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1 Thessalonians 1:4
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
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Greek-English Dictionary
(divine) selection (abstractly or concretely)
1. the act of picking out, choosing
a. of the act of God's free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons
b. the decree made from choice by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ by grace alone
2. a thing or person chosen
a. of persons: God's elect
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.