Matthew 24:22 in the King James Version
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Context
21 for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
22 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
23 “Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe it.