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 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.


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 Take them and purify thyself with them, and pay their expenses that they may shave [their] heads: and all may know that those things, of which they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.


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 As concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written [and] concluded that they observe no such thing, except that they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from immorality.


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 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until an offering should be offered for every one of them.


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 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews who were from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,


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 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further hath brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.


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 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)


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 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.


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 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.


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 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.


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 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.


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 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the barracks.


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 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne by the soldiers for the violence of the people.


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 And as Paul was to be led into the barracks, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?


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 Art not thou that Egyptian, who before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?


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 But Paul said, I am a man [who is] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] of Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, permit me to speak to the people.


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 And when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand to the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spoke to [them] in the Hebrew language, saying,


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 (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)


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 I am verily a man [who is] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, being zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.


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 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the council of the elders: from whom also I received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.


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 And it came to pass, that, as I was on my journey, and had come near to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light around me.


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 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.


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 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.


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 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee concerning all things which are appointed for thee to do.


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 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.


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 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews who dwelt [there],


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 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.


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 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.


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 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.


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 And it came to pass, that, when I had come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;


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 And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.


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 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:


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 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.


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 And they hearkened to him until this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.


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 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the barracks, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know for what cause they cried so against him.


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 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?


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 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.


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 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.


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 Then immediately they departed from him who were about to examine him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.


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  On the next day, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.


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 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.


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 Then said Paul to him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whitewashed wall: for sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?


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 Then said Paul, I knew not, brethren, that he is the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.


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 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.


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 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.


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 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.


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 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of the Pharisees ' part arose, and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.


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 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring [him] into the barracks.


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 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified concerning me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear testimony also at Rome.


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 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.


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 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.


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 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down to you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, before he shall come near, are ready to kill him.


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 And when the son of Paul's sister heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the barracks, and told Paul.


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 Then Paul called one of the centurions to [him], and said, Bring this young man to the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.


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 So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me to [him], and asked me to bring this young man to thee, who hath something to say to thee.


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 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went [with him] aside privately, and asked [him], What is that thou hast to tell me?


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 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat concerning him more perfectly.


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 But do not thou yield to them: for there are of them who lie in wait for him more than forty men, who have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now they are ready, looking for a promise from thee.


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 So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart, and charged [him, See thou] tell no man that thou hast shown these things to me.


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 And he called to [him] two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;


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 And provide for [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe to Felix the governor.


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 This man was taken by the Jews, and should have been killed by them: then I came with a body of soldiers, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.


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 And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:


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 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.


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 And when it was told to me that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent immediately to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.


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 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.


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 And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that [he was] of Cilicia;


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 I will hear thee, said he, when thy accusers also have come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.


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 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.


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 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done to this nation by thy providence,


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 However, that I may not be further tedious to thee, I beseech thee that thou wouldest of thy clemency hear us a few words.


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 For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:


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 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.


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 Commanding his accusers to come to thee: by examining whom thou thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, of which we accuse him.


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 Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been for many years a judge to this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:


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 That thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.


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 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither provoking the people to sedition, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:


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 But this I confess to thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:


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 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.


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 And in this I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.


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  Upon which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.


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 Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,


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 Except it is for this one thing, that I cried standing among them, Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.


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 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will make a decision on your case.


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 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let [him] have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come to him.


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 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.


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 And as he reasoned of righteousness, self-control, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.


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 He hoped also that money should have been given him by Paul, that he might loose him: therefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.


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 But after two years Porcius Festus came in place of Felix: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a favour, left Paul bound.


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 Now when Festus had come into the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.


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 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.


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 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly [there].


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 Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go down with [me], and accuse this man, if there is any wickedness in him.


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 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.


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 And when he had come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.


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 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I committed any offence.


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 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favour, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these things before me?


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 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.


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 For if I am an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there is none of these things of which these accuse me, no man may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.


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 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed to Caesar? to Caesar thou shalt go.


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 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause to the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:


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 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], desiring [to have] judgment against him.


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 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he who is accused hath the accusers face to face, and hath opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge laid against him.


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 Therefore, when they had come here, without any delay on the next day I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.


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 But had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.


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 And because I was perplexed concerning such manner of questions, I asked [him] whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters.


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 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved to the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.


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 Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.


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 And on the next day, when Agrippa had come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and had entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought forth.


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 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and [also] here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.


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 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.


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 Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I may have somewhat to write.


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 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not also to signify the charges [laid] against him.


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 Then Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:


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 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews:


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 Especially [because I know] thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: therefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.


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 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;


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 Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most strict sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.


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 To which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.


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 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.


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 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].


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 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted [them] even to foreign cities.


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 At noon, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, beyond the brightness of the sun, shining around me and them who journeyed with me.


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 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the goads.


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 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of the things which thou hast seen, and of the things in which I will appear to thee;


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 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.


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 But showed first to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fit for repentance.


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 Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:


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 That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.


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 And as he was thus speaking for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.


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 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.


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 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.


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 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:


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 And when they had gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.


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 Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.


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 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to [one] named Julius, a centurion of Augustus ' band.


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 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.


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 And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.


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 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce had come off Cnidus, the wind did not permit us, we sailed under Crete, off Salmone;


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 And, scarcely passing it, came to a place which is called The fair havens; near which was the city [of] Lasea.


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 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],


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 And said to them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with harm and much damage, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives.


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 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than the things which were spoken by Paul.


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 And because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the greater part advised to depart from there also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is] an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.


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 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [from there], they sailed close by Crete.


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 Which when they had taken [it] up, they used cables, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.


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 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.


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 But after being long without food Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.


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 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of life among you, but of the ship.


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 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.


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 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen thought that they drew near to some country;


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 And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen fathoms.


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 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.


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 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretence as though they would cast anchors out of the foreship,


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 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.


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 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them] all to take food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.


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 Therefore I beseech you to take [some] food: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.


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 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken [it], he began to eat.


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 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into which they purposed, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.


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 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed [themselves] to the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted the mainsail to the wind, and made toward the shore.


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 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the stern was broken with the violence of the waves.


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 And the soldiers ' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.


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 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from [their] purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast [themselves] first [into the sea], and get to land:


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 And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to land.


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 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.


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 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid [them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.


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 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] creature hanging from his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance alloweth not to live.


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 Yet they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.


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  In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the isle, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.


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 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick with a fever and a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.


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 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they supplied [us] with such things as were necessary.


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 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.


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 And from there we sailed around, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:


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 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.


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 And from there, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.


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 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was permitted to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.


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 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called together the chief of the Jews: and when they were assembled, he said to them, Men, brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.


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 But when the Jews spoke against [it], I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had any thing to accuse my nation of.


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 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see [you], and to speak with [you]: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.


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 And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, neither have any of the brethren that came shown or spoken any harm of thee.


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 But we desire to hear from thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.


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 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till evening.


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 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,


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 Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:


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 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.


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 Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.


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 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.


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 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh;


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 And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:


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 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:


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 To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.


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 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.


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 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;


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 Making request, if by any means now at length I may have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.


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 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end [that] ye may be established;


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 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come to you, (but was hindered until now,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.


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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.


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 For in this is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.


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 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;


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 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:


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 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.


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 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.


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 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:


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 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.


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 For this cause God gave them up to vile affections: for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:


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 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was due.


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 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not proper;


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 Being filled with all unrighteousness, immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,


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 Backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,


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 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.


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 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art that judgest: for in that thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.


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 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who commit such things.


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 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them who do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?


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 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?


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 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up to thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;


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 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:


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 But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,


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 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;


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 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:


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 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;


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 (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.


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 For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves:


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 Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)


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 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;


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 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, who hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.


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 Thou therefore who teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?


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 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?


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 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keepest the law: but if thou art a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.


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 Therefore if the uncircumcision keepeth the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?


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 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it keepeth the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?


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 For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:


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 But he [is] a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not from men, but from God.


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 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?


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 By no means: verily, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.


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 But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)


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 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie to his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?


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 And not [rather], (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.


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 What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no way: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;


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 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.


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 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:


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 Now we know that whatever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.


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 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.


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 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;


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 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ to all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:


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 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;


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 To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he may be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.


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 Seeing [it is] one God, who shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.


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 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.


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 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, to whom God imputeth righteousness apart from works,


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 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.


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 How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.


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 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they are not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed to them also:


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 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.


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 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.


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 Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,


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 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth those things which are not as though they were.


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 Who against hope believed with hope, that he should become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.


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 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:


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  He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;


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 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;


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 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.


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 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.


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 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die.


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 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.


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 And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.


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 Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:


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 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.


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 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many are dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded to many.


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 And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offences to justification.


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 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)


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 Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men to justification of life.


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 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.


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 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:


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 That as sin hath reigned to death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.


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 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.


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 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:


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 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.


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 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.


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 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.


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 Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness to God.


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 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants in obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?


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 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered to you.


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 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity to [work] iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness to [work] holiness.


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 What fruit had ye then in those things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.


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 But now being made free from sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.


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 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


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  Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?


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 For the woman who hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband is dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.


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 So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.


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 Therefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God.


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 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death.


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 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead by which we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.


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 What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? By no means. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.


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 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of lust. For apart from the law sin [was] dead.


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 Was then that which is good made death to me? By no means. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.


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 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.


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 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.


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 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.


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 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.


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 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:


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 That the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.


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 For they that are according to the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are according to the Spirit the things of the Spirit.


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 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.


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 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. Now if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.


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 And if Christ [is] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.


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 But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.


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 For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.


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 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.


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 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be glorified together.


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 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.


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 For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,


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 Because the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.


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 And not only [they], but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [that is], the redemption of our body.


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 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?


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  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.


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 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.


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 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.


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 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.


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 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.


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 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?


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 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, or rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.


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 What shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?


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 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.


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 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,


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 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.


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 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:


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 Who are Israelites; to whom [pertain] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;


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 Whose [are] the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.


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 Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they [are] not all Israel, who are descended from Israel:


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 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.


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 That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.


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 (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)


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 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.


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 For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.


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 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?


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  Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?


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 [What] if God, willing to show [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:


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 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,


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 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved.


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 And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.


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 Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:


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 For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.


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 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.


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 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.


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 But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.


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 Why? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;


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 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.


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 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.


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 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is by the law, That the man who doeth those things shall live by them.


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 But the righteousness which is by faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)


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 But what saith it? The word is near thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;


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 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.


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 For with the heart man believeth to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.


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 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich to all that call upon him.


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 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?


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 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!


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 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.


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 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by [them that are] no people, [and] by a foolish nation I will anger you.


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 But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found by them that sought me not; I was made manifest to them that asked not for me.


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 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.


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 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.


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 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,


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 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and torn down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.


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 But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.


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 And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.


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 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded


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 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) to this day.


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 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence to them:


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 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.


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 Now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?


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 For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?


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 For if the firstfruit [is] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [is] holy, so [are] the branches.


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 And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;


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 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.


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 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:


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 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou shalt continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.


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 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.


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 For if thou wast cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?


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 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles shall be come in.


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 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:


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 As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as concerning the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers ' sakes.


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 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!


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 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your reasonable service.


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 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.


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 For, through the grace given to me, I say, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.


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 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith;


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 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.


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 [Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.


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 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place to wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.


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 Therefore if thy enemy is hungry, feed him; if he thirsteth, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.


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 Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.


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 Whoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves condemnation.


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 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:


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 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou doest that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, an avenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.


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 For for this cause ye pay tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.


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 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.


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 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there is] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.


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 And this, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.


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 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.


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 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in revellings and drunkenness, not in immorality and wantonness, not in strife and envying.


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 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him who eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.


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 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. And, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand.


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 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.


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 He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] to the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.


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 For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.


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 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living.


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 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou show contempt for thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.


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 For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.


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 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.


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 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean by itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.


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 But if thy brother is grieved with [thy] food, now walkest thou not in love. Destroy not him with thy food, for whom Christ died.


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 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.


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 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things which one may edify another.


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 For the sake of food destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.


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 [It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] by which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.


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 Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in what he approveth.


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 And he that doubteth is condemned if he eateth, because [he eateth] not from faith: for whatever [is] not from faith is sin.


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 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.


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 For whatever things were written in former times were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.


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 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:


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 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] to the fathers:


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 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.


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 And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.


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 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.


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 And I myself also am persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.


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 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly to you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me from God,


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 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.


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 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,


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 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and all around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.


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 And, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:


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 But as it is written, They shall see to whom he was not spoken of: and they that have not heard shall understand.


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 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you;


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 Whenever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way there by you, if first I shall be somewhat filled with your [company].


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 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are at Jerusalem.


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 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in carnal things.


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 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain.


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 And I am sure that, when I come to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.


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 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in [your] prayers to God for me;


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 That I may be delivered from them in Judaea who do not believe; and that my service which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;


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 That ye receive her in the Lord, as it becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a helper of many, and of myself also.


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 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.


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 Likewise [greet] the church that is in their house. Greet my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ.


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 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.


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 Greet Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that are of the [household] of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.


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 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who laboured much in the Lord.


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 Greet Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.


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 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.


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 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own body; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the innocent.


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 For your obedience is come abroad to all [men]. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise to that which is good, and simple concerning evil.


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 And the God of peace shall soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen.


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 Gaius my host, and of the whole church, greeteth you. Erastus the treasurer of the city greeteth you, and Quartus a brother.


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 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which hath been kept secret since the world began,


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 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:


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 Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes [our] brother,


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 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:


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 Who shall also confirm you to the end, [that ye may be] blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.


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 For it hath been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by them [who are of the house] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.


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 Now this I say, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.


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 For Christ hath not sent me to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.


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 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.


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 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.


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 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?


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 For when in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.


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 For ye see your calling, brethren, that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:


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 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;


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 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:


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 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:


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 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.


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 And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:


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 However we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:


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 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world to our glory:


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 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.


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 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.


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 But God hath revealed [them] to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, even, the deep things of God.


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 For what man knoweth the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.


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 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.


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 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.


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 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.


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 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, [even] as to babes in Christ.


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 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for until now ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.


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 For ye are yet carnal: for though [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?


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 Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?


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 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.


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 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.


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 According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth upon it. But let every man take heed how he buildeth upon it.


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 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.


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 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.


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 If any man defileth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.


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 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.


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 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.


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 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;


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 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment: yea, I judge not my own self.


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 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.


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 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise from God.


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 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye may learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you on account of one may be puffed up against another.


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 For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?


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 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I wish ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.


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 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.


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 We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.


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 Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;


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 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.


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 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.


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 For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.


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 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.


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 It is reported commonly [that there is] immorality among you, and such immorality as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.


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 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.


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 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed,


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 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,


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 To deliver such one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.


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 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:


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 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.


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 Yet not altogether with immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then ye must needs go out of the world.


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 But now I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a person no not to eat.


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 For what have I to do to judge them also that are outside [the church]? do ye not judge them that are within?


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 But them that are outside God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.


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 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?


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 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?


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 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.


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 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?


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 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [allow yourselves to] be defrauded?


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  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,


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 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.


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 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.


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 All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.


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 Food [is] for the stomach, and the stomach [is] for food: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.


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 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make [them] the members of an harlot? By no means.


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 What? know ye not that he who is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.


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 Flee immorality. Every sin that a man doeth is outside the body; but he that committeth immorality sinneth against his own body.


