Acts 17:23
for as I was passing along, and looking at what ye worshipped, I found an altar on which there was inscribed, "To the unknown God." Whom therefore ye worship unknown, Him do I declare unto you.
Matthew 24:22
And unless those days be shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.
Mark 13:20
And if the Lord did not shorten those days, none could escape: but for the sake of the elect, whom He hath chosen, He hath shortened those days.
Romans 9:6
Not that the word of God hath failed. For they are not all Israel, who are descended from Israel.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he sought: but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded,
Galatians 4:8-9
But then indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which in reality are no gods.
Ephesians 2:12
and ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus,
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in the passion of lust, like the heathens who know not God.