Matthew 24:22

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

Isaiah 6:13

“Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is cut down. The holy seed is its stump.”

Zechariah 13:8

“And it will come about in all the land,” Declares the Lord, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.

Zechariah 14:2

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city.

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Matthew 24:24

For false christs and false prophets will arise and will provide great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:31

And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet blast, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

Luke 18:7

now, will God not bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night, and will He delay long for them?

Romans 9:11

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

2 Timothy 2:10

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as strangers, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen