Mar 13:20, Rom 9:6, 11:7 | ESV | STEP | And if the Lord had not cut short the days , no human being would be saved . But for the sake of the elect , whom he chose , he shortened the days .

a ver. 22, 27; Isa. 65:8, 9; Luke 18:7; [Matt. 22:14]

Mark 13:20

20 And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for ^athe sake of the elect, whom ^bhe chose, he shortened the days.

Romans 9:6

6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

Romans 11:7

7 What then? ^cIsrael failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest ^dwere hardened,