- Deuteronomy 7:6 (NIV):
“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.”
- Isaiah 43:10 (NIV):
“‘You are my witnesses,’ declares the Lord, ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.”
- Matthew 22:14 (NIV):
“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
- John 15:16 (NIV):
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”
- Ephesians 1:4 (NIV):
“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love”
- 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV):
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
- Colossians 3:12 (NIV):
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
- 1 Thessalonians 1:4 (NIV):
“For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,”
- James 2:5 (NIV):
“Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?”
- 1 Peter 1:1-2 (NIV):
“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.”
- John 15:19 (NIV):
“If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”
- Matthew 24:22 (NIV):
“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.”
- Mark 13:20 (NIV):
“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.”
- Romans 8:33 (NIV):
“Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 (NIV):
“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,”
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 (NIV):
“Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (NIV):
“But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.”
- Acts 9:15 (NIV):
“But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.”
- Acts 13:17 (NIV):
“The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country;”
- Acts 15:7 (NIV):
“After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.”
- Romans 9:11 (NIV):
“Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:”
- 1 Timothy 5:21 (NIV):
“I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.”
- 1 Peter 5:13 (NIV):
“She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.”
- Deuteronomy 4:37 (NIV):
“Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,”
- Deuteronomy 10:15 (NIV):
“Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.”
- Psalm 33:12 (NIV):
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.”
- Psalm 105:43 (NIV):
“He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;”
- Isaiah 65:9 (NIV):
“I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.”
- Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV):
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Romans 8:29-30 (NIV):
“For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.”
These verses convey the idea that God has chosen and called individuals to be part of His people and to fulfill His purposes.
