哥林多前書 1:28
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things-and the things that are not-to nullify the things that are,
神也揀選了世上卑賤的，被人厭惡的，以及那無有的，為要廢掉那有的。
彼得前書 2:9
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.
惟有你們是被揀選的族類，是有君尊的祭司，是聖潔的國度，是屬神的子民，要叫你們宣揚那召你們出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。
申命記 7:6
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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.
The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
因為你歸耶和華你神為聖潔的民；耶和華你神從地上的萬民中揀選你，特作自己的子民。
「耶和華專愛你們，揀選你們，並非因你們的人數多於別民，原來你們的人數在萬民中是最少的。
約翰福音 15:16
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.
不是你們揀選了我，是我揀選了你們，並且分派你們去結果子，叫你們的果子常存，使你們奉我的名，無論向父求什麼，他就賜給你們。
撒母耳記上 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
耶和華卻對撒母耳說：「不要看他的外貌和他身材高大，我不揀選他。因為，耶和華不像人看人：人是看外貌；耶和華是看內心。」
以賽亞書 48:10
See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
我熬煉你，卻不像熬煉銀子；你在苦難的爐中，我揀選你。
約翰福音 15:19
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.
你們若屬世界，世界必愛屬自己的；只因你們不屬世界，乃是我從世界中揀選了你們，所以世界就恨你們。
約翰福音 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
「神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不至滅亡，反得永生。
約翰福音 6:70
Then Jesus replied, "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!"
耶穌說：「我不是揀選了你們十二個門徒嗎？但你們中間有一個是魔鬼。」
羅馬書 8:33
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
誰能控告神所揀選的人呢？有神稱他們為義了（或作：是稱他們為義的神嗎）。
彼得後書 1:10
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
所以弟兄們，應當更加殷勤，使你們所蒙的恩召和揀選堅定不移。你們若行這幾樣，就永不失腳。
民數記 3:41
Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the Lord."
我是耶和華。你要揀選利未人歸我，代替以色列人所有頭生的，也取利未人的牲畜代替以色列所有頭生的牲畜。」
詩篇 89:3
You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
我與我所揀選的人立了約，向我的僕人大衛起了誓：
使徒行傳 22:14
"Then he said: 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.
他又說：『我們祖宗的神揀選了你，叫你明白他的旨意，又得見那義者，聽他口中所出的聲音。
哥林多前書 1:27
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.
神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又揀選了世上軟弱的，叫那強壯的羞愧。
以弗所書 1:4
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For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-
to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
就如神從創立世界以前，在基督裡揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔，無有瑕疵；
又因愛我們，就按著自己意旨所喜悅的，預定我們藉著耶穌基督得兒子的名分，
使他榮耀的恩典得著稱讚；這恩典是他在愛子裡所賜給我們的。
帖撒羅尼迦後書 2:13
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.
主所愛的弟兄們哪，我們本該常為你們感謝神；因為他從起初揀選了你們，叫你們因信真道，又被聖靈感動，成為聖潔，能以得救。
申命記 4:37
Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
因他愛你的列祖，所以揀選他們的後裔，用大能親自領你出了埃及，
帖撒羅尼迦前書 1:4
For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,
被神所愛的弟兄啊，我知道你們是蒙揀選的；
以賽亞書 41:9
I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
你是我從地極所領（原文作抓）來的，從地角所召來的，且對你說：你是我的僕人；我揀選你，並不棄絕你。
以賽亞書 42:1
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.
看哪，我的僕人我所扶持所揀選、心裡所喜悅的！我已將我的靈賜給他；他必將公理傳給外邦。
約翰福音 5:40
yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
然而，你們不肯到我這裡來得生命。
約翰福音 6:44
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
若不是差我來的父吸引人，就沒有能到我這裡來的；到我這裡來的，在末日我要叫他復活。
雅各書 2:5
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?
我親愛的弟兄們，請聽，神豈不是揀選了世上的貧窮人，叫他們在信上富足，並承受他所應許給那些愛他之人的國嗎？
列王記上 11:37
However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.
