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|txtha=κλήσεως, ἡ ([[καλέω]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[calling]], [[calling]] to ([[Xenophon]], [[Plato]], others)).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[call]], [[invitation]]: to a [[feast]] ([[Xenophon]], symp. 1,7); in the N. T. [[everywhere]] in a [[technical]] [[sense]], the [[divine]] [[invitation]] to [[embrace]] [[salvation]] in the [[kingdom]] of God, [[which]] is made [[especially]] [[through]] the preaching of the gospel: [[with]] the genitive of the [[author]], τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀμεταμέλητα ... ἡ [[κλῆσις]] τοῦ Θεοῦ, God does [[not]] [[repent]] of the [[invitation]] to [[salvation]], [[which]] he [[decided]] of [[old]] to [[give]] to the [[people]] of Israel, and [[which]] he promised [[their]] [[fathers]] (i. e. the patriarchs), ἡ [[ἄνω]] ([[which]] [[see]] (a.)) [[κλῆσις]] τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ, [[which]] [[was]] made in [[heaven]] by God on the [[ground]] of Christ, ἡ [[ἐπουράνιος]] [[κλῆσις]], καλεῖν τινα κλήσει, ἀξιουν τινα κλήσεως is used of [[one]] whom God declares [[worthy]] of the [[calling]] [[which]] he has commanded to be given him, and [[therefore]] [[fit]] to [[obtain]] the blessings promised in the [[call]], [[ὑμῶν]], [[which]] ye [[have]] shared in, 1 Corinthians 7:20.