³⁴ I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

⁴⁰ Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;

⁴¹ Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.

²⁵ See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

¹⁶ Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

¹⁷ And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.

¹⁸ Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.

⁴ The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

⁵ And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:

⁶ Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

⁹ The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

¹⁶ Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;

¹⁷ Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

⁴ But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.

⁵ In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.

⁶ But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

⁷ What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

²⁴ Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

⁵ I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.

³ I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.

²⁹ But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not.

²³ But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

⁵ And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.

⁹ See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

³ Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

⁹ Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;