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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 93%

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

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

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

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

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

    24 For 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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    16 And 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.

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

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

    19 For 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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    72%

    27 And 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.

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

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

    27 And then shall he sende his Angels, and shall gather together his elect, from the foure wyndes, from the ende of the earth, to the vtmost part of heauen.

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

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

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

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

  • 13 But he that endureth to the ende, the same shalbe saued.

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

    14 Moreouer, when ye see the abhomination of desolation, wherof is spoken by Daniel the prophete, stande where it ought not (let hym that readeth vnderstande) then let them that be in Iurie, flee to the mountaynes:

  • 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtaine the saluation, which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.

  • 22 For these be the dayes of vengeaunce, that all thinges which are written, may be fulfylled.

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

  • 31 And he shall sende his Angels, with the great sounde of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen, from the foure wyndes, euen from one ende of heauen, to the other.

  • 14 For many be called, but fewe are chosen.

  • 7 Alas for this day, which is so dreadfull that none may be likened vnto it, and alas for the tyme of Iacobs trouble, from the which he shal yet be deliuered.

  • 9 For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe,

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    30 Euen thus shall it be, in the day when the sonne of man shalbe reuealed.

    31 At that day, he which is on the house top, and his stuffe in the house, let him not come downe to take it out: And let not him that is in the fielde, turne backe agayne lykewyse, to the thynges that he left behynde.

  • 20 And if Noe, Daniel, and Iob were therein, as truely as I liue saith the Lorde God, they shall deliuer neither sonne nor daughter, but saue their owne soules in their righteousnesse.

  • 7 And shall not God auenge his elect, which crye day and nyght vnto hym? yea, though he deferre them,

  • 29 Immediatly after the tribulation of those dayes, shal the sunne be darkened, and the moone shall not geue her lyght, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of heauen shalbe shaken.

  • 40 Euen as the tares therfore, are gathered and brent in the fyre: so shall it be in the ende of this worlde.

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

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

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

    32 But 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.

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

  • 29 For whatsoeuer soule it be that humbleth not hym selfe that day, he shalbe cut of from among his people.

  • 37 But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the commyng of the sonne of man be.

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

  • 9 The Lorde that hath promised, is not slacke, as some men count slacknesse, but is pacient to vswarde forasmuch as he woulde haue no man lost, but wyll receaue all men to repentaunce.

  • 49 So shall it be at the ende of the world: The Angels shall come foorth, and seuer the bad from among the iuste:

  • 7 And he sayde vnto them: It is not for you to knowe the tymes, or the seasons, which the father hath put in his owne power.

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

  • 20 The Sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.