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


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


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in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.


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For they that are according to flesh mind the things of the flesh; and they that are according to Spirit, the things of the Spirit.


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Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be


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But *ye* are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed God's Spirit dwell in you; but if any one has not <n>[the]</n> Spirit of Christ *he* is not of him


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but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.


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But if the Spirit of him that has raised up Jesus from among <n>[the]</n> dead dwell in you, he that has raised up Christ from among <n>[the]</n> dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit which dwells in you.


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for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live


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For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.


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And if children, heirs also heirs of God, and Christ's joint heirs; if indeed we suffer with <n>[him]</n>, that we may also be glorified with <n>[him]</n>.


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For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy <n>[to be compared]</n> with the coming glory to be revealed to us.


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for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected <n>[the same]</n>, in hope


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that the creature itself also shall be set free from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.


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And not only <n>[that]</n>, but even *we* ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, awaiting adoption, <n>[that is]</n> the redemption of our body.


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For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?


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And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.


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But he who searches the hearts knows what <n>[is]</n> the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for saints according to God.


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But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.


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Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated <n>[to be]</n> conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be <n>[the]</n> firstborn among many brethren.


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But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified.


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He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?


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who is he that condemns? <n>[It is]</n> Christ who has died, but rather has been <n>[also]</n> raised up; who is also at the right hand of God; who also intercedes for us.


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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?


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According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.


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


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nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which <n>[is]</n> in Christ Jesus our Lord.


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I say <n>[the]</n> truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit,


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for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;


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who are Israelites; whose <n>[is]</n> the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;


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whose <n>[are]</n> the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, <n>[is]</n> the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.


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Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all <n>[are]</n> Israel which <n>[are]</n> of Israel;


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nor because they are seed of Abraham <n>[are]</n> all children but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.


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That is, <n>[they that are]</n> the children of the flesh, these <n>[are]</n> not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.


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For this word <n>[is]</n> of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.


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<n>[the children]</n> indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),


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For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.


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For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst <n>[men]</n>, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.


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Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?


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Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?


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And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;


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


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us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst <n>[the]</n> Jews, but also from amongst <n>[the]</n> nations?


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And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, *Ye* <n>[are]</n> not my people, there shall they be called Sons of <n>[the]</n> living God.


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But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved


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for <n>[he]</n> is bringing the matter to an end, and <n>[cutting <n>[it]</n> short in righteousness; because]</n> a cutting short of the matter will <n>[the]</n> Lord accomplish upon the earth.


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And according as Esaias said before, Unless <n>[the]</n> Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.


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What then shall we say? That <n>[they of the]</n> nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but <n>[the]</n> righteousness that is on the principle of faith.


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Wherefore? Because <n>[it was]</n> not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,


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according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.


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Brethren, the delight of my own heart and my supplication which <n>[I address]</n> to God for them is for salvation.


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For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own <n>[righteousness]</n>, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.


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For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those things shall live by them.


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But the righteousness of faith speaks thus Do not say in thine heart, Who shall ascend to the heavens? that is, to bring Christ down;


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But what says it? The word is near thee, 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 Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from among <n>[the]</n> dead, thou shalt be saved.


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For with <n>[the]</n> heart is believed to righteousness; and with <n>[the]</n> mouth confession made to salvation.


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For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all <n>[is]</n> rich towards all that call upon him.


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How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without one who preaches?


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and how shall they preach unless they have been sent? according as it is written, How beautiful the feet of them that announce glad tidings of peace, of them that announce glad tidings of good things!


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But I say, Have they not heard? Yea, surely, Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the extremities of the habitable world.


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But I say, Has not Israel known? First, Moses says, *I* will provoke you to jealousy through <n>[them that are]</n> not a nation through a nation without understanding I will anger you.


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But Esaias is very bold, and says, I have been found by those not seeking me; I have become manifest to those not inquiring after me.


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But unto Israel he says, All the day long I have stretched out my hands unto a people disobeying and opposing.


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I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For *I* also am an Israelite, of <n>[the]</n> seed of Abraham, of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Benjamin.


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God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in <n>[the history of]</n> Elias, how he pleads with God against Israel?


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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and *I* have been left alone, and they seek my life.


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But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.


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What <n>[is it]</n> then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded,


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according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day.


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And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them


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I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought but by their fall <n>[there is]</n> salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.


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But if their fall <n>[be the]</n> world's wealth, and their loss <n>[the]</n> wealth of <n>[the]</n> nations, how much rather their fulness?


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if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy <n>[them which are]</n> my flesh, and shall save some from among them.


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For if their casting away <n>[be the]</n> world's reconciliation, what <n>[their]</n> reception but life from among <n>[the]</n> dead?


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Now if the first-fruit <n>[be]</n> holy, the lump also; and if the root <n>[be]</n> holy, the branches also.


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Now if some of the branches have been broken out, and *thou*, being a wild olive tree, hast been grafted in amongst them, and hast become a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,


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boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, <n>[it is]</n> not *thou* bearest the root, but the root thee.


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Right they have been broken out through unbelief, and *thou* standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear


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Behold then <n>[the]</n> goodness and severity of God upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness of God, if thou shalt abide in goodness, since <n>[otherwise]</n> *thou* also wilt be cut away.


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And *they* too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able again to graft them in.


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For if *thou* hast been cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, and, contrary to nature, hast been grafted into the good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature be grafted into their own olive tree?


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For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;


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and so all Israel shall be saved. According as it is written, The deliverer shall come out of Zion; he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.


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As regards the glad tidings, <n>[they are]</n> enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.


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For as indeed *ye* <n>[also]</n> once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of *these*;


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so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that *they* also may be objects of mercy.


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O depth of riches both of <n>[the]</n> wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!


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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, <n>[which is]</n> your intelligent service.


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


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For I say, through the grace which has been given to me, to every one that is among you, not to have high thoughts above what he should think; but to think so as to be wise, as God has dealt to each a measure of faith.


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But having different gifts, according to the grace which has been given to us, whether <n>[it be]</n> prophecy, <n>[let us prophesy]</n> according to the proportion of faith;


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or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicity; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.


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as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other


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Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly be not wise in your own eyes


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not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance <n>[belongs]</n> to me, *I* will recompense, saith the Lord.


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If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.


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Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above <n>[him]</n>. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.


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So that he that sets himself in opposition to the authority resists the ordinance of God; and they who <n>[thus]</n> resist shall bring sentence of guilt on themselves.


