and requested from him letters [of authority] to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he should find any who were of the Way, both men or women, he might bring them, having been bound, to Jerusalem.

And as he was going, it came about that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.

And all those who heard were astounded, and were saying, "Is this not the one who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might take them having been bound, to the chief priests?"

And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

And now, what are you going to do? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all who call upon Him.

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear apart from a preacher?

to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all those who in every place are calling on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Flee youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.