21 Bible Verses about Chosen Disciples

And when it was day, He called His disciples. And He chose twelve of them, whom He also named apostles:

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you shall 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, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

I do not speak of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me."

Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? And one of you is a devil?

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

until the day He was taken up, having given directions to the apostles whom He chose, through the Holy Spirit;

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

But the Lord said to him, Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

knowing, beloved brothers, your election of God.

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

Therefore, brothers, rather be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall.

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them. For He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with Him are the called and elect and faithful ones.

(for the children had not yet been born, neither had done any good or evil; but that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who called,)

And after much disputing, Peter rose up and said to them, Men, brothers, you recognize that from ancient days God chose among us that through my mouth the nations should hear the Word of the gospel, and believe.

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Even so then, also in this present time a remnant according to the election of grace has come into being.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, of Galatia, of Cappadocia, of Asia, and of Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are;