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For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil <n>[one]</n>. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise <n>[what is]</n> good, and thou shalt have praise from it;


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for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.


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Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.


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For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.


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Render to all their dues to whom tribute <n>[is due]</n>, tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.


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For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.


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This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now <n>[is]</n> our salvation nearer than when we believed.


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The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.


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As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.


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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to <n>[fulfil its]</n> lusts.


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Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to <n>[the]</n> determining of questions of reasoning.


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Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats for God has received him.


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Who art *thou* that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.


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One man esteems day more than day; another esteems every day <n>[alike]</n>. Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind.


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He that regards the day, regards it to <n>[the]</n> Lord. And he that eats, eats to <n>[the]</n> Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that does not eat, <n>[it is]</n> to <n>[the]</n> Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.


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For both if we should live, <n>[it is]</n> to the Lord we live; and if we should die, <n>[it is]</n> to the Lord we die both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord's.


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For to this <n>[end]</n> Christ has died and lived <n>[again]</n>, that he might rule over both dead and living.


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But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.


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For it is written, *I* live, saith <n>[the]</n> Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God.


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Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother.


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I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man <n>[it is]</n> unclean.


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For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died.


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for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit.


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So then let us pursue the things which tend to peace, and things whereby one shall build up another.


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For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of God. All things indeed <n>[are]</n> pure; but <n>[it is]</n> evil to that man who eats while stumbling <n>[in doing so]</n>.


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<n>[It is]</n> right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor <n>[do anything]</n> in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.


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Hast *thou* faith? have <n>[it]</n> to thyself before God. Blessed <n>[is]</n> he who does not judge himself in what he allows.


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But he that doubts, if he eat, is condemned; because <n>[it is]</n> not of faith; but whatever <n>[is]</n> not of faith is sin.


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But *we* ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.


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For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.


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For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.


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Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;


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Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to <n>[the]</n> glory of God.


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For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of <n>[the]</n> circumcision for <n>[the]</n> truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;


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and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among <n>[the]</n> nations, and will sing to thy name.


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And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over <n>[the]</n> nations in him shall <n>[the]</n> nations hope.


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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by <n>[the]</n> power of <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit.


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


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But I have written to you the more boldly, <n>[brethren,]</n> in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by God,


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for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the <n>[message of]</n> glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit.


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For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for <n>[the]</n> obedience of <n>[the]</n> nations, by word and deed,


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in <n>[the]</n> power of signs and wonders, in <n>[the]</n> power of <n>[the]</n> Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;


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and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;


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but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.


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But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,


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whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)


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for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who <n>[are]</n> in Jerusalem.


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They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.


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Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain.


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But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in <n>[the]</n> fulness of <n>[the]</n> blessing of Christ.


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But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;


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that I may be saved from those that do not believe in Judaea; and that my ministry which <n>[I have]</n> for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;


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that ye may receive her in <n>[the]</n> Lord worthily of saints, and that ye may assist her in whatever matter she has need of you; for *she* also has been a helper of many, and of myself.


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(who for my life staked their own neck; to whom not *I* only am thankful, but also all the assemblies of the nations,)


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and the assembly at their house. Salute Epaenetus, my beloved, who is <n>[the]</n> first-fruits of Asia for Christ.


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Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles; who were also in Christ before me.


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Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labour in <n>[the]</n> Lord. Salute Persis, the beloved, who has laboured much in <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which *ye* have learnt, and turn away from them.


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For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.


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For your obedience has reached to all. I rejoice therefore as it regards you; but I wish you to be wise <n>[as]</n> to that which is good, and simple <n>[as]</n> to evil.


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But the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <n>[be]</n> with you.


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Gaius, my host and of the whole assembly, salutes you. Erastus, the steward of the city, salutes you, and the brother Quartus.


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Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my glad tidings and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to <n>[the]</n> revelation of <n>[the]</n> mystery, as to which silence has been kept in <n>[the]</n> times of the ages,


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but <n>[which]</n> has now been made manifest, and by prophetic scriptures, according to commandment of the eternal God, made known for obedience of faith to all the nations --


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to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, to <n>[those]</n> sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours


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that in everything ye have been enriched in him, in all word <n>[of doctrine]</n>, and all knowledge,


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God <n>[is]</n> faithful, by whom ye have been called into <n>[the]</n> fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.


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Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion.


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For it has been shewn to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of <n>[the house of]</n> Chloe, that there are strifes among you.


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But I speak of this, that each of you says, *I* am of Paul, and *I* of Apollos, and *I* of Cephas, and *I* of Christ.


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Is the Christ divided? has Paul been crucified for you? or have ye been baptised unto the name of Paul?


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For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.


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For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.


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For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.


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Where <n>[is the]</n> wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?


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For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.


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For consider your calling, brethren, that <n>[there are]</n> not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.


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But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;


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and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, <n>[and]</n> things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;


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But of him are *ye* in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;


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And *I*, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.


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For I did not judge <n>[it well]</n> to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified.


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and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of <n>[the]</n> Spirit and of power;


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But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.


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But we speak God's wisdom in <n>[a]</n> mystery, that hidden <n>[wisdom]</n> which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory


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which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)


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but according as it is written, Things which eye has not seen, and ear not heard, and which have not come into man's heart, which God has prepared for them that love him,


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but God has revealed to us by <n>[his]</n> Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.


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For who of men hath known the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? thus also the things of God knows no one except the Spirit of God.


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But *we* have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which <n>[is]</n> of God, that we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God


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which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, communicating spiritual <n>[things]</n> by spiritual <n>[means]</n>.


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But <n>[the]</n> natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know <n>[them]</n> because they are spiritually discerned;


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For who has known the mind of <n>[the]</n> Lord, who shall instruct him? But *we* have the mind of Christ.


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And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.


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I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able;


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for ye are yet carnal. For whereas <n>[there are]</n> among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?


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Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.


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But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.


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According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it.


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Now if any one build upon <n>[this]</n> foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,


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the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare <n>[it]</n>, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is.


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If the work of any one which he has built upon <n>[the foundation]</n> shall abide, he shall receive a reward.


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If the work of any one shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss, but *he* shall be saved, but so as through <n>[the]</n> fire.


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Do ye not know that ye are <n>[the]</n> temple of God, and <n>[that]</n> the Spirit of God dwells in you?


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If any one corrupt the temple of God, *him* shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are *ye*.


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Let no one deceive himself if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.


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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.


