Matthew 24:22

And unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21For then there shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor by any means shall be.

23“Then if someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:14“For many are called, but few are chosen.” 1 The Question about Paying Taxes

Matthew 24:31And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 1 The Parable of the Fig Tree

Luke 18:7And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?

Romans 11:25For I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers, lest you be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32

Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →

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