Mark 13:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And yf ye LORDE had not shortened those dayes, there shulde no man 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 Morouer thus saieth the LORDE: like as when one wolde gather holy grapes, men saye vnto him: breake it not of, for it is holy: Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes, that I will not destroye them all. 9 But I will take a sede out of Iacob, and out of Iuda one, to take possession of my hill. My chosen shal possesse these thinges, & my seruauntes shall dwell there.
  • Zech 13:8-9 : 8 And it shal come to passe (sayeth the LORDE) that in all the londe two partes shalbe roted out, but the thirde parte shal remayne therin. 9 And the same thirde parte wil I brynge thorow the fyre, and will clense them, as the syluer is clensed: Yee and trye them, like as golde is tryed. Then shall they call vpon my name, and I wil heare them: I wil saye: it is my people. And they shal saye: LORDE, my God.
  • Matt 24:22 : 22 Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened, there shulde no flesh be saued: but for ye chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.
  • Rom 11:28-32 : 28 As concernynge the Gospell, I holde them as enemies for youre sakes: but as touchinge the eleccion, I loue them for the fathers sakes. 29 For verely the giftes & callynge of God are soch, that it can not repente him of them. 30 For likewyse as ye also in tyme passed haue not beleued, but now haue optayned mercy thorow their vnbeleue: 31 Euen so now haue they not beleued on the mercy which his happened vnto you, that they also maye optayne mercy. 32 For God hath closed vp all vnder vnbeleue, that he mighte haue mercy on all.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 And excepte the LORDE of hostes had left us a few alyue: we shulde haue bene as Sodoma, & like vnto Gomorra.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 Neuertheles, the tenth parte shal remayne therin, for it shal conuerte and be fruteful. And likewise as the Terebyntes and Oketrees bringe forth their frutes, so shal the holy sede haue frute.
  • Rom 11:5-7 : 5 Eue so goeth it now at this tyme also wt this remnaunt after ye eleccion of grace. 6 Yf it be done of grace, the is it not of deseruynge: els were grace no grace. But yf it be of deseruynge, then is grace nothinge: els were deseruynge no deseruynge. 7 What the? Israel hath not optayned yt which he soughte, but the eleccion hath optayned it. As for ye other, they are blynded.
  • Rom 11:23-24 : 23 and they, yf they byde not styll in vnbeleue, shal be grafted in agayne. For God is of power to grafte the in agayne. 24 For yf thou be cut out of the naturall wilde olyue tre, and grafted (contrary to nature) in the good olyue tre, how moch more shal they that are naturall, be grafted in their awne olyue tre agayne?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 93%

    19 But wo vnto them that are with childe, and to them that geue suck in those dayes.

    20 But praye ye, that youre flight be not in ye wynter, ner on the Sabbath.

    21 For then shal there be greate trouble, soch as was not from the begynnynge of the worlde vnto this tyme, ner shalbe.

    22 Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened, there shulde no flesh be saued: but for ye chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

    23 Then yf eny man shal saye vnto you: lo, here is Christ, or there, beleue it not.

    24 For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes, and shal do greate tokes and wonders: In so moch, that (yf it were possible) the very chosen shulde be brought in to erroure.

  • 79%

    16 And let him that is in the felde, not turne backe to fetch his clothes.

    17 But wo vnto them that are with childe, and to them that geue suck in those dayes.

    18 Neuertheles praye ye, that youre flight be not in the wynter.

    19 For in those dayes there shal be soch trouble as was not from the begynnynge of ye creatures which God created, vnto this tyme, nether shal be.

  • Rom 9:27-29
    3 verses
    72%

    27 But Esay crieth ouer Israel: Though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see, yet shal there but a remnaunt be saued.

    28 For there is the worde, that fynisheth and shorteneth in righteousnes: for a shorte worde shal God make vpon earth.

    29 And as Esay sayde before: Excepte the LORDE of Sabbaoth had lefte vs sede, we shulde haue bene as Sodoma, and like vnto Gomorra.