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Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or <n>[the]</n> world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours;


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But for me it is the very smallest matter that I be examined of you or of man's day. Nor do I even examine myself.


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For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this but he that examines me is the Lord.


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So that do not judge anything before <n>[the]</n> time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have <n>[his]</n> praise from God.


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Now these things, brethren, I have transferred, in their application, to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us the <n>[lesson of]</n> not <n>[letting your thoughts go]</n> above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up one for <n>[such a]</n> one against another.


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For who makes thee to differ? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? but if also thou hast received, why boastest thou as not receiving?


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Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that *we* also might reign with you.


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For I think that God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.


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*We* <n>[are]</n> fools for Christ's sake, but *ye* prudent in Christ *we* weak, but *ye* strong *ye* glorious, but *we* in dishonour.


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To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,


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insulted, we entreat we are become as <n>[the]</n> offscouring of the world, <n>[the]</n> refuse of all, until now.


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Not <n>[as]</n> chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish <n>[you]</n>.


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For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings.


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For this reason I have sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved and faithful child in <n>[the]</n> Lord, who shall put you in mind of my ways <n>[as]</n> they <n>[are]</n> in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every assembly.


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but I will come quickly to you, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of those that are puffed up, but the power.


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It is universally reported <n>[that there is]</n> fornication among you, and such fornication as <n>[is]</n> not even among the nations, so that one should have his father's wife.


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And *ye* are puffed up, and ye have not rather mourned, in order that he that has done this deed might be taken away out of the midst of you.


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<n>[to deliver,]</n> in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (ye and my spirit being gathered together, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ), him that has so wrought this


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to deliver him, <n>[I say,]</n> <n>[being]</n> such, to Satan for destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.


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Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our passover, Christ, has been sacrificed;


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so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened <n>[bread]</n> of sincerity and truth.


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not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the avaricious and rapacious, or idolaters, since <n>[then]</n> ye should go out of the world.


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But now I have written to you, if any one called brother be fornicator, or avaricious, or idolater, or abusive, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to mix with <n>[him]</n>; with such a one not even to eat.


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For what have *I* <n>[to do]</n> with judging those outside also? *ye*, do not ye judge them that are within?


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Dare any one of you, having a matter against another, prosecute his suit before the unjust, and not before the saints?


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Do ye not then know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of <n>[the]</n> smallest judgments?


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If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those <n>[to judge]</n> who are little esteemed in the assembly.


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I speak to you <n>[to put you]</n> to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!


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Already indeed then it is altogether a fault in you that ye have suits between yourselves. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why are ye not rather defrauded?


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Do ye not know that unrighteous <n>[persons]</n> shall not inherit <n>[the]</n> kingdom of God? Do not err neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,


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nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor <n>[the]</n> rapacious, shall inherit <n>[the]</n> kingdom of God.


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And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been 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 do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but *I* will not be brought under the power of any.


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Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them but the body <n>[is]</n> not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.


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And God has both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up from among <n>[the dead]</n> by his power.


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Do ye not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make <n>[them]</n> members of a harlot? Far be the thought.


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Do ye not know that he <n>[that is]</n> joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh.


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Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.


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Do ye not know that your body is <n>[the]</n> temple of the Holy Spirit which <n>[is]</n> in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own?


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But concerning the things of which ye have written <n>[to me]</n> <n>[It is]</n> good for a man not to touch a woman;


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but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each <n>[woman]</n> have her own husband.


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The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife.


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Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.


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Now I wish all men to be even as myself but every one has his own gift of God one man thus, and another thus.


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But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.


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(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife.


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But as to the rest, *I* say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and *she* consent to dwell with him, let him not leave her.


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And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave <n>[her]</n> husband.


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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since <n>[otherwise]</n> indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.


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But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such <n>[cases]</n>, but God has called us in peace.


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For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?


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However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.


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Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.


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Hast thou been called <n>[being]</n> a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use <n>[it]</n> rather.


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For the bondman that is called in <n>[the]</n> Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner <n>[also]</n> the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.


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But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of <n>[the]</n> Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of <n>[the]</n> Lord to be faithful.


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I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that <n>[it is]</n> good for a man to remain so as he is.


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But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.


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But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having <n>[any]</n>


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and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing;


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and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.


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But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;


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There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.


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But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what <n>[is]</n> seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.


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But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin let them marry.


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But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has judged this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he does well.


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A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that *I* also have God's Spirit.


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But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.


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-- concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol <n>[is]</n> nothing in <n>[the]</n> world, and that there <n>[is]</n> no other God save one.


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For and if indeed there are <n>[those]</n> called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)


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yet to us <n>[there is]</n> one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom <n>[are]</n> all things, and *we* by him.


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But knowledge <n>[is]</n> not in all but some, with conscience of the idol, until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to idols; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.


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But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.


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For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol?


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and the weak <n>[one]</n>, the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.


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Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother.


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Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not *ye* my work in <n>[the]</n> Lord?


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If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you for the seal of mine apostleship are *ye* in <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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have we not a right to take round a sister <n>[as]</n> wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?


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Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?


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For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen,


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or does he say <n>[it]</n> altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of <n>[it]</n>.


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


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If others partake of this right over you, should not rather *we*? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.


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Do ye not know that they who labour <n>[at]</n> sacred things eat of the <n>[offerings offered in the]</n> temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?


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But *I* have used none of these things. Now I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case; for <n>[it were]</n> good for me rather to die than that any one should make vain my boast.


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For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.


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For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.


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What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless <n>[to others]</n>, so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in <n>[announcing]</n> the glad tidings.


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For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most <n>[possible]</n>.


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And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law


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to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain <n>[those]</n> without law.


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I became to the weak, <n>[as]</n> weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.


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Know ye not that they who run in <n>[the]</n> race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.


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But every one that contends <n>[for a prize]</n> is temperate in all things *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.


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But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest <n>[after]</n> having preached to others I should be myself rejected.


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For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, 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 a spiritual rock which followed <n>[them]</n> (now the rock was the Christ;)


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But these things happened <n>[as]</n> types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.


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


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


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Now all these things happened to them <n>[as]</n> types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.


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No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able <n>[to bear]</n>, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that <n>[ye]</n> should be able to bear <n>[it]</n>.


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The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not <n>[the]</n> communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not <n>[the]</n> communion of the body of the Christ?


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But that what <n>[the nations]</n> sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.


