14 πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί. ^[1]

马太22:14，因为被召的人多，选上的人少。

KJV: For many are called, but few are chosen.

ESV: For many are called, but few are chosen.

NIV: For many are invited, but few are chosen.

BARBY: For many are called ones, but few chosen ones. ^[2]

彼前1:9：惟有你们是被拣选的族类，

9 Ὑμεῖς δὲ γένος ἐκλεκτόν, · ^[3]

KJV: But ye are a chosen generation, 

ESV: But you are a chosen race,

NIV: But you are a chosen people,

彼前1:9中的ἐκλεκτόν作为adjective 修饰γένος，中文译作“被拣选的族类”，无论是中文翻译，还是英文翻译都很难讲ἐκλεκτόν拣选这个字误认为是动词。

但是马太22:14这节经文的英文译本，诸如KJV、ESV、NIV则容易将“拣选”这个字误认为是动词，尤其是不少华人信徒看英文版是比中文版更可靠的版本，就说那里是“拣选”的作为，但和合本本身翻译得非常好“被召的人”和“选上的人”，这个紫色部分的“人”非常重要，跟英文版BARBY后面所加的ones 是高度一致的。因为这里的kλητοί and ἐκλεκτοί are predicate adjective.^[4]而不是动词的被动式。

^[1] Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, et al., eds., The Greek New Testament, Fifth Revised Edition. (Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2014), Mt 22:14.

^[2] John Nelson Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages (Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, 1996), Mt 22:14.

^[3] Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, et al., eds., The Greek New Testament, Fifth Revised Edition. (Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2014), 1 Pe 2:9.

^[4] Charles L. Quarles, Matthew, ed. Andreas J. Köstenberger and Robert W. Yarbrough, Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament (B&H Academic, 2017), 259.