G0138–αἱρέω–ahireō

But if to live in the flesh, --[ergänzt: if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

αἱρήσομαι hairēsomai “will I choose”

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

εἵλατο eilato “has chosen”

choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

ἑλόμενος helomenos “having chosen”