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Ye cannot drink <n>[the]</n> Lord's cup, and <n>[the]</n> cup of demons ye cannot partake of <n>[the]</n> Lord's table, and of <n>[the]</n> table of demons.


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But if any one of the unbelievers invite you, and ye are minded to go, all that is set before you eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.


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But if any one say to you, This is offered to holy purposes, do not eat, for his sake that pointed it out, and conscience sake;


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but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?


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Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.


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Now I praise you, that in all things ye are mindful of me; and that as I have directed you, ye keep the directions.


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But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head <n>[is]</n> the man, and the Christ's head God.


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But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved <n>[woman]</n>.


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For if a woman be not covered, let her hair also be cut off. But if <n>[it be]</n> shameful to a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, let her be covered.


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For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.


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For as the woman <n>[is]</n> of the man, so also <n>[is]</n> the man by the woman, but all things of God.


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But woman, if she have long hair, <n>[it is]</n> glory to her; for the long hair is given <n>[to her]</n> in lieu of a veil.


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But <n>[in]</n> prescribing <n>[to you on]</n> this <n>[which I now enter on]</n>, I do not praise, <n>[namely,]</n> that ye come together, not for the better, but for the worse.


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For first, when ye come together in assembly, I hear there exist divisions among you, and I partly give credit <n>[to it]</n>.


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For each one in eating takes his *own* supper before <n>[others]</n>, and one is hungry and another drinks to excess.


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Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this <n>[point]</n> I do not praise.


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For *I* received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,


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and having given thanks broke <n>[it]</n>, and said, This is my body, which <n>[is]</n> for you this do in remembrance of me.


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In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood this do, as often as ye shall drink <n>[it]</n>, in remembrance of me.


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For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.


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So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.


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For <n>[the]</n> eater and drinker eats and drinks judgment to himself, not distinguishing the body.


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But being judged, we are disciplined of <n>[the]</n> Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.


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If any one be hungry, let him eat at home, that ye may not come together for judgment. But the other things, whenever I come, I will set in order.


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Ye know that when ye were <n>[of the]</n> nations <n>[ye were]</n> led away to dumb idols, in whatever way ye might be led.


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I give you therefore to know, that no one, speaking in <n>[the power of the]</n> Spirit of God, says, Curse <n>[on]</n> Jesus; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in <n>[the power of the]</n> Holy Spirit.


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For to one, by the Spirit, is given <n>[the]</n> word of wisdom; and to another <n>[the]</n> word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;


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and to a different one faith, in <n>[the power of]</n> the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healing in <n>[the power of]</n> the same Spirit;


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and to another operations of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; and to a different one kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues.


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But all these things operates the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each in particular according as he pleases.


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For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also <n>[is]</n> the Christ.


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For also in <n>[the power of]</n> one Spirit *we* have all been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or free, and have all been given to drink of one Spirit.


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If the foot say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?


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And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?


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But now God has set the members, each one of them in the body, according as it has pleased <n>[him]</n>.


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The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.


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and those <n>[parts]</n> of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely <n>[parts]</n> have more abundant comeliness;


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but our comely <n>[parts]</n> have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to <n>[the part]</n> that lacked;


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that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.


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And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with <n>[it]</n>; and if one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with <n>[it]</n>.


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And God has set certain in the assembly first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then miraculous powers; then gifts of healings; helps; governments; kinds of tongues.


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<n>[Are]</n> all apostles? <n>[are]</n> all prophets? <n>[are]</n> all teachers? <n>[are]</n> all <n>[in possession of]</n> miraculous powers?


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But desire earnestly the greater gifts, and yet shew I unto you a way of more surpassing excellence.


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If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.


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And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.


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And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.


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does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,


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Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.


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When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; when I became a man, I had done with what belonged to the child.


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For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.


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Follow after love, and be emulous of spiritual <n>[manifestations]</n>, but rather that ye may prophesy.


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For he that speaks with a tongue does not speak to men but to God for no one hears; but in spirit he speaks mysteries.


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Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.


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And now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in teaching?


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Even lifeless things giving a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not distinction to the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?


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Thus also *ye* with the tongue, unless ye give a distinct speech, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking to the air.


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If therefore I do not know the power of the sound, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks a barbarian for me.


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Thus *ye* also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.


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


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Since otherwise, if thou blessest with <n>[the]</n> spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple <n>[Christian]</n> say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest?


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but in <n>[the]</n> assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, <n>[rather]</n> than ten thousand words in a tongue.


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Brethren, be not children in <n>[your]</n> minds, but in malice be babes; but in <n>[your]</n> minds be grown <n>[men]</n>.


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It is written in the law, By people of other tongues, and by strange lips, will I speak to this people; and neither thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.


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So that tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to unbelievers; but prophecy, not to unbelievers, but to those who believe.


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If therefore the whole assembly come together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and simple <n>[persons]</n> enter in, or unbelievers, will not they say ye are mad?


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But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or simple <n>[person]</n> come in, he is convicted of all, he is judged of all;


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the secrets of his heart are manifested; and thus, falling upon <n>[his]</n> face, he will do homage to God, reporting that God is indeed amongst you.


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What is it then, brethren? whenever ye come together, each <n>[of you]</n> has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edification.


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If any one speak with a tongue, <n>[let it be]</n> two, or at the most three, and separately, and let one interpret;


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but if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in <n>[the]</n> assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.


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Let <n>[your]</n> women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.


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But if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in assembly.


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If any one thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things that I write to you, that it is <n>[the]</n> Lord's commandment.


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But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand,


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by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.


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For I delivered to you, in the first place, what also I had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;


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Then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain until now, but some also have fallen asleep.


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For *I* am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.


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But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which <n>[was]</n> towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not *I*, but the grace of God which <n>[was]</n> with me.


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Now if Christ is preached that he is raised from among <n>[the]</n> dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of <n>[those that are]</n> dead?


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but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also <n>[is]</n> our preaching, and vain also your faith.


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And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed <n>[those that are]</n> dead are not raised.


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But each in his own rank <n>[the]</n> first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.


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Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him <n>[who is]</n> God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.


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For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, <n>[it is]</n> evident that <n>[it is]</n> except him who put all things in subjection to him.


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But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)


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Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if <n>[those that are]</n> dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them?


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If, <n>[to speak]</n> after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if <n>[those that are]</n> dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.


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Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God I speak to you as a matter of shame.


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And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest


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Every flesh <n>[is]</n> not the same flesh, but one <n>[is]</n> of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another <n>[flesh]</n> of birds, and another of fishes.


