Bible Verses about โchosenโ
The Bible contains 25 verses about chosen across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โWe know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.โ
โ"Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."โ
โBut you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:โ
โPut on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;โ
โYou didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.โ
โFor whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.โ
โJesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"โ
โWhom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.โ
โAll who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.โ
โBehold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.โ
โNow the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,โ
โeven as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;โ
โhaving predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,โ
โFor you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.โ
โFor there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.โ
โUnless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.โ
โThen they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.โ
โBut when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,โ
โFor many are called, but few chosen."โ
โThen if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.โ
โBut you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.โ
โBut in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,โ
โthe stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.โ
โAs the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.โ
โFor you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.โ
