Acts 17:23
For as I passed along and observed the things you worship, I found also an altar bearing the inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' "The Being, therefore, whom you, without knowing Him, revere, Him I now proclaim to you.
Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.
Mark 13:20
and but for the fact that the Lord has cut short those days, no one would escape; but for the sake of His own People whom He has chosen for Himself He has cut short the days.
Romans 9:6
Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,
Romans 11:7
How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.
Galatians 4:8-9
But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were living apart from Christ, estranged from the Commonwealth of Israel, with no share by birth in the Covenants which are based on the Promises, and you had no hope and no God, in all the world.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
that you be not overmastered by lustful cravings, like the Gentiles who have no knowledge of God;