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And <n>[there are]</n> heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies but different is the glory of the heavenly, different that of the earthly


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one <n>[the]</n> sun's glory, and another <n>[the]</n> moon's glory, and another <n>[the]</n> stars' glory; for star differs from star in glory.


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Thus also <n>[is]</n> the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.


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It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual <n>[one]</n>.


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Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.


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But that which is spiritual <n>[was]</n> not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual


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Such as he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and such as the heavenly <n>[one]</n>, such also the heavenly <n>[ones]</n>.


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And as we have borne the image of the <n>[one]</n> made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly <n>[one]</n>.


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But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility.


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in an instant, in <n>[the]</n> 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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But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written Death has been swallowed up in victory.


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So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so do *ye* do also.


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On <n>[the]</n> first of <n>[the]</n> week let each of you put by at home, laying up <n>[in]</n> whatever <n>[degree]</n> he may have prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.


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And when I am arrived, whomsoever ye shall approve, these I will send with letters to carry your bounty to Jerusalem


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But perhaps I will stay with you, or even winter with you, that *ye* may set me forward wheresoever I may go.


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For I will not see you now in passing, for I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord permit.


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Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear; for he works the work of the Lord, even as I.


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Let not therefore any one despise him; but set him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren.


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Now concerning the brother Apollos, I begged him much that he would go to you with the brethren; but it was not at all <n>[his]</n> will to go now; but he will come when he shall have good opportunity.


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But I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the saints for service,)


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But I rejoice in the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus; because *they* have supplied what was lacking on your part.


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The assemblies of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house, salute you much in <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, and the brother Timotheus, to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia.


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Blessed <n>[be]</n> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement;


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who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God.


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Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound.


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But whether we are in tribulation, <n>[it is]</n> for your encouragement and salvation, wrought in the endurance of the same sufferings which *we* also suffer,


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(and our hope for you <n>[is]</n> sure;) or whether we are encouraged, <n>[it is]</n> for your encouragement and salvation knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.


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For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened <n>[to us]</n> in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond <n>[our]</n> power, so as to despair even of living.


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But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;


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who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;


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ye also labouring together by supplication for us that the gift towards us, through means of many persons, may be the subject of the thanksgiving of many for us.


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For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.


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For we do not write other things to you but what ye well know and recognise; and I hope that ye will recognise to the end,


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even as also ye have recognised us in part, that we are your boast, even as *ye* <n>[are]</n> ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.


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and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.


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Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay?


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For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, he who has been preached by us among you (by me and Silvanus and Timotheus), did not become yea and nay, but yea *is* in him.


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For whatever promises of God <n>[there are]</n>, in him is the yea, and in him the amen, for glory to God by us.


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For if *I* grieve you, who also <n>[is]</n> it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?


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And I have written this very <n>[letter]</n> <n>[to you]</n>, that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is <n>[that]</n> of you all.


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For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.


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But if any one has grieved, he has grieved, not me, but in part (that I may not overcharge <n>[you]</n>) all of you.


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so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.


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For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.


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But to whom ye forgive anything, *I* also; for I also, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, <n>[it is]</n> for your sakes in <n>[the]</n> person of Christ;


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that we might not have Satan get an advantage against us, for we are not ignorant of *his* thoughts.


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Now when I came to Troas for the <n>[publication of the]</n> glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in <n>[the]</n> Lord,


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I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia.


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But thanks <n>[be]</n> to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.


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to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who <n>[is]</n> sufficient for these things?


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For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.


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Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or <n>[commendatory]</n> from you?


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being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but <n>[the]</n> Spirit of <n>[the]</n> living God; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of <n>[the]</n> heart.


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not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency <n>[is]</n> of God;


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who has also made us competent, <n>[as]</n> ministers of <n>[the]</n> new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.


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(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, <n>[a glory]</n> which is annulled;


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For if the ministry of condemnation <n>[be]</n> glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.


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For also that <n>[which was]</n> glorified is not glorified in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory.


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For if that annulled <n>[was introduced]</n> with glory, much rather that which abides <n>[subsists]</n> in glory.


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and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.


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But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.


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Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of <n>[the]</n> Lord <n>[is, there is]</n> liberty.


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But *we* all, looking on the glory of the Lord, with unveiled face, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, even as by <n>[the]</n> Lord <n>[the]</n> Spirit.


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But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.


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in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is <n>[the]</n> image of God, should not shine forth <n>[for them]</n>.


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Because <n>[it is]</n> the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in <n>[the]</n> face of <n>[Jesus]</n> Christ.


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


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every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;


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always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body;


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for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;


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And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; *we* also believe, therefore also we speak;


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knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall present <n>[us]</n> with you.


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For all things <n>[are]</n> for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.


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Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.


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For our momentary <n>[and]</n> light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;


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while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen <n>[are]</n> for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.


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For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.


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For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which <n>[is]</n> from heaven;


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For indeed we who are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened; while yet we do not wish to be unclothed, but clothed, that <n>[what is]</n> mortal may be swallowed up by life.


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Now he that has wrought us for this very thing <n>[is]</n> God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.


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Therefore <n>[we are]</n> always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,


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For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things <n>[done]</n> in the body, according to those he has done, whether <n>[it be]</n> good or evil.


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Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have been manifested to God, and I hope also that we have been manifested in your consciences.


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<n>[For]</n> we do not again commend ourselves to you, but <n>[we are]</n> giving to you occasion of boast in our behalf, that ye may have <n>[such]</n> with those boasting in countenance, and not in heart.


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For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this that one died for all, then all have died;


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and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised.


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So that *we* henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know <n>[him thus]</n> no longer.


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So if any one <n>[be]</n> in Christ, <n>[there is]</n> a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new


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and all things <n>[are]</n> of the God who has reconciled us to himself by <n>[Jesus]</n> Christ, and given to us the ministry of that reconciliation


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how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.


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We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as <n>[it were]</n> beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.


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(for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation behold, now <n>[is the]</n> well-accepted time; behold, now <n>[the]</n> day of salvation)


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but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,


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in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,


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in <n>[the]</n> word of truth, in <n>[the]</n> power of God; through the arms of righteousness on the right hand and left,


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as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.


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Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation <n>[is there]</n> between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness?


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and what agreement of God's temple with idols? for *ye* are <n>[the]</n> living God's temple; according as God has said, I will dwell among them, and walk among <n>[them]</n>; and I will be their God, and they shall be to me a people.


