* choose. # De 11:12; Jer 3:19; Eze 20:6; Mt 25:34; 1Co 3:22,23; Eph 1:18| # 1Pe 1:4| * excellency. # 16:3; Isa 60:15; Am 6:8; 8:7; Na 2:2| * whom. # De 7:6-8; 33:3; Ho 14:4; Mal 1:2; Eph 2:4,5; 1Jo 4:9,10|