God Defines Criteria To Be God’s Friend

English “Friend” emboldened in James 2:23 was translated from Greek adjective 5384 philos that describes and qualifies “seven thousand” “election” as God’s “friends” as documented in John 15:13-17 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” Ye are  my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you” “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you”. I can not overemphasize the importance of understanding this paragraph as an integral part of understanding God’s entire bible. English “chosen” emboldened in John 15:16 were correctly translated from Greek verb 1586 eklegomai which is the verb form of Greek adjective 1588 eklektos and Greek feminine noun 1589 ekloge which was one time translated into “chosen” in Acts 9:15 and “election” in 2Peter 1:10-11 1Thessalonians 1:2-5 Romans 9:11 and Romans 11:4-7, 25-32. Greek adjective 1588 eklektos was 7 times translated into English “chosen” and 16 times into “elect”. Greek adjective 1588 eklektos describes and qualifies God’s “seven thousand” “chosen” “elect” “election”. Greek verb 1586 eklegomai Greek feminine noun 1589 ekloge and Greek adjective 1588 eklektos exemplify how God designed his bible to work because Jesus, in John 15:16, was speaking to 11 of his “apostles” [after the death of “Judas Iscariot”]. Greek feminine noun 1589 ekloge translated into “chosen” in Acts 9:15 refers to the 12^th apostle “Paul”. Proving that God’s “apostles” are among God’s “seven thousand” “chosen” “elect” “election”. When we see the English bible words “us” “we” “our” “ourselves” and “us-ward” the bible writers were not referring to the grammatical objects of the world’s 4,351 religions. The bible writers are specifically referring to God’s “seven thousand” “chosen” “elect” “election” who are not among the grammatical objects of the world’s 4,351 religions who are among Romans 11:7’s “the rest” in “What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded” Romans 11:7’s “the rest” is everyone other than God’s “seven thousand” “chosen” “elect” “election”.