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

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

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;