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 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?


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 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.


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 Nevertheless, [to avoid] immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.


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 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.


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 Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you for your lack of self-control.


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 For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.


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 And to the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:


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 But if she shall depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.


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 But to the rest I speak, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.


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 And the woman who hath an husband that believeth not, and if he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.


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 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.


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 But if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.


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 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?


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 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all churches.


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 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not become circumcised.


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 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.


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 Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.


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 For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant.


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 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.


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 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.


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 But if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.


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 But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;


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 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;


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 But I would have you without care. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:


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 There is a difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.


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 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.


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 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin, if she hath passed the flower of [her] age, and need so requireth, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.


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 Nevertheless he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.


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 So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.


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 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.


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 But she is happier if she so remain, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.


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 Now as concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.


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 Therefore as concerning the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] no other God but one.


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 For though there are that are called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)


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 Yet to us [there is but] one God, the Father, from whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.


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 But [there is] not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol to this hour eat [it] as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.


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 But food commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.


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 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours should become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.


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 For if any man shall see thee who hast knowledge sit eating in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;


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 Therefore, if food maketh my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to stumble.


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 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my work in the Lord?


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 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.


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 Have we no right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?


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 Who goeth to war at any time at his own expense? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?


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 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the grain. Doth God take care for oxen?


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 Or saith he [this] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.


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 If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?


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 If others are partakers of [this] right over you, [are] not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this right; but endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.


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 Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live [from the things] of the temple? and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?


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 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done to me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.


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 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; and, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!


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 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed to me.


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 What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my right in the gospel.


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 For though I am free from all [men], yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.


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 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;


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 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.


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 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.


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 Know ye not that they who run in a race all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.


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 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.


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 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.


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 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;


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 And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.


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 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.


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 Neither be ye idolaters, as [were] some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.


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 Neither let us commit immorality, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.


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 Now all these things happened to them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.


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 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].


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 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?


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 What then do I say? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?


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 But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with demons.


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 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons.


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 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.


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  If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.


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 But if any man shall say to you, This is offered in sacrifice to idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and all it containeth:


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 Conscience, I say, not thy own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another [man's] conscience?


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 Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking my own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.


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 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.


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 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.


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 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaved.


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 For if the woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.


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 For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.


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 For as the woman [is] from the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things from God.


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 Now in this that I declare [to you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.


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 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.


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 For there must be also heresies among you, that they who are approved may be become evident among you.


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 For in eating every one taketh before [another] his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunk.


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 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise [you] not.


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 For I have received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:


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 And when he had given thanks, he broke [it], and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.


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 After the same manner also [he took] the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me.


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 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he shall come.


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 Therefore whoever shall eat this bread, and drink [this] cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.


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 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.


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 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.


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 And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that ye come not together to judgment. And the rest will I set in order when I come.


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 Therefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.


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 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;


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  To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [various] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:


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 But all these worketh that one and the very same Spirit, dividing to every man individually as he will.


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 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.


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 For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.


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 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?


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 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?


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 If the whole body [were] an eye, where [were] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [were] the smelling?


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 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.


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 And those [members] of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness.


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 For our comely [parts] have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that [part] which lacked:


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 That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the members should have the same care one for another.


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 And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it.


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 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, [various] kinds of tongues.


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 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.


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 And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.


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 And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.


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 Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,


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 Charity never faileth: but whether [there are] prophecies, they shall be done away; whether [there are] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there is] knowledge, it shall vanish away.


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 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.


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 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.


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 For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not to men, but to God: for no man understandeth [him]; yet in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.


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 He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.


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  I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.


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  Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?


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 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?


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 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.


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  There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them [is] without signification.


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 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh [shall be] a barbarian to me.


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 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.


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 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.


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 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the place of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?


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 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.


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 Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.


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 In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.


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 Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying [serveth] not for them that believe not, but for them who believe.


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 If therefore the whole church is assembled in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?


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 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or [one] unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all:


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 And thus are the secrets of his heart made known; and so falling down on [his] face he will worship God, and report that God is in you in truth.


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 How is it then, brethren? when ye are assembled, each one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.


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 If any man speaketh in an [unknown] tongue, [let it be] by two, or at the most [by] three, and [that] by course; and let one interpret.


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 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.


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 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.


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 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.


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 If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.


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 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also ye have received, and in which ye stand;


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 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.


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 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;


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 After that, he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.


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 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.


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 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.


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 Now if Christ is preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?


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 And indeed, we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified concerning God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not, if in fact the dead rise not.


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 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.


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 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.


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 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under [him, it is] evident that he is excepted, who did put all things under him.


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 And when all things shall be subdued to him, then shall the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.


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 Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?


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 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.


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 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.


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 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some other [grain]:


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 All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of birds.


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 [There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another.


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 [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.


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 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.


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 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a living spirit.


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 However that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.


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 As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy: and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are heavenly.


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 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.


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 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.


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 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.


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 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.


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 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.


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 Upon the first [day] of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as [God] hath prospered him, that there be no collections when I come.


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 And when I come, whomever ye shall approve by [your] letters, them will I send to bring your liberality to Jerusalem.


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 And it may be that I will abide, and even winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey wherever I go.


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 Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also [do].


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 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come to me: for I look for him with the brethren.


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 As concerning [our] brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come to you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.


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  I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)


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  I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.


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 The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.


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 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:


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 Blessed [be] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;


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 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.


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 And whether we are afflicted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we are comforted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation.


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 And our hope of you [is] steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so [shall ye be] also of the consolation.


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 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life:


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 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:


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 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];


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 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift [bestowed] upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.


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 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.


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 For we write no other things to you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;


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 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also [are] ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.


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 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.


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 When I therefore was thus minded, did I do it lightly? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?


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 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.


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 Moreover I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I have not as yet come to Corinth.


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 And I wrote this same to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.


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 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly to you.


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 So that on the contrary ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such an one should be swallowed up with too much sorrow.


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 For to this end also I wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.


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  To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [I forgave it] in the person of Christ;


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 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,


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 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from there into Macedonia.


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 Now thanks [be] to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.


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 To the one [we are] the savour of death to death; and to the other the savour of life to life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?


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 For we are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.


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 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some [others], epistles of commendation to you, or [letters] of commendation from you?


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 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.


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 Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] from God;


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 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.


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 But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:


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 For if the ministration of condemnation [was] glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.


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 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.


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 And not as Moses, [who] put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:


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 But their minds were blinded: for until this day the same veil remaineth untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [veil] is done away in Christ.


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 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.


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 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.


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 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.


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 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus ' sake.


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 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shone into our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.


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 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not from us.


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 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our body.


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 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus ' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.


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  We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;


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 Knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.


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 For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace may through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God.


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 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.


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 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;


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 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.


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 For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.


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 For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not because we would be unclothed, but clothed, that mortality might be swallowed up in life.


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 Now he that hath wrought us for this very thing [is] God, who also hath given to us the earnest of the Spirit.


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 Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:


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 We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.


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 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body, according to what he hath done, whether good or bad.


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 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest to God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.


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 For we commend not ourselves again to you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to [answer] them who glory in appearance, and not in heart.


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 For whether we are beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we are of sound mind, [it is] for your cause.


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 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:


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 And [that] he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again.


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 Therefore henceforth we know no man according to the flesh: though indeed, we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now henceforth we know [him] no more.


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 Therefore if any man [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.


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 And all things [are] from God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;


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 That is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them; and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation.


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 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.


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 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.


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 We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.


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 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)


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 But in all [things] commending ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,


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 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,


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 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.


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 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?


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 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.


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 Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,


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 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.


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 I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].


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 Great [is] my boldness of speech toward you, great [is] my glorying concerning you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.


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 For, when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.


