And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Treasury of Scripture except. Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen... for. Isaiah 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them... Isaiah 65:8,9 Thus said the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one said, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it... Zechariah 13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, said the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die... Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished... Romans 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand... Romans 11:25-31 For I would not, brothers, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits... 2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory...
Context The Abomination of Desolation
15When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever reads, let him understand:) 16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19And woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20But pray you that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23Then if any man shall say to you, See, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25Behold, I have told you before. 26Why if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.
Darby Bible Translation
and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.
King James Bible
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Young's Literal Translation
And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.
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