Not with words only. Note that the "power" refers to the ones who brought the Good News. The reasons why they are "chosen" are: (1) the power and conviction with which Paul, Silas, and Timothy brought this Good News to them; (2) the fact that they received the Good News with joy. You know how we lived. Paul points to the power, the Holy Spirit, and complete conviction of truth as it is clearly seen in the lives of himself and his associates. This, he says, is proof that God loves you and has chosen you. [God backed up the apostles with miracles (Acts 19:11-12). However, some think these things ended when Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D.]

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