21 Bible Verses about Chosen Disciples

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

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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

I speak not of you all; I know whom I chose; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, "He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel against me."

Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you twelve? and one of you is a devil!

And they prayed saying, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which of these two thou hast chosen

until the day in which, after he had through the Holy Spirit given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

Salute Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who is mine also.

But the Lord said to him, Go; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, 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 blameless before him;

since we know, brethren beloved of God, that he hath chosen you;

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth;

Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye will never fall.

These will make war with the Lamb; and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that Gods purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,

And after much debate, Peter rose up and said to them, Brethren, ye know that a long time ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the glad tidings, and believe.

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong;

In the same way then at this present time also there is a remnant, according to the election of grace.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.

and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;