Christ, who said to the disciples, 'You have not chosen me, but I have…

C. S. Lewis
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Christ, who said to the disciples, 'You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,' can truly say to every group of Christian friends, 'You have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.'
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