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

²⁶ Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷ Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

⁸ For it is by grace^(A) you have been saved,^(B) through faith^(C)—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

²⁰ to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently^(A) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.^(B) In it only a few people, eight in all,^(C) were saved^(D) through water,