Funny, the elect keep saying how they are the “ELECT” and the rest of us are just the rest of us. Mark’s version was more accurate.
I am not Calvinist in my way of thinking, but if you understood who the "elect" are from Scripture, you would also include yourself in the group. It is simply those who God knew before the world began - because he is all-knowing and beyond time - would accept the gift of eternal life and become his by-faith children. He predestined that all those who trusted in Jesus Christ would be sanctified, justified, glorified and conformed to the image of Christ. If you have trusted in Christ as your savior you are part of the elect - it's not a bad word, just the truth from God's word.