Matthew 7:14
But the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.
Acts 14:22
reassuring the disciples and encouraging them to stand by the faith and reminding them that we have to undergo many hardships to get into the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 16:24-25
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.
Matthew 20:16
So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last."
Matthew 22:14
For many are invited but few chosen."
Matthew 25:1-12
"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 8:34
And he called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross and follow me.
Luke 12:32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.
Luke 13:23-30
And someone said to him, "Are only a few to be saved, Master?" He said to them,
John 15:18-20
If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.
John 16:2
They will exclude you from their synagogues; why, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing religious service to God.
John 16:33
I have told you all this, so that through me you may find peace. In the world you have trouble; but take courage! I have conquered the world."
Romans 9:27-29
And Isaiah cries out about Israel, "Although the sons of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,
Romans 9:32
And why? Because they did not seek it through faith, but through doing certain things. They stumbled over that stone that makes people stumble,
Romans 11:5-6
So too at the present time there is a remnant selected by God's mercy.
Romans 12:2
You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is??hat is good, pleasing, and perfect.
Ephesians 2:2-3
in the midst of which you once lived under the control of the present age of the world, and the master-spirit of the air, who is still at work among the disobedient.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-5
and I sent my brother Timothy, a servant of God in preaching the good news of the Christ, to strengthen you in your faith
1 Peter 3:20-21
who had once been disobedient, when in Noah's time God in his patience waited for the ark to be made ready, in which a few people, eight in all, were brought safely through the water.