Bible verse

Matthew 24:22

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Matthew 24:22 · BSB

Matthew 24:22 in context

The verses around it, from Matthew 24.

18 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

19 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

20 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

22 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

23 At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

25 See, I have told you in advance.

26 So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

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Matthew 24:22 in other translations

KJV

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

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

ERV

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

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