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 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.


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 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though [it was] but for a season.


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 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might suffer loss through us in nothing.


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 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.


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 For behold this very same thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what diligence it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] avenging of wrong! In all [things] ye have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.


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 Therefore, though I wrote to you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.


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 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: and exceedingly the more we rejoiced for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.


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 For if I have boasted any thing to him concerning you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which [I made] before Titus, is found to be true.


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 And his affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.


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 That in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.


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 For to [their] power, I bear witness, and even beyond [their] power [they were] willing of themselves;


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 Begging us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.


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 And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.


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 Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.


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 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the diligence of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.


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 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.


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 And in this I give [my] advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be willing a year ago.


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 Now therefore finish the doing [of it]; that as [there was] a readiness to will, so [there may be] a performance also out of that which ye have.


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 For if there is first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to what a man hath, [and] not according to what he hath not.


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 But by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:


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 As it is written, He that [had gathered] much had nothing over; and he that [had gathered] little had no want.


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 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise [is] in the gospel throughout all the churches;


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 And not [that] only, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and [to show] our ready mind:


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 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved to be diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which [I have] in you.


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 If [any do enquire] concerning Titus, [he is] my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren [be enquired of, they are] the messengers of the churches, [and] the glory of Christ.


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 Therefore show ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.


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 For I know the readiness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath stirred up very many.


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 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:


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 Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.


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 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before to you, and make up beforehand your bounty, of which ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not [of] covetousness.


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 But this [I say], He who soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.


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 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or by necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.


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 And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work:


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 (As it is written, He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.


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 Now may he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)


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 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings to God;


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 While by the proof of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for [your] liberal distribution to them, and to all [men];


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 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence [am] base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:


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 But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.


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 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)


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 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;


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 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusteth to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he [is] Christ's, even so [are] we Christ's.


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 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:


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 For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.


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 Let such a person think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [will we be] also in deed when we are present.


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 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.


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 But we will not boast of things without [our] measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you.


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 For we stretch not ourselves beyond [our measure], as though we reached not to you: for we are come as far as to you also in [preaching] the gospel of Christ:


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 Not boasting of things without [our] measure, [that is], of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,


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 To preach the gospel in the [regions] beyond you, [and] not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.


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 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.


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 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.


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 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him].


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 But though [I am] rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made evident among you in all things.


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  Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without charge?


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 And when I was present with you, and in need, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and [so] will I keep [myself].


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 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that in what they glory, they may be found even as we.


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 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.


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 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.


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 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.


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 That which I speak, I speak [it] not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.


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 For ye bear with it, if a man bringeth you into bondage, if a man devoureth [you], if a man taketh [from you], if a man exalteth himself, if a man smiteth you on the face.


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 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.


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 Are they Hebrews? so [am] I. Are they Israelites? so [am] I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so [am] I.


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 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.


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 Three times was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;


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 [In] journeyings often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils by [my own] countrymen, [in] perils by the heathen, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren;


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 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.


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 Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.


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 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:


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 I knew a man in Christ fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such one caught up to the third heaven.


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 How he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.


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 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but [now] I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or [what] he heareth from me.


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 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.


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 And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.


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 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.


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 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very greatest apostles, though I am nothing.


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 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.


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 For what is it in which ye were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.


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 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.


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 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.


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 I urged Titus, and with [him] I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?


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 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? we speak before God in Christ: but [we do] all things, dearly beloved, for your edification.


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 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found by you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults:


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 [And] lest, when I come again, my God may humble me among you, and I shall bewail many who have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and immorality and lasciviousness which they have committed.


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 This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.


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 I told you before, and foretell, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them who have sinned before, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare:


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 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.


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 Examine yourselves, whether ye are in the faith; test your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye are disqualified?


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 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we may seem disqualified.


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 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, [even] your perfection.


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 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.


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 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.


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 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, [be] with you all. Amen.


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 Paul, an apostle, (not from men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)


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 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:


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 I marvel that ye are so soon turning from him that called you into the grace of Christ to another gospel:


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 But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.


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 As we said before, so I say now again, If any [man] preacheth any other gospel to you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.


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 For do I now seek the favour of men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.


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 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.


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 For I neither received it from man, neither was I taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.


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 For ye have heard of my former manner of life in time past in the Jews' religion, that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:


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 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.


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 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:


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 Neither did I go to Jerusalem to them who were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.


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 But they had heard only, That he who persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.


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 And I went by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.


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 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:


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 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.


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 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed [to be somewhat] in conference added nothing to me:


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 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed to me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] to Peter;


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 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)


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 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.


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 For before that certain came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles: but when they had come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision.


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 And the other Jews likewise were hypocrites with him; so that Barnabas also was carried away with their hypocrisy.


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 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?


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 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.


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 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the minister of sin? By no means.


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 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.


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 I do not set aside the grace of God: for if righteousness is [gained] by the law, then Christ hath died in vain.


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 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been clearly set forth, crucified among you?


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 This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?


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 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he this] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?


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 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached before the gospel to Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed.


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 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.


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 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.


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 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:


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 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.


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 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it is] but a man's covenant, yet [if it is] confirmed, no man setteth it aside, or addeth to it.


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 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.


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 And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot set it aside, that it should make the promise of no effect.


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 For if the inheritance [is] by the law, [it is] no more by promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.


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 What purpose then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.


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 [Is] the law then against the promises of God? By no means: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.


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 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.


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 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith which should afterwards be revealed.


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 Therefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.


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 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.


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 Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he is lord of all;


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 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,


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 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.


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 But now, after ye have known God, or rather are known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage?


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 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.


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 What then was the blessedness ye spoke of? for I bear you witness, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.


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 But [it is] good to be zealously sought always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.


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 But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise.


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 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which beareth children for bondage, which is Hagar.


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 For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.


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 For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she who hath an husband.


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 But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to the Spirit, even so [it is] now.


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 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.


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 Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.


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 Christ is become of no effect to you, whoever of you are justified by the law; ye have fallen from grace.


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 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.


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 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be not otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.


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 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then hath the offence of the cross ceased.


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 For, brethren, ye have been called to liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.


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 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.


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 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.


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 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,


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 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.


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 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.


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 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.


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 For he that soweth to his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap life everlasting.


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 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all [men], especially to them who are of the household of faith.


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 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.


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 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.


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 But may it never be that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.


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 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.


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 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.


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 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:


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 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:


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 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:


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 Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,


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 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;


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 Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:


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 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:


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 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:


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 In whom ye also [trusted], after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,


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 Who is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.


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 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:


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 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,


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 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,


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 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],


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 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:


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 And put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church,


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 In which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:


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 Among whom also we all had our manner of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.


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 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.


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 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.


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 Therefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;


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 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:


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 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];


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 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; to make in himself of two one new man, [so] making peace;


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 And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having by himself slain the enmity:


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 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and aliens, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;


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 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];


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 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;


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 That the Gentiles should be joint-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:


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 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of his power.


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 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;


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 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:


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 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,


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 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;


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 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;


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 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God.


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 Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,


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 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation by which ye are called,


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 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?


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 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)


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 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;


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 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:


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 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:


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 That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive;


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 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, [even] Christ:


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 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love.


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 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,


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 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:


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 Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.


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 That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;


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 Therefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.


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 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.


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 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.


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 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:


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 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.


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 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.


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 But immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;


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 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.


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 For this ye know, that no immoral, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.


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 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.


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 But all things that are reproved are made visible by the light: for whatever doth make manifest is light.


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 Therefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.


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 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;


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 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.


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 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.


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 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.


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 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:


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 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.


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 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.


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 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.


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 Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;


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 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;


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 Knowing that whatever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.


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 And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.


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 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].


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 Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.


