in that verse... the very elect does not mean degrees or levels ( for example .... the soup is i.e cold, more cold, or very cold ) .... it is more of a singling out, a distinction, .... as compared to those who are not the elect or just religious....
As an ordained Minister in the Church of the Future tm.
I am one of the “Exempt”.
That however doesn’t mean I can’t be hoodwinked,especially
by a cute girl with a hood. I do however know the secret
meaning of , “a hand shake and a piece of pie”.
Church of the Future Tm.
Wasteing the present, expanding on the past,
into the future.
Try our sacred wafers, they’re trippy.
Agreed.