By this phrase, Ammon indicates that his converts are considered the elect of God. To the elect of God, the Lord has given the promise that they will not be lost, And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day (Jn 6:39). With his apostles, except Judas, Jesus accomplished this task. In the great intercessory prayer, he said, I kept them in my name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition (Jn 17:12).