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Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith <n>[the]</n> Lord, and touch not <n>[what is]</n> unclean, and *I* will receive you;


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and I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith <n>[the]</n> Lord Almighty.


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Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear.


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I do not speak for condemnation, for I have already said that ye are in our hearts, to die together, and live together.


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Great <n>[is]</n> my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.


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For indeed, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but <n>[we were]</n> afflicted in every way; without combats, within fears.


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But he who encourages those that are <n>[brought]</n> low, <n>[even]</n> God, encouraged us by the coming of Titus;


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and not by his coming only, but also through the encouragement with which he was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I the more rejoiced.


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For if also I grieved you in the letter, I do not regret <n>[it]</n>, if even I have regretted it; for I see that that letter, if even <n>[it were]</n> only for a time, grieved you.


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Now I rejoice, not that ye have been grieved, but that ye have been grieved to repentance; for ye have been grieved according to God, that in nothing ye might be injured by us.


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For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.


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For, behold, this same thing, your being grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought in *you*, but <n>[what]</n> excusing <n>[of yourselves]</n>, but <n>[what]</n> indignation, but <n>[what]</n> fear, but <n>[what]</n> ardent desire, but <n>[what]</n> zeal, but <n>[what]</n> vengeance in every way ye have proved yourselves to be pure in the matter.


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So then, if also I wrote to you, <n>[it was]</n> not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.


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For this reason we have been encouraged. And we the rather rejoiced in our encouragement more abundantly by reason of the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.


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Because if I boasted to him anything about you, I have not been put to shame; but as we have spoken to you all things in truth, so also our boasting to Titus has been <n>[the]</n> truth;


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and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind 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 has abounded to the riches of their <n>[free-hearted]</n> liberality.


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For according to <n>[their]</n> power, I bear witness, and beyond <n>[their]</n> power, <n>[they were]</n> willing of their own accord,


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begging of us with much entreaty <n>[to give effect to]</n> the grace and fellowship of the service which <n>[was to be rendered]</n> to the saints.


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So that we begged Titus that, according as he had before begun, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;


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but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.


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I do not speak as commanding <n>[it]</n>, but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.


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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that *ye* by *his* poverty might be enriched.


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And I give <n>[my]</n> opinion in this, for this is profitable for you who began before, not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.


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But now also complete the doing of it; so that as <n>[there was]</n> the readiness to be willing, so also to complete out of what ye have.


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For if the readiness be there, <n>[a man is]</n> accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.


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but <n>[on the principle]</n> of equality; in the present time your abundance for their lack, that their abundance may be for your lack, so that there should be equality.


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According as it is written, He who <n>[gathered]</n> much had no excess, and he who <n>[gathered]</n> little was nothing short.


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but we have sent with him the brother whose praise <n>[is]</n> in the glad tidings through all the assemblies;


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and not only <n>[so]</n>, but <n>[is]</n> also chosen by the assemblies as our fellow-traveller with this grace, ministered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and <n>[a witness of]</n> our readiness;


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And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved to be of diligent zeal in many things, and now more diligently zealous through the great confidence <n>[he has]</n> as to you.


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Whether as regards Titus, <n>[he is]</n> my companion and fellow-labourer in your behalf; or our brethren, <n>[they are]</n> deputed messengers of assemblies, Christ's glory.


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Shew therefore to them, before the assemblies, the proof of your love, and of our boasting about you.


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For concerning the ministration which <n>[is]</n> for the saints, it is superfluous my writing to you.


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For I know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to Macedonians, that Achaia is prepared since a year ago, and the zeal <n>[reported]</n> of you has stimulated the mass <n>[of the brethren]</n>.


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But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;


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lest haply, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, *we*, that we say not *ye*, may be put to shame in this confidence.


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I thought it necessary therefore to beg the brethren that they would come to you, and complete beforehand your fore-announced blessing, that this may be ready thus as blessing, and not as got out of you.


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But this <n>[is true]</n>, he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in <n>[the spirit of]</n> blessing shall reap also in blessing


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each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.


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But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work


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according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.


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Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness


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Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;


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they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;


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and in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God <n>[which is]</n> upon you.


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But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, <n>[when present]</n> <n>[am]</n> mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;


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but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.


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For the arms of our warfare <n>[are]</n> not fleshly, but powerful according to God to <n>[the]</n> overthrow of strongholds;


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overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;


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Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he <n>[is]</n> of Christ, so also <n>[are]</n> we.


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For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given <n>[to us]</n> for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;


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because his letters, he says, <n>[are]</n> weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.


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Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters <n>[when]</n> absent, such also present in deed.


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For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.


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Now *we* will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.


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For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)


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not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly


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to announce the glad tidings to that <n>[which is]</n> beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.


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For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy <n>[which is]</n> of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present <n>[you]</n> a chaste virgin to Christ.


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But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, <n>[so]</n> your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.


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For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye get a different Spirit, which ye have not got, or a different glad tidings, which ye have not received, ye might well bear with <n>[it]</n>.


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But if <n>[I am]</n> a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making <n>[the truth]</n> manifest in all things to you.


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Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that *ye* might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?


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And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked,) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself.


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<n>[The]</n> truth of Christ is in me that this boasting shall not be stopped as to me in the regions of Achaia.


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But what I do, I will also do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those wishing <n>[for]</n> an opportunity, that wherein they boast they may be found even as we.


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For such <n>[are]</n> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.


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It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.


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Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little.


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What I speak I do not speak according to <n>[the]</n> Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.


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For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour <n>[you]</n>, if any one get <n>[your money]</n>, if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.


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I speak as to dishonour, as though *we* had been weak; but wherein any one is daring, (I speak in folly,) *I* also am daring.


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Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure <n>[so]</n>; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.


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Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep


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in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from <n>[my own]</n> race, in perils from <n>[the]</n> nations, in perils in <n>[the]</n> city, in perils in <n>[the]</n> desert, in perils on <n>[the]</n> sea, in perils among false brethren;


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in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.


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Besides those things that are without, the crowd <n>[of cares]</n> pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.


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In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;


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Well, it is not of profit to me to boast, for I will come to visions and revelations of <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in <n>[the]</n> body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such <n>[a one]</n> caught up to <n>[the]</n> third heaven.


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that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.


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For if I shall desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will say <n>[the]</n> truth; but I forbear, lest any one should think as to me above what he sees me <n>[to be]</n>, or whatever he may hear of me.


