Worthy of Being Saved

Πᾶν τὸ ἄξιον σωτηρίας ηὑρέθη, τὸ δ' ἀνάξιον διὰ τὴν ἀματανοησίαν καὶ τὴν πώρωσιν οὐχ εὑρῆσθαι λέγεται· Ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπάρχει ὥσπερ ὁ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ κατάλειμμα σωθήσεται, ἤτοι τὸ λεγόμενον παρὰ τῷ Ἀποστόλῳ λεϊμμα κατ' ἐκλογὴν χάριτος σωζόμενον διὰ πίστεως. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΞ', Ναυκρατιῳ

Everyone is found to be worthy of salvation, yet it is also said they shall be found unworthy on account of impenitence and hardness of heart. For if they are like the sands of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved, 1 or, according to that passage of the Apostle, according to the choice of grace, salvation is through faith. 2 St Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 260, To Naukratios 1 Rom 9. 27, Isa 10. 22 2 Rom 11.5