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Calling An invitation or summons God issues to people to follow him. Christians are "called" through the gospel (2 Thes 2:14). Not everyone who receives God's calling obeys that call.
Key KJV Scriptures:
1 Corinthians 1:9; Ephesians 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Timothy 1:9
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
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1 Corinthians 1:9 (KJV)
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 4:1 (KJV)
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2 Thessalonians 2:13 (KJV)
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
2 Thessalonians 2:14 (KJV)
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1:9 (KJV)
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,