Quotes About Calling

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lordís freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christís slave.

Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

But when God, who set me apart from my motherís womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

Surely you have heard about the stewardship of Godís grace that was given to me for you,

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of Godís grace, given me through the working of His power.

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner 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;

But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.