¹⁴ For many are ^(A)called, but few are ^(B)chosen.”

¹⁰ Therefore, brothers,^[a] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and ^(A)election, for if you practice these qualities ^(B)you will never fall.

²³ And someone said to him, “Lord, ^(A)will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, ^24 (B)“Strive ^(C)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

¹⁴ They ^(A)will make war on the Lamb, and ^(B)the Lamb will conquer them, for he is ^(C)Lord of lords and ^(D)King of kings, and those with him are ^(E)called and chosen and faithful.”

^13 (A)“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy^[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. ¹⁴ For the gate is narrow and ^(B)the way is hard that leads to life, and ^(C)those who find it are few.

¹⁶ So ^(A)the last will be first, and the first last.”

²² And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for ^(A)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.