Lexicon :: Strong's G1588 - eklektos

“So the last will be first, and the first last.”[fn]

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

“Unless those days were cut short, no one would[fn] be saved. But those days will be cut short because of the elect.

“For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

“He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

“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.

“For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

“He will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

“Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay helping them?[fn]

The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One! ”

Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother ​— ​and mine.

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.

This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for[fn] the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads[fn] to godliness,

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ:

To those chosen, living as exiles dispersed abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

As you come to him, a living stone ​— ​rejected by people but chosen and honored by[fn] God ​— ​

For it stands in Scripture:

See, I lay a stone in Zion,

a chosen and honored[fn] cornerstone,

and the one who believes in him

will never be put to shame.

But you are a chosen race,[fn] a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises[fn] of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

The elder:

To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth ​— ​and not only I, but also all who know the truth ​— ​

The children of your elect sister send you greetings.

“These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”