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 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;


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 Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to put out all the fiery darts of the wicked.


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 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching for this purpose with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;


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 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,


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 But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:


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 Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that ye may know our affairs, and [that] he may comfort your hearts.


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 Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:


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 Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:


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 Even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.


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 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;


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 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.


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 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things [which happened] to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;


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 And many of the brethren in the Lord, being more confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.


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 What then? Only [that in] every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I in this do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.


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 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,


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 According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.


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 For I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:


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 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;


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 Only let your conduct be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;


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 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.


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 For to you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;


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 If [there is] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,


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 [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.


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 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:


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 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.


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 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] on earth, and [things] under the earth;


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 And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.


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 Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.


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 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;


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 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.


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 Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.


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 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.


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 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.


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 Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.


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 For indeed he was sick near to death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.


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 I sent him therefore the more eagerly, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.


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 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, to supply the want of your service toward me.


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 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed [is] not tedious, but for you [it is] safe.


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 For we are the [true] circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.


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 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath reason to trust in the flesh, I more:


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 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, [of] the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; with respect to the law, a Pharisee;


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 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to the righteousness which is by the law, blameless.


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 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [to be] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [to be] dung, that I may win Christ,


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 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:


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 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death;


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 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I press on, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended by Christ Jesus.


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 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are before,


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 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye are otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this to you.


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 Nevertheless, to what we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.


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 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:


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 Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] appetite, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)


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 Who shall change our lowly body, that it may be fashioned like his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself.


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 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.


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 And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women who laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and [with] other my fellowlabourers, whose names [are] in the book of life.


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 Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.


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 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


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 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things [are] honest, whatever things [are] just, whatever things [are] pure, whatever things [are] lovely, whatever things [are] of good report; if [there is] any virtue, and if [there is] any praise, think on these things.


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 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.


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 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; in which ye were also concerned, but ye lacked opportunity.


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 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, [with that] to be content.


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  I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.


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 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.


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 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.


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 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colosse: Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


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 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye have heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;


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 Which is come to you, as [it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:


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 As ye also learned from Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;


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 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;


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 That ye may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;


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 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, to all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;


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 Giving thanks to the Father, who hath made us qualified to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:


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 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his beloved Son:


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 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are upon earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:


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 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he may have the preeminence.


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 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, [I say], whether [they are] things on earth, or things in heaven.


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 And you, that were once alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled


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 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:


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 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [are] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister;


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 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:


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 Of which I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;


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 [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is revealed to his saints:


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 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:


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 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:


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 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;


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 That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;


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 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.


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 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.


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 Beware lest any man make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.


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 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:


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 Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.


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 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;


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 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;


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 [And] having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.


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 Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths:


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 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,


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 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.


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 Therefore if ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,


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 These things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.


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 If ye then were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.


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 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; immorality, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:


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 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.


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 And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:


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 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.


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 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, tender mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;


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 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man hath a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.


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 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.


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 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.


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 And whatever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.


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 Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:


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 Knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.


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 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.


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 Masters, give to [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.


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 At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:


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 Let your speech [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.


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 All my state shall Tychicus declare to you, [who is] a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:


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 Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that he may know your circumstances, and comfort your hearts;


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 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is [one] of you. They shall make known to you all things which [are done] here.


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 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner greeteth you, and Mark, sister's son to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye received commandments: if he should come to you, receive him;)


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 And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only [are my] fellowworkers to the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.


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 Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, greeteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.


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 For I bear him witness, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.


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 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the [epistle] from Laodicea.


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 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.


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 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.


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 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;


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 For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.


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 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit:


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 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.


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 For they themselves show of us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;


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 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come.


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 But even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.


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 But as we were allowed by God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.


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 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God [is] witness:


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 Nor from men sought we glory, neither from you, nor [yet] from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.


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 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear to us.


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 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.


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 Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also], how devoutly and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:


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 As ye know how we exhorted and encouraged and charged each one of you, as a father [doth] his children,


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 For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.


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 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things from your own countrymen, even as they [have] from the Jews:


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 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:


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 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.


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 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.


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 For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?


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 And sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:


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 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed to this.


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 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.


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 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.


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 But now when Timothy came from you to us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also [to see] you:


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 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;


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 Night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?


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 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you:


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 To the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.


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 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.


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 That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.


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 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given to us his Holy Spirit.


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 But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you: for ye yourselves are taught by God to love one another.


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 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;


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 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;


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 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are outside [the church], and [that] ye may have need of nothing.


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 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.


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 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.


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 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive [and] remain to the coming of the Lord shall not precede them who are asleep.


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 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:


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 Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.


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 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.


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 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.


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 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;


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 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all [men].


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 See that none render evil for evil to any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].


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 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:


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 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is befitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of each one of you all toward each other aboundeth;


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 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:


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 [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:


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 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,


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 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:


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 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;


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 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.


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 Therefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power:


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 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.


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 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together to him,


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 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ has come.


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 Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;


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 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.


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 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now restraineth [will do so], until he be taken out of the way.


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 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:


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 And with all deception of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


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 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:


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 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.


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 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,


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 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have [free] course, and be glorified, even as [it is] with you:


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 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.


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 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received from us.


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 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but wrought with labour and toil night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:


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 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.


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 For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.


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 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.


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 And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.


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 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [who is] our hope;


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 To Timothy, [my] own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.


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 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,


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 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: [so do].


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 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] a sincere faith:


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 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor concerning what they affirm.


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 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,


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 For immoral men, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;


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 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;


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 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insolent man: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.


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 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.


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 However for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them who should believe on him to life everlasting.


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 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, God the only wise, [be] honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.


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 This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies made before concerning thee, that thou by them mayest war a good warfare;


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 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:


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 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.


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 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;


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 For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.


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 For which I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, [and] lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.


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 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with reverence and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;


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 However she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.


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 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober minded, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;


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 Moreover he must have a good report of them who are outside [the church]; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.


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 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money;


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 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.


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 For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.


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 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.


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 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.


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 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of demons;


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 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and know the truth.


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 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving:


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 If thou shalt put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished by the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.


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 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.


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 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe.


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 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conduct, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.


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 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.


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 Take heed to thyself, and to thy doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.


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 But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.


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 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.


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 But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.


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 Well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the saints ' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.


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 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;


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 And at the same time they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.


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 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.


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 If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.


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 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.


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 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the grain. And, The labourer [is] worthy of his reward.


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 I charge [thee] before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.


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 Likewise also the good works [of some] are clearly evident beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.


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 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine may not be blasphemed.


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 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.


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 If any man teacheth otherwise, and agreeth not to wholesome words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine which is according to godliness;


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 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,


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 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness: from such withdraw thyself.


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 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.


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 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some have coveted, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.


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 But thou, O man of God, flee from these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.


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 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.


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 I command thee in the sight of God, who maketh alive all things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;


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 That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:


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 Who in his times he shall show, [who is] the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;


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 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.


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 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;


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 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.


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 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:


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 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,


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 To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.


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 I thank God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;


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 When I call to remembrance the sincere faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that [is] in thee also.


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 For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the laying on of my hands.


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 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;


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 Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,


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 But has now been revealed by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:


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 For which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him until that day.


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 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.


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 This thou knowest, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.


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 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:


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 The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.


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 And the things that thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.


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 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.


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 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.


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 Of these things put [them] in remembrance, charging [them] before the Lord that they contend not about words to no profit, [but] to the subverting of the hearers.


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 Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.


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 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.


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 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.


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 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.


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 If a man therefore will cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, and fit for the master's use, [and] prepared to every good work.


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 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.


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 In meekness instructing those that oppose him; if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;


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 And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.


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 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,


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 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,


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 For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts,


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  Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, rejected as concerning the faith.


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 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be evident to all [men], as theirs also was.


