Devine Scripture

Matthew 24:22

Matthew chapter 24 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Context

v.21for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

v.22This passage

v.23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 6:13

    And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.

  • Romans 11:25

    For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

  • Luke 18:7

    And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

  • 2 Timothy 2:10

    Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • Isaiah 65:8

    Thus saith Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.