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Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:7 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
  • BSB everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
  • NKJV Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
  • NASB Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
  • NLT Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.’”

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Quick answer

All who are called by God's name were created, formed, and made for His glory. It reveals that the purpose of God's people is to glorify Him.

Overview

God grounds His regathering in the very purpose of creation: His glory. Bearing His name means belonging to Him and reflecting His honor. This purpose is fulfilled in Christ, in whom redeemed people from all nations are made to display the glory of God's grace.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 27

  • Eph 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Isa 43:21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
  • Eph 1:12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • 1 Pet 2:9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • Rom 9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
  • Isa 62:2–5And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
  • Isa 43:1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
  • Ps 100:3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
  • Isa 48:11For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
  • Isa 56:5Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
  • John 15:8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
  • Ps 50:23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
  • Rev 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
  • Jer 33:16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
  • Isa 29:23But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
  • Ps 95:6–7O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
  • John 3:3–7Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 11:26And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
  • Eph 2:4–7But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
  • Jas 2:7Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
  • Eph 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
  • Isa 63:19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
  • Gal 6:15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
  • Titus 3:5–7Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
  • 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • 1 Pet 4:14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • 1 Pet 4:11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 43:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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