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And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.


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And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for <n>[my]</n> power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.


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Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ for when I am weak, then I am powerful.


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I have become a fool; *ye* have compelled me; for *I* ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.


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The signs indeed of the apostle were wrought among you in all endurance, signs, and wonders, and works of power.


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For in what is it that ye have been inferior to the other assemblies, unless that I myself have not been in laziness a charge upon you? Forgive me this injury.


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Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.


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Now *I* shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.


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I begged Titus, and sent the brother with <n>[him]</n> did Titus at all make gain of you? have we not walked in the same spirit? <n>[have we]</n> not in the same steps?


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Ye have long been supposing that we excuse ourselves to you we speak before God in Christ; and all things, beloved, for your building up.


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For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish lest <n>[there might be]</n> strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;


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lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised.


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This third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every matter be established.


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I have declared beforehand, and I say beforehand as present the second time, and now absent, to those that have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare.


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Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,


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for if indeed he has been crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power; for indeed *we* are weak in him, but we shall live with him by God's power towards you,)


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examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?


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But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that *we* may appear approved, but that *ye* may do what is right, and *we* be as reprobates.


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For we rejoice when *we* may be weak and *ye* may be powerful. But this also we pray for, your perfecting.


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On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.


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For the rest, brethren, rejoice; be perfected; be encouraged; be of one mind; be at 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, <n>[be]</n> with you all.


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Paul, apostle, not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God <n>[the]</n> Father who raised him from among <n>[the]</n> dead,


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who gave himself for our sins, so that he should deliver us out of the present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father;


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I wonder that ye thus quickly change, from him that called you in Christ's grace, to a different gospel,


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which is not another <n>[one]</n>; but there are some that trouble you, and desire to pervert the glad tidings of the Christ.


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But if even *we* or an angel out of heaven announce as glad tidings to you <n>[anything]</n> besides what we have announced as glad tidings to you, let him be accursed.


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As we have said before, now also again I say, If any one announce to you as glad tidings <n>[anything]</n> besides what ye have received, let him be accursed.


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For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman.


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But I let you know, brethren, <n>[as to]</n> the glad tidings which were announced by me, that they are not according to man.


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For neither did I receive them from man, neither was I taught <n>[them]</n>, but by revelation of Jesus Christ.


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For ye have heard <n>[what was]</n> my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;


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and advanced in Judaism beyond many <n>[my]</n> contemporaries in my nation, being exceedingly zealous of the doctrines of my fathers.


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But when God, who set me apart <n>[even]</n> from my mother's womb, and called <n>[me]</n> by his grace,


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was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I may announce him as glad tidings among the nations, immediately I took not counsel with flesh and blood,


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nor went I up to Jerusalem to those <n>[who were]</n> apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus.


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Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to make acquaintance with Peter, and I remained with him fifteen days;


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only they were hearing that he who persecuted us formerly now announces the glad tidings of the faith which formerly he ravaged


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Then after a lapse of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with <n>[me]</n>;


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and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous <n>[among them]</n>, lest in any way I run or had run in vain;


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and <n>[it was]</n> on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously 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 yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.


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But from those who were conspicuous as being somewhat -- whatsoever they were, it makes no difference to me God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were conspicuous communicated nothing;


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but, on the contrary, seeing that the glad tidings of the uncircumcision were confided to me, even as to Peter that of the circumcision,


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(for he that wrought in Peter for <n>[the]</n> apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,)


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and recognising the grace given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were conspicuous as being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas <n>[the]</n> right hands of fellowship, that *we* <n>[should go]</n> to the nations, and *they* to the circumcision;


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But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to <n>[the]</n> face, because he was to be condemned


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for before that certain came from James, he ate with <n>[those of]</n> the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of <n>[the]</n> circumcision;


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and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation.


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But when I saw that they do not walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before all, If *thou*, being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?


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but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law <n>[nor]</n> but by the faith of Jesus Christ, *we* also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of <n>[the]</n> faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.


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Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then <n>[is]</n> Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.


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I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but <n>[in]</n> that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the <n>[faith]</n> of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me.


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I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness <n>[is]</n> by law, then Christ has died for nothing.


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O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified <n>[among you]</n>?


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This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of <n>[the]</n> report of faith?


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He therefore who ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, <n>[is it]</n> on the principle of works of law, or of <n>[the]</n> report of faith?


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and the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations on the principle of faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham In thee all the nations shall be blessed.


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For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which <n>[are]</n> written in the book of the law to do them;


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but that by law no one is justified with God <n>[is]</n> evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;


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but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.


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Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed <n>[is]</n> every one hanged upon a tree,)


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that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.


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Brethren, (I speak according to man,) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to.


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But to Abraham were the promises addressed, and to his seed he does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed; which is Christ.


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Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.


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For if the inheritance <n>[be]</n> on the principle of law, <n>[it is]</n> no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.


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Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in <n>[the]</n> hand of a mediator.


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<n>[Is]</n> then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;


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but the scripture has shut up all things under sin, that the promise, on the principle of faith of Jesus Christ, should be given to those that believe.


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But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith <n>[which was]</n> about to be revealed.


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So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.


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There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus


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Now I say, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all;


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But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.


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but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?


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Be as *I* <n>[am]</n>, for *I* also <n>[am]</n> as *ye*, brethren, I beseech you ye have not at all wronged me.


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and my temptation, which <n>[was]</n> in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.


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What then <n>[was]</n> your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given <n>[them]</n> to me.


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They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out <n>[from us]</n>, that ye may be zealous after them.


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But <n>[it is]</n> right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you --


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But he <n>[that was]</n> of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he <n>[that was]</n> of the free woman through the promise.


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Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.


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For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which <n>[is]</n> now, for she is in bondage with her children;


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For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than <n>[those]</n> of her that has a husband.


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But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him <n>[that was born]</n> according to Spirit, so also <n>[it is]</n> now.


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But what says the scripture? Cast out the maid servant and her son; for the son of the maid servant shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.


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Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.


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And I witness again to every man <n>[who is]</n> circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.


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Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated <n>[from him]</n>, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.


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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.


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*I* have confidence as to you in <n>[the]</n> Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt <n>[of it]</n>, whosoever he may be.


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But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.


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For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only <n>[do]</n> not <n>[turn]</n> liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.


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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;


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envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.


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Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest *thou* also be tempted.


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but let each prove his own work, and then he will have his boast in what belongs to himself alone, and not in what belongs to another.


