Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

Isaiah 65:8-9

Thus says the LORD: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, 'Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,' so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.

Isaiah 1:9

If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 6:13

And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.

Zechariah 13:8-9

In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Romans 11:5-7

So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

Romans 11:23-24

And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.

Romans 11:28-32

As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.

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Mark 13:20

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.

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Isaiah 65:8

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If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.

And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.

Thus says the LORD: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, 'Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,' so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.

In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.

And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

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Thus says the LORD: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, 'Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,' so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.