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 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,


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 Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of [them] all the Lord delivered me.


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 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing from whom thou hast learned [them];


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 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.


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 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:


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 I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;


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 Preach the word; be diligent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.


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 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap up to themselves teachers, having itching ears;


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 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.


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 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.


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 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and hath departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.


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 Luke only is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.


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 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring [with thee], and the books, [but] especially the parchments.


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 At my first defence no man stood with me, but all [men] forsook me: [I pray God] that it may not be laid to their charge.


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 However the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.


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 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] to his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.


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 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.


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 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is according to godliness;


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 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;


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 To Titus, [my] own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.


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 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:


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 If any is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or rebellion.


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 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money;


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 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convict [those who] contradict.


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 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.


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 One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.


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 To the pure all things [are] pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.


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 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work disqualified.


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 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;


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 That they may teach the young women to be sober minded, to love their husbands, to love their children,


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 [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.


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 In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [showing] integrity, gravity, sincerity,


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 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say concerning you.


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 [Exhort] servants to be obedient to their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;


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 Not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.


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 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;


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 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;


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 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself [his own] special people, zealous of good works.


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 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,


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 For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.


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 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;


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 [This is] a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.


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 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.


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 When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.


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 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing may be wanting to them.


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 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.


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 All that are with me greet thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace [be] with you all. Amen.


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 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy [our] brother, to Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,


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 That the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.


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 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.


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 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech [thee], being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.


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 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:


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 But without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.


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 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more to thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?


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 I Paul have written [it] with my own hand, I will repay [it]: although I do not say to thee that thou owest to me even thy own self besides.


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 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.


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 But at the same time prepare for me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given to you.


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 Hath in these last days spoken to us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;


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 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;


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 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.


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 For to which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?


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 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.


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 But to the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.


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 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.


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 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hands:


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 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.


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 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?


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 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.


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 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;


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 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard [him];


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 God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?


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 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?


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 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou didst crown him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:


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 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not made subject to him. But now we see not yet all things made subject to him.


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 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.


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 For it was befitting for him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.


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 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,


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 Saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise to thee.


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 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.


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 Since then the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;


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 Therefore in all things it behoved him to be made like [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.


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 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;


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 For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath built the house hath more honour than the house.


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 And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;


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 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.


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 Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.


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 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.


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 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.


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 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;


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 But with whom was he grieved forty years? [was it] not with them that had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?


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 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.


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 For to us was the gospel preached, as well as to them: but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard [it].


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 For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.


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 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God rested the seventh day from all his works.


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 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter into it, and they to whom it was first preached entered not because of unbelief:


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 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.


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 For he that hath entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.


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 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.


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 For the word of God [is] living, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.


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 Neither is there any creature that is hidden in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.


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 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession.


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 For we have not an high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as [we are, yet] without sin.


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 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.


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 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:


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 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is beset with infirmity.


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 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.


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 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;


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 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need of one to teach you again which [are] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.


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 But solid food belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.


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 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,


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 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.


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 For [it is] impossible for those who have been once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,


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 If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.


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 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs useful for them by whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing from God:


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 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] close to being cursed; whose end [is] to be burned.


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 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.


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 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shown toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.


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 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.


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 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of every dispute.


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 In the same way God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:


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 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:


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 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and [one] which entereth into that within the veil;


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 Where the forerunner hath for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.


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 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;


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 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;


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 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.


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 Now consider how great this man [was], to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.


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 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they come from the loins of Abraham:


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 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.


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 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [receiveth them], of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.


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 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?


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 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.


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 For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang from Judah; of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.


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 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,


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 For there is verily a setting aside of the former commandment on account of its weakness and unprofitableness.


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 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by which we draw near to God.


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 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord swore and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek:)


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 Therefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.


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 For such an high priest was befitting for us, [who is] holy, blameless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;


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 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.


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 For the law maketh men high priests who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.


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 Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is seated on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;


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 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: therefore [it is] of necessity that this man should have somewhat also to offer.


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 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:


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 Who serve to the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shown to thee in the mount.


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 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.


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 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.


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 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:


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 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.


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 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:


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 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.


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 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.


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 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and groweth old [is] ready to vanish away.


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 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, in which [was] the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.


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 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;


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 And over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.


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 Now when these things were thus prepared, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of God].


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 But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people:


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 The Holy Spirit thus signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet revealed, while the first tabernacle was yet standing:


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 Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;


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 [Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and various washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.


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 But Christ became an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;


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 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].


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 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctify to the purifying of the flesh:


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 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?


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 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.


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 For a testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.


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 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,


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 Moreover he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.


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 And almost all things are by the law cleansed with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.


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 [It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.


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 For Christ hath not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:


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 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;


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 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.


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 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him he shall appear the second time without sin to salvation.


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 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers to [them] perfect.


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 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once cleansed should have had no more conscience of sins.


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 Therefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:


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 Before when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [in them]; which are offered by the law;


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 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.


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 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:


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 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;


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 This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;


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 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;


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 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.


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 Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)


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 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.


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 For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,


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 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.


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 Of how much more severe punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace?


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 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance [belongeth] to me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.


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 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;


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 Partly, while ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, while ye became companions of them that were so used.


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 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.


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 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.


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 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.


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 But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.


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 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.


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 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.


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 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.


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 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.


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 By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.


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 By faith Abraham, when he was called to move into a place which he should later receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.


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 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:


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 Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.


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 Therefore there sprang even from one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.


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 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.


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 And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from which they came, they might have had opportunity to return.


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 But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.


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 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],


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 Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from which also he received him in a figure.


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 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.


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 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.


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 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw [he was] a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.


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 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;


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 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect to the recompence of the reward.


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 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.


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 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.


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 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians trying to do were drowned.


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 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, after she had received the spies with peace.


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 And what more shall I say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthah; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets:


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 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,


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 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.


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 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:


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 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;


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 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.


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 Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,


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 Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.


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 For consider him that endured such hostility by sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.


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 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh to you as to children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked by him:


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 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?


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 But if ye are without chastisement, of which all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.


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 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?


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 For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.


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 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who are exercised by it.


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 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.


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 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and by it many be defiled;


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 For ye know that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.


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 For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to darkness, and tempest,


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 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:


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 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with an arrow:


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 But ye are come to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,


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 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,


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 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.


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 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:


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 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.


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 And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.


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 Therefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:


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 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.


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 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.


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 [Let your] manner of life [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.


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 Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] manner of life.


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 Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied in them.


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 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.


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 Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate.


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 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.


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 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you.


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 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,


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 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.


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 And I beseech you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation: for I have written a letter to you in few words.


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 Know ye that [our] brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.


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 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are scattered abroad, greeting.


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  If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.


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 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.


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 For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of its fashion perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.


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 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.


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 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:


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 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.


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 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.


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 Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.


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 Therefore put away all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.


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 For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:


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 But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [in it], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.


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 If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.


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 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.


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 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.


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 For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in fine apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;


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 And ye have respect to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:


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 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?


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 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?


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 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:


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 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou committest no adultery, yet if thou killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.


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 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shown no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.


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 What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?


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 And one of you saith to them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; but ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?


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 But, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.


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 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.


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 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way?


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 For in many things we all offend. If any man stumble not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.


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 Behold, we put bits in the horses ' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.


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 Behold also the ships, which though [they are] so great, and [are] driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, wherever the pilot willeth.


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 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!


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 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.


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 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of creatures in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:


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 With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God.


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 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.


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 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain [can] yield both salt water and fresh.


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 Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good behaviour his works with meekness of wisdom.


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 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.


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 From where [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not from this, [even] from your lusts that war in your members?


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 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.


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 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.


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 But he giveth more grace. Therefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.


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 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.


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 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.


