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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He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Sea of Suf.
The LORD did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones 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 David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen."
"Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
So the last will be first, and the first last."
not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.