But many shall be, the first the last, and the last the first.
So the last shall be the first, and the first shall be the last; for many be called, but few be chosen.
And lo! they that were the first, be the last; and they that were the last, be the first.
Ye ran well; who hindered you that ye obeyed not to the truth?
Therefore dread we, lest peradventure while the promise of entering into his rest is left, that any of us be guessed to be away [or to fail].