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 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.


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 Come now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:


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 Though ye know not what [shall be] to morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.


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 Your gold and silver is rusted; and its rust shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped up treasure for the last days.


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 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.


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 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.


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 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receiveth the early and the latter rain.


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 Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.


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 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.


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 Behold, we count them happy who endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.


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 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.


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 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:


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 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.


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 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much.


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 Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.


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 Let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.


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 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


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 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.


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 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


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 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,


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 In this ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through various temptations:


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 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:


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 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:


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 Of this salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] to you:


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 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them did signify, when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.


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 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they ministered the things, which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.


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 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;


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 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:


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 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain way of life [received] by tradition from your fathers;


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 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you,


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 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.


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 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to a sincere love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:


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 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.


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 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:


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 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached to you.


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 Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,


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 Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.


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 Therefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.


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 To you therefore who believe [he is] precious: but to them who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner,


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 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to this also they were appointed.


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 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a special people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:


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 Who in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.


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 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;


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 Having your behaviour honest among the Gentiles: that, though they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.


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 Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.


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 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:


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 Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse.


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 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully.


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 For what glory [is it], if, when ye are buffeted for your faults, ye bear it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye bear it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.


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 For even to this were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:


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 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:


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 Who himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.


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 Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the behaviour of the wives;


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 Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of arranging the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel;


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 But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.


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 For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:


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 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any terror.


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 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.


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 Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one for another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:


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 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; knowing that ye are called to this, that ye should inherit a blessing.


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 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:


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 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] to their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.


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 But if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;


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 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:


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 Having a good conscience; that, though they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good behaviour in Christ.


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 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:


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 Who at one time were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.


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 The like figure to which [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:


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 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.


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 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;


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 That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.


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 For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries:


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 In which they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of [you]:


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 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.


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 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.


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 As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.


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 If any man speaketh, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man ministereth, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.


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 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you:


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 But rejoice, seeing ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.


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 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.


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 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.


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 Yet if [any man suffereth] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.


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 For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [beginneth] with us, what shall [be] the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?


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 Therefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as to a faithful Creator.


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 The elders who are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:


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 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [of it], not by constraint, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but from a ready mind;


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 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.


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 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:


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 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.


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 But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle [you].


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 By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which ye stand.


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 The [church that is] at Babylon, elected together with [you], greeteth you; and [so doth] Mark my son.


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 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be] with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.


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 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:


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 According as his divine power hath given to us all things that [pertain] to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:


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 By which are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.


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 For if these things are in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purified from his old sins.


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 Therefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:


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 For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.


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 Therefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and are established in the present truth.


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 Indeed, I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;


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 Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shown me.


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 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.


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 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.


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 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


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 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:


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 For prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke [as they were] moved by the Holy Spirit.


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 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.


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 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.


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 And through covetousness they shall with deceptive words exploit you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.


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 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;


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 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood upon the world of the ungodly;


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 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an example to those that afterwards should live ungodly lives;


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 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, tormented [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;)


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 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished:


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 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they], selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.


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 Though angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not a railing accusation against them before the Lord.


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 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;


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 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;


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 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: they have an heart exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:


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 Who have forsaken the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;


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 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb donkey speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.


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 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.


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 For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that are just escaping from them who live in error.


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 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for by whom a man is overcome, by the same is he brought into bondage.


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 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.


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 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.


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 But it hath happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.


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 This second epistle, beloved, I now write to you; in [both] which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:


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 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:


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 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,


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 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation.


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 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:


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 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire for the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.


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 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


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 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


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 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.


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 [Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conduct and godliness,


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 Looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God, when the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?


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 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwelleth righteousness.


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 Therefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.


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 And account [that] the longsuffering of our Lord [is] salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given to him hath written to you;


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 As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.


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 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know [these things] before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.


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 But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.


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 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;


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 (For the life was revealed, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;)


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 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.


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 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.


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 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.


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 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


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 My little children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. And if any man sinneth, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:


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 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.


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 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.


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 But whoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.


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 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.


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 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.


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 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not where he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.


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 I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.


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 I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.


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 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


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 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.


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 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist cometh, even now are there many antichrists; by which we know that it is the last time.


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 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be shown that they were not all of us.


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 I have not written to you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.


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 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.


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 Whoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also].


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 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.


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 But the anointing which ye have received from him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man should teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.


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 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.


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 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.


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 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.


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 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.


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 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.


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 Whoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.


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 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil: whoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.


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 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.


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 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.


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 Whoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.


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 By this we perceive the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.


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 But he who hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassions from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?


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 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.


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 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.


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 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit who he hath given to us.


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 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.


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 By this ye know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ hath come in the flesh is from God:


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 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not from God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come; and even now already it is in the world.


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 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.


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 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.


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 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.


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 In this was revealed the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.


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 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.


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 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.


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 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.


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 In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.


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 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.


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 If a man saith, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?


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 Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten by him.


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 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.


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 For whoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.


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 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.


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 For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one.


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 And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.


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 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.


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 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed the testimony that God gave of his Son.


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 These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.


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 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:


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 And if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired from him.


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 If any man shall see his brother sin a sin [which is] not to death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.


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 We know that whoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.


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 And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.


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 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;


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 Grace be with you, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.


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 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.


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 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.


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 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.


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 For many deceivers have entered into the world, who confess not Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.


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 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.


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 Whoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.


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 If any one cometh to you, and bringeth not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither wish him greetings:


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 Having many things to write to you, I would not [write] with paper and ink: but I trust to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.


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 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.


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 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.


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 Who have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou shalt bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:


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 I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.


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 Therefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content with that, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth [them] out of the church.


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 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.


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 Demetrius hath good report by all [men], and by the truth itself: and, we [also] bear witness; and ye know that our witness is true.


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 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace [be] to thee. [Our] friends greet thee. Greet the friends by name.


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 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:


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 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you concerning the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.


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 For certain men have crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.


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 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.


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 And the angels who kept not their proper abode, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the great day.


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 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to gross immorality, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.


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 Likewise also these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.


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 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.


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 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.


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 Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and run greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.


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 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about by winds; late autumn trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked out by the roots;


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 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.


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 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,


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 To execute judgment upon all, and to convict all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have impiously committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.


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 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.


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 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;


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 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.


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 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.


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 And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.


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 Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,


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 To God the only wise, our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.


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 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel to his servant John:


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 Who bore witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.


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 Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it: for the time [is] at hand.


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 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] to you, and peace, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;


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 And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,


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 And hath made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.


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 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] who pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.


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 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.


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 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.


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 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands;


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 And in the midst of the seven lampstands [one] like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the breasts with a golden band.


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  His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;


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 And his feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.


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 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his strength.


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 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:


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  I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.


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 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be after this;


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 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lampstands which thou sawest are the seven churches.


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 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;


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 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear them who are evil: and thou hast tried them who say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:


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 Remember therefore from which thou hast fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lampstand out of its place, except thou repent.


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 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.


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 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive;


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 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan.


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 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.


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 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt by the second death.


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 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he who hath the sharp sword with two edges;


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 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan's throne [is]: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days in which Antipas [was] my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.


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 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit [acts of] immorality.


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 Repent; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.


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 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth except he that receiveth [it].


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 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass;


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 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last [to be] more than the first.


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 However I have a few things against thee, because thou allowest that woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit [acts of] immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.


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 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.


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 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give to each one of you according to your works.


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 But to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you no other burden.


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 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works to the end, to him will I give power over the nations:


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 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.


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 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.


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 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.


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 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.


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 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.


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 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.


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 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;


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 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.


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 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.


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 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.


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 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.


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 And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;


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 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:


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 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.


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 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man shall hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.


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 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.


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 After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up here, and I will show thee things which must be after this.


