'Choice' in the Bible

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers;

Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.