Many are called but few are chosen

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1. One of the sayings of Jesus, suggesting that salvation (see also salvation) is difficult to attain.

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Many are called but few are chosen

Many are called, but few are chosen to what can be a stomach-churning profession.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2014

Of the two sermons I remember but one, and this from the text "Many are called but few are chosen," and the comments were Calvinism of the most rigid school.

From Half a Century by Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

"Many are called, but few are chosen," and so matters move along slowly from generation to generation, a few forms serving to carry on the evolutionary urge to their descendants.

From A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga by William Walker Atkinson

She had often thought there was something quite too sad, nay, almost cruel, in the text: "Many are called, but few are chosen."

From Tales of Two Countries by William Archer

The text was: "Many are called, but few are chosen."

From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Paul Heyse