  • 71%

    26 and then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glory.

    27 And the shal he sende his angels, and shal gather together his chosen fro the foure wyndes, from one ende of the earth to the other.

  • 70%

    21 Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at yt tyme: Lo, here is Christ: lo, he is there, beleue it not.

    22 For there shal aryse false Christes, and false prophetes, which shal do tokens & wonders, to disceaue euen the very chosen, yf it were possyble.

    23 But take ye hede, Beholde, I haue tolde you all before.

    24 But at the same tyme after this trouble, the Sonne and Mone shal lose their light,

  • 13 But whoso endureth vnto ye ende, ye same shal be saued.

  • 69%

    13 and ye shal be hated of all men for my names sake. But who so endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.

    14 Whan ye shal se the abhominacio of desolacion (wherof it is spoke by Daniel the prophet) stonde where it ought not (who so readeth it, let him marck it well) then let the which be in Iewry, flye vnto the mountaynes:

  • 10 Therfore suffre I all for the electes sakes, that they also mighte optayne the saluacion in Christ Iesu with eternall glory.

  • 22 For these are the dayes of vengeaunce, that euery thinge which is wrytten,maye be fulfilled.

  • 22 & ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake. But he yt endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.

  • 31 And he shal sende his angels with ye greate voyce of a trompe, & they shal gather together his chosen from the foure wyndes, from one ende of the heauen to the other.

  • 14 For many be called, but few are chose.

  • 7 Alas for this daye, which is so dredefull, that none maye be lickened vnto it: and alas for the tyme of Iacobs trouble, from the which he shall yet be delyuered.

  • 9 For God hath not appoynted vs vnto wrath, but to optayne saluacion by ye meanes of oure LORDE Iesu Christ,

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    30 After this maner also shal it go, in the daye whan the sonne of man shal appeare.

    31 In that daye, who so is vpo the rofe, and his stuffe in ye house, let him not come downe to fetch it: Likewyse he that is in the felde, let him not turne backe, for it that is behynde him.

  • 20 and yf Noe, Daniel and Iob were therin: As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE God) they shal delyuer nether sonnes ner doughters, but saue their owne soules in their rightuousnesse.

  • 7 But shall not God also delyuer his chosen, that crye vnto hi daye and night, though he differre the?

  • 29 Immediatly after the trouble of the same tyme, shal the Sonne and Moone lose their light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of heauen shal moue:

  • 40 For like as ye tares are weded out, and brent in the fyre, eue so shal it go in ye ende of this worlde.

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    29 So lykewyse wha ye se all these thinges come to passe, be ye sure, that it is nye euen at the dores.

    30 Verely I saye vnto you: this generacio shal not passe, tyll all these be fulfilled.

    31 Heauen and earth shal perishe, but my wordes shal not perishe.

    32 But of that daye and houre knoweth no man, nether the angels in heauen, no not the sonne him self, but the father onely.

    33 Take hede, watch, & praye, for ye knowe not whan the tyme is.

  • 29 For what soule so euer humbleth not him self vpon this daye, the same shalbe roted out from amonge his people.

  • 37 Euen as it was in the tyme of Noe, so shal the commynge of the sonne of man be also.

  • 18 and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe.

  • 9 The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes (as some me counte slacknesse) but is paciet to vs warde, and wyl not that eny ma shulde be lost, but that euery man shulde amende himselfe.

  • 49 So shal it be also in ye ende of ye worlde. The angels shal go out, & seuer the bad fro the righteous,

  • 7 But he sayde vnto them: It belongeth not vnto you to knowe the tymes or seasons, which the father hath kepte in his awne power,

  • 23 And one sayde vnto him: LORDE, are there few (thinkest thou) that shalbe saued? But he sayde vnto them:

  • 20 The Sonne shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone in to bloude, before that greate and notable daye of the LORDE come.