If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak whose stump remains when they are cut down, so the holy seed is its stump.”
Matthew 24:22 - Y'all Version Bible If those days had not been cut short, no life would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will 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. |
If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak whose stump remains when they are cut down, so the holy seed is its stump.”
It will happen that in all the land,” says YHWH, “two-thirds of it will be cut off and die; but a third will be left in it.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
For false Christs and false prophets will appear, and they will perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
And he will send out his angels with a great trumpet call, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
If the Lord had not shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
Won’t God bring justice to ʜɪꜱ chosen ones who are crying out to ʜɪᴍ day and night? Will ʜᴇ delay helping them?
And even before they were born or had done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election would remain (not of works, but from the one who calls),
Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are living as foreigners scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen