Matthew 24:22

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Isaiah 6:13

If there remain a tenth part in it, then this in turn shall be laid waste; As with a terebinth or an oak whose trunk remains when its leaves have fallen. Holy offspring is the trunk.

Zechariah 13:8

In all the land—oracle of the Lord— two thirds of them will be cut off and perish, and one third will be left.

Zechariah 14:2

And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle: The city will be taken, houses will be plundered, women raped; half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

Matthew 22:14

Many are invited, but few are chosen.” Paying Taxes to the Emperor.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. The Lesson of the Fig Tree.

Mark 13:20

If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect whom he chose, he did shorten the days.

Luke 18:7

Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?

Romans 9:11

before they had yet been born or had done anything, good or bad, in order that God’s elective plan might continue,

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen sojourners of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,