Lexicon :: Strong's G1586 - eklegomai

“If the Lord had not cut those days short, no one would be saved. But he cut those days short for the sake of the elect, whom he chose.

When daylight came, he summoned his disciples, and he chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

“but one thing is necessary.[fn] Mary has made the right choice,[fn] and it will not be taken away from her.”

He told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

Jesus replied to them, “Didn’t I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”

“I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats my bread[fn] has raised his heel against me.

“You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

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

Then they prayed, “You, Lord, know everyone’s hearts; show which of these two you have chosen

This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch.

“The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty[fn] arm.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,[fn] that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

“we have unanimously decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul,

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.[fn]

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?