G0138–αἱρέω–ahireō

And if to live in the flesh `is' to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

αἱρήσομαι hairēsomai “will I choose”

And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

εἵλατο eilato “has chosen”

having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,

ἑλόμενος helomenos “having chosen”