'Choice' in the Bible

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

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.

knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;

And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,

For this is contained in Scripture:“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”