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

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it (even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time).

But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean."

But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.

He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.