What is God's elect? The LORD always reserves a remnant.

2. Greek leimma
Something left over; a remainder.
A piece of fabric remaining after the rest
has been used or sold.
A surviving trace or vestige.
A small surviving group of people. Often
people
used in the plural.

3. Greek eklogē
the act of picking out, choosing
› of the act of God's free will by which before
the foundation of the world he decreed his
blessings to certain persons
› the decree made from choice by which he
determined to bless certain persons through
Christ by grace alone
a thing or person chosen
› of persons: God s elect
God's

4. Greek charis
good will, loving-kindness, favour
› of the merciful kindness by which God,
exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns
them t Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases
th to Ch i t k t th i
them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection,
and kindles them to the exercise of the
Christian virtues
Also translated “favor”

5. Even so then at this present time also
there is a remnant according to the
election of grace.
l i f
And if by grace, then [is it] no more of
works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if [it be] of works, then is it no more
grace: otherwise work is no more work.
th i ki k

6. Greek eklektos
G k kl kt
picked out, chosen
› chosen by God
God,
to obtain salvation through Christ
› Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God
the Messiah is called "elect", as appointed
by God to the most exalted office
conceivable
choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or
class, excellence preeminent: applied to
certain individual Christians

7. And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: b f the elect's sake those days
d but for h l ' k h d
shall be shortened.
For there shall arise false Christs, and
false prophets, and shall shew great signs
and wonders; iinsomuch th t if [it were]
d d h that, ]
possible, they shall deceive the very
elect.
elect