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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 unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days.
General references
Genesis 18:26
And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Isaiah 65:8
So says Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it; so I will do to My servants, that I may not destroy them all.
Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope for your future, says Jehovah, that your sons shall come again to their own border.