22 And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would live; but for the sake of the chosen ones those days will be shortened.
Matthew 24:22 Cross References - Lamsa
Matthew 22:14
14 For many are invited, and few are chosen.
Matthew 24:24
24 For there will rise false Christs and lying prophets, and they will show signs and great wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Matthew 24:31
31 And he will send his angels with a large trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the universe to the other.
Mark 13:20
20 And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would live; but for the sake of the chosen ones, which he chose, he shortened those days.
Luke 18:7
7 Would not God avenge his chosen ones much more, who call upon him day and night, though he has patience with them?
Romans 9:11
11 Before her children were born, or had done good or evil, the choice of God was made known in advance; that it might stand, not by means of works, but through him who made the choice.
Romans 11:25-31
25 I am desirous, my brethren, that you should know this mystery, so that you may not be wise in your own conceits; for blindness of heart has to some degree befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in.
26 And then all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, A deliverer shall come out of Zion, and he shall remove ungodliness from Jacob:
27 And then they shall have the same covenant from me, when I have forgiven their sins.
28 Now according to the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to election, they are beloved for the fathersÆ sakes.
29 For God does not withdraw his gift and his call.
30 Just as you were formerly disobedient to God and have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience,
31 Likewise, they are also disobedient now to the mercy which is upon you, that there may be mercy upon them also.
2 Timothy 2:10
10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ, with eternal glory.