Mark 13:20
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20 And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for (A)the sake of the elect, whom (B)he chose, he shortened the days.
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Isaiah 65:8-9
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8 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants' sake,
(B)and not destroy them all.
9 (C)I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
and my servants shall dwell there.
Romans 11:28-32
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28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are (A)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and (B)the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as (C)you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now[a] receive mercy. 32 For God (D)has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
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- Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts omit now
Matthew 24:22
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22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for (A)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
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Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
(A)and one third shall be left alive.
9 And (B)I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call upon my name,
and (D)I will answer them.
(E)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Romans 11:23-24
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23 And (A)even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
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Romans 11:5-7
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5 So too at the present time there is (A)a remnant, chosen by grace. 6 (B)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? (C)Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest (D)were hardened,
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Isaiah 6:13
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13 (A)And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned[a] again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump (B)remains
when it is felled.”
(C)The holy seed[b] is its stump.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:13 Or purged
- Isaiah 6:13 Or offspring
Isaiah 1:9
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9 (A)If the Lord of hosts
had not left us (B)a few survivors,
we should have been like (C)Sodom,
and become like (D)Gomorrah.
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