Reference: Chosen
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spoken of warriors (Ex 15:4; Jg 20:16), of the Hebrew nation (Ps 105:43; De 7:7), of Jerusalem as the seat of the temple (1Ki 11:13). Christ is the "chosen" of God (Isa 42:1); and the apostles are "chosen" for their work (Ac 10:41). It is said with regard to those who do not profit by their opportunities that "many are called, but few are chosen" (Mt 20:16). (See Election of Grace.)
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"Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen."
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
So the last will be first, and the first last."
not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.