我必揀選你，使你照心裡一切所願的，作王治理以色列。
羅馬書 9:11
Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad-in order that God's purpose in election might stand:
（雙子還沒有生下來，善惡還沒有做出來，只因要顯明神揀選人的旨意，不在乎人的行為，乃在乎召人的主。）
以弗所書 1:4
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
就如神從創立世界以前，在基督裡揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔，無有瑕疵；
詩篇 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
以耶和華為神的，那國是有福的！他所揀選為自己產業的，那民是有福的！
詩篇 65:4
Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
你所揀選、使他親近你、住在你院中的，這人便為有福！我們必因你居所、你聖殿的美福知足了。
以賽亞書 43:10
"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.
耶和華說：你們是我的見證，我所揀選的僕人。既是這樣，便可以知道，且信服我，又明白我就是耶和華。在我以前沒有真神（真：原文作造作的）；在我以後也必沒有。
路加福音 9:35
A voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him."
有聲音從雲彩裡出來，說：「這是我的兒子，我所揀選的（有古卷：這是我的愛子），你們要聽他。」
使徒行傳 13:48
When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
外邦人聽見這話，就歡喜了，讚美神的道；凡預定得永生的人都信了。
羅馬書 8:29
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.
因為他預先所知道的人，就預先定下效法他兒子的模樣，使他兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。
以弗所書 1:4
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For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-
就如神從創立世界以前，在基督裡揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔，無有瑕疵；
又因愛我們，就按著自己意旨所喜悅的，預定我們藉著耶穌基督得兒子的名分，
提摩太後書 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
神救了我們，以聖召召我們，不是按我們的行為，乃是按他的旨意和恩典；這恩典是萬古之先，在基督耶穌裡賜給我們的，
民數記 3:12
"I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,
「我從以色列人中揀選了利未人，代替以色列人一切頭生的；利未人要歸我。
民數記 16:7
and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the Lord. The man the Lord chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!"
明日，在耶和華面前，把火盛在爐中，把香放在其上。耶和華揀選誰，誰就為聖潔。你們這利未的子孫擅自專權了！」
約翰福音 6:37
All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
凡父所賜給我的人必到我這裡來；到我這裡來的，我總不丟棄他。
使徒行傳 9:15
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.
主對亞拿尼亞說：「你只管去！他是我所揀選的器皿，要在外邦人和君王，並以色列人面前宣揚我的名。
阿摩司書 3:2
"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
在地上萬族中，我只認識你們；因此，我必追討你們的一切罪孽。
羅馬書 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
我不以福音為恥；這福音本是神的大能，要救一切相信的，先是猶太人，後是希利尼人。
羅馬書 9:16
It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
據此看來，這不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎發憐憫的神。
歷代志上 28:6
He said to me: 'Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
耶和華對我說：『你兒子所羅門必建造我的殿和院宇；因為我揀選他作我的子，我也必作他的父。
詩篇 119:173
May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
願你用手幫助我，因我揀選了你的訓詞。
馬太福音 12:18
"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
看哪！我的僕人，我所揀選，所親愛，心裡所喜悅的，我要將我的靈賜給他；他必將公理傳給外邦。
羅馬書 8:29
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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.
因為他預先所知道的人，就預先定下效法他兒子的模樣，使他兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。
預先所定下的人又召他們來；所召來的人又稱他們為義；所稱為義的人又叫他們得榮耀。
彼得前書 1:2
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.
就是照父神的先見被揀選、藉著聖靈得成聖潔，以致順服耶穌基督，又蒙他血所灑的人。願恩惠、平安多多的加給你們。
約書亞記 3:12
Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
你們現在要從以色列支派中揀選十二個人，每支派一人，
羅馬書 8:28
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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.
我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人。
因為他預先所知道的人，就預先定下效法他兒子的模樣，使他兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。
以弗所書 2:8
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-
not by works, so that no one can boast.
For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
你們得救是本乎恩，也因著信；這並不是出於自己，乃是神所賜的；
也不是出於行為，免得有人自誇。
我們原是他的工作，在基督耶穌裡造成的，為要叫我們行善，就是神所預備叫我們行的。
