Matthew 24:22
for unless the time was to be short, very few could escape, but for the sake of the converts the time shall be short.
Romans 11:2-6
God hath not discarded his people whom he formerly approv'd. don't you know what the scripture says of Elias? how he complain'd to God against Israel,
Revelation 3:4
thou hast a few persons in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 11:2-3
but don't measure the court which is without; for it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they trample under foot two and forty months.