"And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chos…" — Mark 13:20

Mark 13:20 · KJV

“And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.”

— Mark 13:20

Verse 19

For {in} those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

Verse 21

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here {is} Christ; or, lo, {he is} there; believe {him} not:

Mark 13 — Context

And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.

For {in} those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here {is} Christ; or, lo, {he is} there; believe {him} not:

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if {it were} possible, even the elect.

Cross References

Matthew 24:22

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

Isaiah 65:8-9

Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and {one} saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing {is} in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

Zechariah 13:8-9

And it shall come to pass, {that} in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off {and} die; but the third shall be left therein.

Romans 11:28-32

As concerning the gospel, {they are} enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, {they are} beloved for the fathers' sakes.

Romans 11:5-7

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Isaiah 6:13

But yet in it {shall be} a tenth, and {it} shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance {is} in them, when they cast {their leaves: so} the holy seed {shall be} the substance thereof. {and it...: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused} {substance: or, stock, or, stem}

Romans 11:23-24

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

Isaiah 1:9

Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, {and} we should have been like unto Gomorrah.