Deu 7:6-8, Psa 65:4, 135:4, Joh 15:16, Eph 1:4, 1Pe 2:9 | ESV | STEP | For you are a people holy to the Lord your God . The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession , out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth .

Deuteronomy 7:6-8

6 “For ^ayou are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be ^ba people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but ^cit is because the Lord loves you and is keeping ^dthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Psalms 65:4

4 ^eBlessed is the one you choose and bring near,
to ^fdwell in your courts!
We shall be ^gsatisfied with the goodness of your house,
the holiness of your temple!

Psalms 135:4

4 For the Lord has ^hchosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his ⁱown possession.

John 15:16

16 You did not choose me, but ^jI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^kbear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^lwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Ephesians 1:4

4 ^meven as he ⁿchose us in him ^obefore the foundation of the world, that we should be ^pholy and blameless before him. In love

1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are ^qa chosen race, ^ra royal ^spriesthood, ^ta holy nation, ^ua people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^vout of darkness into ^whis marvelous light.