21 Bible Verses about Chosen Disciples

And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles:

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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

I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled,'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen

until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful."

though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad--in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls--

And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,