'Elect' in the Bible

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.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

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.