19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
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because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
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“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.