But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return and be consumed like the terebinth and like the oak being felled, yet has its stump; the holy seed is its stump.
Matthew 24:22 - Modern King James Version And unless those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened. |
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return and be consumed like the terebinth and like the oak being felled, yet has its stump; the holy seed is its stump.
And it shall be in all the land, says Jehovah, two parts in it shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left in it.
For I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women raped. And half of the city shall go into exile, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders; so much so that, if it were possible, they would deceive even the elect.
And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days.
And shall not God avenge His own elect who cry day and night to Him, though He has been long-suffering over them?
(for the children had not yet been born, neither had done any good or evil; but that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who called,)
Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, of Galatia, of Cappadocia, of Asia, and of Bithynia,