Matthew 24:22 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²² And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure and survive, but for the sake of the elect (God's chosen ones) those days will be shortened.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Common English Bible

²² If that time weren’t shortened, nobody would be rescued. But for the sake of the ones whom God chose, that time will be cut short.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

Matthew 24:22 Cross References

Isaiah 6:13

Even if a tenth part remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains standing when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.

Zechariah 13:8

In the whole land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one-third shall be left alive.

Zechariah 14:2

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses looted and the women raped; half the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days.

Luke 18:7

And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?

Romans 9:11

Even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose of election might continue,

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,