it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love

We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth,

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you.

The proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte from Antioch.

And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.

For in him all the divine fulness chose to dwell;

and by him it chose to reconcile all things alike on earth or in heaven to himself; making peace by him, through the blood of his cross.

and after the question had been much canvass'd, Peter rose up, and said, my brethren, you know that a considerable time since God chose me from among you to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, and bring them to the faith.

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

Behold, my Boy whom I chose, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will declare justice to the Gentiles.

consider, my dear brethren, has not God chose the poor of this world to be rich by faith, and to inherit the kingdom he has promised to those who love him?

then he chose twelve of them to be near his person, and afterwards to be gospel-missionaries.

and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are,

I speak not about you all. I have seen whom I chose, but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me lifted up his heel against me.

until a day in which he was taken up, having commanded, through Holy Spirit, the apostles whom he chose,

For since in accordance with the wisdom of God the world had never in reality, by means of its wisdom, come to know God, God chose through the nonsense of the message proclaimed, to save the people who put their faith in Him.

chose to unveil His Son in me, so that I might preach the good news about Him among the heathen, at once, before I conferred with any human creatures,

and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,

For there are eunuchs [i.e., men who do not have normal sexual activity] who are born that way; then there are eunuchs who were made that way by undergoing a surgical operation; then there are [also] eunuchs who purposely chose to avoid normal sexual activity for the sake of [ministering in] the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept such an arrangement [i.e., of not marrying], should do so."

he was a burning and a shining lamp, and you chose to rejoice for a while in his light.

"The Holy Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me [i.e., specially chose me] to preach good news to poor people. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to those who are captives [i.e., to sin]; recovery of sight to the [spiritually as well as physically] blind; to set free those who are oppressed [i.e., by Satan] and

but of one thing there is need; for Mary chose the good part, which, indeed, shall not be taken away from her."

And they prayed and said, You, Lord, knower of all hearts, show which one You chose from these two,

And at the feast the procurator was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose;

This message was about Jesus from Nazareth and how God specially chose Him [and signified it] by giving Him the Holy Spirit and power. He traveled all over doing good [for people] and healing everyone who was [being] oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Then it seemed wise to the apostles and the elders, [along] with the entire church, to select men from their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. So, they chose Judas, who was [also] called Barsabbas, and Silas, [who were] principal men among the brothers.

And there was a sharp dispute, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus: but Paul chose Silas and departed,

And at the feast he released to them a prisoner, whomsoever they chose.

Jesus answered them, "I chose you, the Twelve, didn't I? Yet one of you is a devil."

And Jesus took the loaves; and giving thanks, gave to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sat down; and in the same manner of the fishes, as much as they chose.

Verily, verily I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself, and walked whither you chose; but when you have become old, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall gird you, and lead you whither you would not.

[And] we were not looking for honor from people, either from you or from anyone else, even though, as apostles of Christ, we could have become a burden [to you]. [Note: The idea seems to be that the apostles could have claimed financial support, but chose not to].

You have loved what is right and hated what is wrong, therefore God, your God [i.e., the Father], has placed you above your companions when He anointed you [i.e., specially chose you] with the oil of joy [i.e., your selection as king was a joyous occasion]."

No one who wars tangles with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

who previously knew me a long while ago, (if they chose to bear testimony,) that according to the most precise sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

But I say unto you, That Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done by him whatsoever they chose: even so also must the Son of man suffer by them.

God has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?

And he went up into a mountain, and called to him those whom he chose; and they came to him.

But I say unto you, that Elias is come, and they have done to him whatsoever they chose, as it is written of him.

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth,

Instead, poured out in emptiness, a servant's form did he possess, a mortal man becoming. In human form he chose to be,

And as they chose not to have God in knowledge, God delivered them to an adulterated purpose, to do things not fitting;

"Take your wage and begone! I chose to give to this last man the same as to you.

They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

After these things the Lord chose seventy others also, and sent them out two by two before His face, into every place and city, where He was about to come.

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

Though I could rely on outward privilege, if I chose. Whoever thinks he can rely on that, I can outdo him.

Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we chose to be left at Athens alone,

who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

but I chose to do nothing without thy consent, that thy benefit may be not as from necessity, but willingly.

But when God, who chose me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased