Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
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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.
General references
Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
Isaiah 65:8
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.
Jeremiah 31:17
There is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children shall come back to their own country.