he chose you as a result of our proclaiming the message about Christ to you, in order that you might ◄share in/have► some of the glory that our Lord Jesus Christ has.
Peter answered them, "Each of you should turn away from your sinful behavior. Then we(exc) will baptize you, if you now believe in Jesus Christ. Then God will give you the Holy Spirit.
You did not decide to become my disciples. Instead, I chose you, so that you would do many things that please him [MET]. The results of what you do will last forever. I also chose you so that my Father will do for you whatever you, using my authority, ask him to do [MTY].
This is what Yahweh said:
"I was ready to reply to my people,
but no one requested me to help them.
I was ready to help even those who did not call out to me.
I continued to say, ‘I am here to help you!’