²⁰ “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.

²² For false messiahs and false prophets^(A) will appear and perform signs and wonders^(B) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

²⁷ And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.^(A)