What Does the Bible Say About Time Running Out?

Matthew 24:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:21-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Romans 13:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Matthew 24:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

1 John 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

2 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”

2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Acts 17:30-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

Acts 3:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Acts 2:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:37-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Luke 21:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Matthew 24:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Matthew 24:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

21 Bible Verses about Time Running Out

Matthew 24:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 24:21-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 13:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:30-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:37-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 21:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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21 Bible Verses about Time Running Out

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Matthew 24:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 24:21-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 13:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:30-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:37-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 21:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes