Matthew 24:22
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.
Matthew 24:24
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
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.
John 11:52
11:52 and not for the Jewish nation
only,
but to gather together
into one the children of God who are scattered.)
John 17:9
17:9 I am praying
on behalf of them. I am not praying
on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.
John 17:1
Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him
17:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you –
Colossians 1:22
1:22 but now he has reconciled you
by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
Colossians 1:2
1:2 to the saints, the faithful
brothers and sisters
in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you
from God our Father!
Colossians 1:6
1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel
is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing
among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
Colossians 4:15
4:15 Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters
who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her
house.
Colossians 1:24
1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.