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 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.


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 And he that sat was in appearance like a jasper and a sardius stone: and [there was] a rainbow around the throne, in sight like an emerald.


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 And around the throne [were] four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.


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 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.


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 And in front of the throne [there was] a sea of glass like crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, [were] four living beings full of eyes before and behind.


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 And the first living being [was] like a lion, and the second living being like a calf, and the third living being had a face as a man, and the fourth living being [was] like a flying eagle.


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 And the four living beings had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.


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 And when those living beings give glory and honour and thanks to him that is seated on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,


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 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,


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 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.


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 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.


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 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose its seals?


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 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look on it.


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 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look on it.


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 And one of the elders saith to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose its seven seals.


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 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living beings, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.


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 And when he had taken the book, the four living beings and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.


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 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;


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 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living beings and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;


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 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.


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 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] to him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever.


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 And the four living beings said, Amen. And the four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.


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 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living beings saying, Come and see.


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 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.


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 And there went out another horse [that was] red: and [power] was given to him that sat on him to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword.


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 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living being say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.


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 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living beings say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.


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 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, Come and see.


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 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.


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 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:


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 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?


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 And white robes were given to every one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.


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 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;


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 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casteth its untimely figs, when it is shaken by a mighty wind.


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 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and isle were moved out of their places.


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 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;


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 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:


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 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.


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 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,


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 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.


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 And I heard the number of them who were sealed: [and there were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.


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 Of the tribe of Judah [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad [were] sealed twelve thousand.


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 Of the tribe of Asher [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh [were] sealed twelve thousand.


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 Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve thousand.


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 Of the tribe of Zebulun [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin [were] sealed twelve thousand.


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 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;


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 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb.


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 And all the angels stood around the throne, and [about] the elders and the four living beings, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,


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 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] to our God for ever and ever. Amen.


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 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these that are arrayed in white robes? and where did they come from?


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 And I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who came out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.


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 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.


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 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.


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 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them to living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.


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 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.


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 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.


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 And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God out of the angel's hand.


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 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] upon the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.


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  The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.


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 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;


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 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.


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 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;


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 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.


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 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.


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 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!


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 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.


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 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.


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 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.


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 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads.


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 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment [was] as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.


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 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.


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 And the shapes of the locusts [were] like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men.


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 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.


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 And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months.


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 And they had a king over them, [who is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew language [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek language he hath [his] name Apollyon.


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 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,


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 Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels who are bound in the great river Euphrates.


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 And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.


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 And the number of the army of the horsemen [was] two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.


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 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses [were] as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.


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 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.


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 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails [were] like serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.


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 And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:


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 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their immorality, nor of their thefts.


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 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:


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 And he had in his hand a little scroll open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth,


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 And cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.


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 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.


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 And swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are in it, and the earth, and the things that are in it, and the sea, and the things which are in it, that there should be delay no longer:


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 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.


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 And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go [and] take the little scroll which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.


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 And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little scroll. And he said to me, Take [it], and eat it; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.


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 And I took the little scroll out of the angel's hand, and ate it; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.


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 And he said to me, Thou must prophesy again concerning many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.


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 And there was given me a reed like a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship in it.


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 But the court which is outside the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.


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 And I will give [power] to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.


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 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.


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 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.


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 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.


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 And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.


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 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not permit their dead bodies to be put in graves.


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 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.


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 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them who saw them.


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 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.


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 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were killed of men seven thousand: and the remnant were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.


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 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.


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 And the four and twenty elders, who sat before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,


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 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.


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 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them who destroy the earth.


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 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.


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 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:


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 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.


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 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, to devour her child as soon as he was born.


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 And she brought forth a son, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and [to] his throne.


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 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] sixty days.


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 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,


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 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out upon the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.


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 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.


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 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.


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 Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.


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 And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the son.


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 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.


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 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.


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 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.


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 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.


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 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.


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 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.


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 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like the beast? who is able to make war with him?


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 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue forty [and] two months.


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 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.


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 And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.


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 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.


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 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.


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 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.


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 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.


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 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,


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 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and lived.


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 And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.


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 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:


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 And that no man might buy or sell, except him that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.


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 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred and sixty [and] six.


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 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.


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 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:


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 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, who were redeemed from the earth.


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 These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.


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 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,


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 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.


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 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her immorality.


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 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,


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 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:


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 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receiveth the mark of his name.


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 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.


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 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works follow them.


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 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.


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 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.


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 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.


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 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


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 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even to the horses' bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.


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 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.


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 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gained the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.


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 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.


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 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are revealed.


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 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:


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 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden bands.


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 And one of the four living beings gave to the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.


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 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.


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 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.


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 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a foul and loathsome sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them who worshipped his image.


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 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead [man]: and every living soul died in the sea.


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 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.


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 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, who art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.


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 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.


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 And I heard another from the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.


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 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.


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 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.


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 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,


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 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.


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 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.


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 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.


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 For they are the spirits of demons, working miracles, [which] go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.


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 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.


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 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.


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 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as hath not been since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great.


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 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.


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 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for its plague was exceeding great.


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 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying to me, Come; I will show to thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters:


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 With whom the kings of the earth have committed [acts of] immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her immorality.


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 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


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 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her immorality:


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 And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.


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 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great wonder.


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 And the angel said to me, Why didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.


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 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.


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 And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.


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 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short time.


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 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.


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 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.


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 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.


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 And he saith to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.


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 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.


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 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.


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 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was made bright with his glory.


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 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.


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 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed [acts of] immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her delicacies.


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 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.


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 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.


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 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.


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 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.


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 And the kings of the earth, who have committed [acts of] immorality and lived luxuriously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,


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 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.


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 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:


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 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all kinds of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,


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 And cinnamon, and incense, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies, and souls of men.


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 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after have departed from thee, and all things which were luxurious and splendid have departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.


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 The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,


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 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!


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 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,


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 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which were made rich all that had ships in the sea by her wealth! for in one hour is she made desolate.


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 Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.


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 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be no more found.


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 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be no more heard in thee; and no craftsman, of whatever craft [he be], shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be no more heard in thee;


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 And the light of a lamp shall shine no more in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.


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 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.


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 And after these things I heard a great voice of many people in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, to the Lord our God:


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 For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.


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 And the four and twenty elders and the four living beings fell down and worshipped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.


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 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.


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 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.


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 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.


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 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.


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 And he saith to me, Write, Blessed [are] they who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true sayings of God.


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 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.


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 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.


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  His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.


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 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.


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 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.


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 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God;


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 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all [men, both] free and bond, both small and great.


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 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.


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 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.


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 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.


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 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


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 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,


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 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.


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 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.


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 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.


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 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.


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 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the sea.


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 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.


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 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.


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 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.


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 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.


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 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.


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 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and there was no more sea.


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 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.


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 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.


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 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things have passed away.


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 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.


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 And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.


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 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.


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 And there came to me one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.


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 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,


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 Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;


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 And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:


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 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.


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 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and its height are equal.


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 And he measured its wall, an hundred [and] forty four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.


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 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;


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 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.


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 And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; each one of the gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass.


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 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God lightened it, and the Lamb [is] its lamp.


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 And the nations of them who are saved shall walk in its light: and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into it.


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 And there shall by no means enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.


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 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.


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 In the midst of its street, and on each side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bore twelve [kinds of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.


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 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:


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 And there shall be no night there; and they need no lamp, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.


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 And he said to me, These words [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show to his servants the things which must shortly be done.


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 And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.


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 Then saith he to me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them who keep the words of this book: worship God.


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 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he who is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.


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 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.


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 Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.


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 For outside [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and immoral persons, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and maketh a lie.


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 I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star.


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 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.


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 For I testify to every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book:


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 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.


