Mark 13:20
If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.
Isaiah 65:8-9
This is what the LORD says: "Just as new wine is found in the cluster, and people have said, "Don't destroy it, for there is a gift in it,' so I'll act for my servants' sake, by not destroying them all.
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 6:13
Even though a tenth of its people remain in it, it will once again be burned, like a terebinth or an oak tree, the stump of which, though the tree has been felled, still contains holy seed."
Zechariah 13:8-9
It will come about in all of the land," declares the LORD, "that two thirds of the people living there will die, but a third will survive who live there.
Matthew 24:22
If those days hadn't been limited, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be limited.
Romans 11:5-7
So it is at the present time: there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
Romans 11:23-24
If the Jews do not persist in their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, because God is able to graft them in.
Romans 11:28-32
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake, but as far as election is concerned, they are loved for the sake of their ancestors.