Mark 13:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And except that the Lorde shoulde shorten those dayes, no fleshe shoulde be saued: But for the electes sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes.

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  • Isa 65:8-9 : 8 Moreouer, thus saith the Lord: Like as when newe wine is founde in the cluster, and one saith, Lose it not, for there is blessing therein: euen so wyll I do also for my seruauntes sakes, that I wyll not destroy them all. 9 But I will take a seede out of Iacob, and out of Iuda one, to take possession of my hill: My chosen shall possesse it, and my seruauntes shall dwell there.
  • Zech 13:8-9 : 8 And it shall come to passe saith the Lorde, that in all the lande two partes shalbe rooted out, but the third part shall remayne therein. 9 And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire, & wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed, yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed: then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them, I wyll say it is my people, and they shall say, Lorde my God.
  • Matt 24:22 : 22 Yea, and except those dayes shoulde be shortened, there shoulde no fleshe be saued: but for the chosens sake, those dayes shalbe shortened.
  • Rom 11:28-32 : 28 As concernyng the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are loued for the fathers sakes. 29 For the gyftes and callyng of God, are without repentaunce. 30 For, as ye in tyme past haue not beleued God, yet haue nowe obtayned mercie, through their vnbeliefe: 31 Euen so nowe haue they not beleued the mercie shewed vnto you, that they also may obtayne mercie. 32 For God hath wrapped all nations in vnbeliefe, yt he myght haue mercie on al.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Except the Lorde of hoastes had left vs a small remnaunt, we shoulde haue ben as Sodoma, & lyke vnto Gomorra.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 Yet in it shall succeede ten kinges, and it shall returne and be afterwarde wasted: But as the Teyle tree and the Oke in the fall of their leaues haue yet the sappe remayning in them, euen so the holy seede shalbe the stay therof.
  • Rom 11:5-7 : 5 Euen so at this tyme, there is a remnaunt, according to the election of grace. 6 If it be of grace, then is it not nowe of workes: For the grace is no more grace. But yf it be of workes, then is it nowe no grace: For then worke is no more worke. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtayned that which he sought: but the election hath obtayned it, the remnaunt hath ben blynded,
  • Rom 11:23-24 : 23 And they, yf they byde not styll in vnbeliefe, shalbe graffed in: For God is of power to graffe them in agayne. 24 For yf thou were cut out of a naturall wylde Oliue tree, and were graffed contrary to nature, in a true Oliue tree: Howe much more shall the naturall braunches, be graffed in their owne Oliue tree?

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    19Wo shalbe in those dayes, to them that are with chylde, and to them that geue sucke.

    20But pray ye that your flyght be not in the Winter, neither on the Sabboth day:

    21For then shalbe great tribulation, such as was not since the begynnyng of the worlde, to this tyme, nor shalbe.

    22Yea, and except those dayes shoulde be shortened, there shoulde no fleshe be saued: but for the chosens sake, those dayes shalbe shortened.

    23Then yf any man saye vnto you: lo, here is Christe, or there: beleue it not.

    24For there shall aryse false Christes, and false prophetes, and shall shewe great signes, and wonders: In so much, that yf it were possible, the very elect, shoulde be deceaued.

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    16And let hym that is in the fielde, not turne backe agayne vnto the thynges which he left behynde hym, for to take his garmente with hym.

    17Wo shalbe then to them that are with chylde, and to them that geue sucke in those dayes.

    18But pray ye that your flyght be not in the Wynter:

    19For there shalbe in those dayes such tribulation, as was not from the begynnyng of creatures, which God created, vnto this tyme, neither shalbe.

  • Rom 9:27-29
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    27And Esaias cryeth concerning Israel: Though the number of the children of Israel, be as the sande of the sea, yet but a remnaunt shalbe saued.

    28For he finisheth the worde, and maketh it short in ryghteousnesse: For a short worde wyll the Lorde make on earth.

    29And as Esaias sayde before: Except the Lorde of Sabboth had lefte vs seede, we had ben made as Sodoma, and had ben lykened to Gomorrha.

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    26And then shall they see the sonne of man commyng in the cloudes, with great power and glory.

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    21And then, yf any man say to you, lo here is Christe, lo he is there, beleue not.

    22For false Christes, and false prophetes shall ryse, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceaue, yf it were possible, euen the elect.

    23But take ye heede: Beholde, I haue shewed you all thynges before.

    24Moreouer, in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and the moone shall not geue her light.

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  • Mark 13:13-14
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    13And ye shalbe hated of all men for my names sake: But who so endureth vnto the ende, the same shalbe safe.

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    22And ye shalbe hated of all men, for my names sake: but he that endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.

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    29So ye in lyke maner, when ye see these thynges come to passe, vnderstand, that he is nye, euen at the doores.

    30Ueryly I say vnto you, that this generation shall not passe, tyll all these thynges be done.

    31Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away.

    32But of that day and tyme knoweth no man: no not the Angels which are in heauen, neither the sonne him selfe, saue the father only.

    33Take heede, watche and pray: for ye knowe not when the tyme is.

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    18And there shall not one heere of your head peryshe.

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    23Then sayde one vnto hym: Lorde, are there fewe that be saued? And he sayde vnto them:

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