¹⁴ “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”^(A)

²² “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect^(A) those days will be shortened.

⁷ And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out^(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

³³ Who will bring any charge^(A) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves^(A) with compassion, kindness, humility,^(B) gentleness and patience.^(C)