1. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. (John 15:16)
2. In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will. (Ephesians 1:11)
3. For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. (Colossians 1:9)
4. . . and he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ. (Ephesians 1:9)
5. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has call you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (Ephesians 1:18a)
6. However, as it is written: No eye has seen, nor ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him — but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)
With Regard to What the Calling is All About
7. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations . . . (Matthew 24:14a)
8. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. . . (Matthew 28: 19a)
9. . . . and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations . . . (Luke 24:47b)
10. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. (John 17:18)
11. After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language . . . (Revelation 7:9a)
The Means to Do Will of God
12. As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. (1 John 2:27a)
13. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. (Psalms 32:8)
14. . . . . and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength. (Ephesians 1:19b)
15. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, (Ephesians 3:20a)
16. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. (Hebrews 12:1)
17. being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion (Philippians 1:6a)
