Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Isaiah 65:8-9
This is what the Lord says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants -- I will not destroy everyone.
Matthew 24:24
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Matthew 24:31
And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Isaiah 6:13
Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."
Zechariah 13:8
It will happen in all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.
Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen."
Mark 13:20
And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.
Luke 18:7
Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
Romans 9:11
even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) --
Romans 11:25-31
For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
2 Timothy 2:10
So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.