Mat 7:13, 22:14, Luk 14:24, Rom 8:30, 1Th 2:13, 2Th 2:13-14, Jam 1:23-25 | ESV | STEP | Enter by the narrow gate . For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction , and those who enter by it are many .

v[See ver. 13 above]

w ch. 2:12; [Gal. 2:4; 5:1, 13; 1 Pet. 2:16; 2 Pet. 2:19]; See John 8:32

Matthew 7:13

13 ^a“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy ^{▼▼Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy} that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.

Matthew 22:14

14 For many are ^ccalled, but few are ^dchosen.”

Luke 14:24

24 For I tell you, ^{▼▼The Greek word for you here is plural} ^fnone of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”

Romans 8:30

30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also ^gjustified, and those whom he justified he also ^hglorified.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

13 And ⁱwe also thank God constantly ^{▼▼Or without ceasing} for this, that when you received ^kthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^lnot as the word of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but as what it really is, the word of God, ⁿwhich is at work in you believers.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Stand Firm

13 But ^owe ought always to give thanks to God for you, ^pbrothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you ^qas the firstfruits ^{▼▼Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning} ^sto be saved, ^tthrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you through ^uour gospel, ^vso that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

James 1:23-25

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, ^wthe law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, ^xhe will be blessed in his doing.