ἐξελέξατο

Detailed Definition

• 1to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self
• 2choosing one out of many, i.e., jesus choosing his disciples
• 3choosing one for an office
• 4of god choosing whom he judged fit to receive his favors and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight
• 5of god the father choosing christians, as those whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in christ, citizens in the messianic kingdom: (james 2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in christ and his merits only