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For he that sows to his own flesh, shall reap corruption from the flesh; but he that sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life


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So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.


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As many as desire to have a fair appearance in <n>[the]</n> flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted because of the cross of Christ.


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For neither do they that are circumcised themselves keep the law; but they wish you to be circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.


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But far be it from me to boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom <n>[the]</n> world is crucified to me, and I to the world.


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For <n>[in Christ Jesus]</n> neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision; but new creation.


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Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are at Ephesus.


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Blessed <n>[be]</n> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;


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according as he has chosen us in him before <n>[the]</n> world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;


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having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,


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to <n>[the]</n> praise of <n>[the]</n> glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved


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in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, 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 purposed in himself


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for <n>[the]</n> administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,


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in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will,


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in whom *ye* also <n>[have trusted]</n>, having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,


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who is <n>[the]</n> earnest of our inheritance to the redemption of the acquired possession to <n>[the]</n> praise of his glory.


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Wherefore *I* also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which <n>[is]</n> in you, and the love which <n>[ye have]</n> towards all the saints,


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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you <n>[the]</n> spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,


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being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, <n>[and]</n> what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,


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and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,


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<n>[in]</n> which he wrought in the Christ <n>[in]</n> raising him from among <n>[the]</n> dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,


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above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;


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and has put all things under his feet, and gave him <n>[to be]</n> head over all things to the assembly,


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in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience


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among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest


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and has raised <n>[us]</n> up together, and has made <n>[us]</n> sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,


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that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.


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For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.


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Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in <n>[the]</n> flesh, who <n>[are]</n> called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in <n>[the]</n> flesh done with the hand;


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that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world


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having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;


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and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who <n>[were]</n> afar off, and <n>[the glad tidings of]</n> peace to those <n>[who were]</n> nigh.


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So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,


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being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,


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(if indeed ye have heard of the administration of the grace of God which has been given to me towards you,


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that by revelation the mystery has been made known to me, (according as I have written before briefly,


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which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in <n>[the power of the]</n> Spirit,


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that <n>[they who are of]</n> the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of <n>[his]</n> promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;


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of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.


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To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,


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and to enlighten all <n>[with the knowledge of]</n> what is the administration of the mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things,


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in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God,


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in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;


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in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what <n>[is]</n> the breadth and length and depth and height;


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and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled <n>[even]</n> to all the fulness of God.


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But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,


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*I*, the prisoner in <n>[the]</n> Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,


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Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.


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He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;


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and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,


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for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to <n>[the]</n> work of <n>[the]</n> ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;


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until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at <n>[the]</n> full-grown man, at <n>[the]</n> measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;


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in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching <n>[which is]</n> in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;


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from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to <n>[the]</n> working in <n>[its]</n> measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.


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This I say therefore, and testify in <n>[the]</n> Lord, that ye should no longer walk as <n>[the rest of]</n> the nations walk in <n>[the]</n> vanity of their mind,


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being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,


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who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.


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<n>[namely]</n> your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;


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and <n>[your]</n> having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.


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Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.


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Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with <n>[his]</n> hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.


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Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if <n>[there be]</n> any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear <n>[it]</n>.


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And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for <n>[the]</n> day of redemption.


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Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;


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and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.


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and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.


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But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;


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For this ye are <n>[well]</n> informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.


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Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.


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and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove <n>[them]</n>,


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But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light.


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Wherefore he says, Wake up, <n>[thou]</n> that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.


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speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord;


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giving thanks at all times for all things to him <n>[who is]</n> God and <n>[the]</n> Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,


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for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <n>[is]</n> head of the assembly. *He* <n>[is]</n> Saviour of the body.


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But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.


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Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,


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in order that he might sanctify it, purifying <n>[it]</n> by the washing of water by <n>[the]</n> word,


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that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.


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So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies he that loves his own wife loves himself.


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For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly


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Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.


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But *ye* also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife <n>[I speak]</n> that she may fear the husband.


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And <n>[ye]</n> fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in <n>[the]</n> discipline and admonition of <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;


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not with eye-service as men-pleasers; but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from <n>[the]</n> soul,


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knowing that whatever good each shall do, this he shall receive of <n>[the]</n> Lord, whether bond or free.


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And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.


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because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual <n>[power]</n> of wickedness in the heavenlies.


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For this reason take <n>[to you]</n> the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand.


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Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,


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besides all <n>[these]</n>, having taken the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the inflamed darts of the wicked one.


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praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in <n>[the]</n> Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;


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and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in <n>[the]</n> opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings,


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for which I am an ambassador <n>[bound]</n> with a chain, that I may be bold in it as I ought to speak.


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But in order that *ye* also may know what concerns me, how I am getting on, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in <n>[the]</n> Lord, shall make all things known to you;


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whom I have sent to you for this very thing, that ye may know of our affairs and that he may encourage your hearts.


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Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God <n>[the]</n> Father and <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus Christ.


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Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with <n>[the]</n> overseers and ministers;


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having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day


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as it is righteous for me to think this as to you all, because ye have *me* in your hearts, and that both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the glad tidings ye are all participators in my grace.


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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence,


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that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day,


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being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which <n>[is]</n> by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.


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But I would have you know, brethren, that the circumstances in which I am have turned out rather to the furtherance of the glad tidings,


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so that my bonds have become manifest <n>[as being]</n> in Christ in all the praetorium and to all others;


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and that the most of the brethren, trusting in <n>[the]</n> Lord through my bonds, dare more abundantly to speak the word of God fearlessly.


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but those out of contention, announce the Christ, not purely, supposing to arouse tribulation for my bonds.


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What is it then? at any rate, in every way, whether in pretext or in truth, Christ is announced; and in this I rejoice, yea, also I will rejoice;


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for I know that this shall turn out for me to salvation, through your supplication and <n>[the]</n> 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 in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death.


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but if to live in flesh <n>[is my lot]</n>, this is for me worth the while and what I shall choose I cannot tell.


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But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, <n>[for]</n> <n>[it is]</n> very much better,


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and having confidence of this, I know that I shall remain and abide along with you all, for your progress and joy in faith;


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Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;


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and not frightened in anything by the opposers, which is to them a demonstration of destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;


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because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also,


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If then <n>[there be]</n> any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of <n>[the]</n> Spirit, if any bowels and compassions,


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fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;


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<n>[let]</n> nothing <n>[be]</n> in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;


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who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;


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and having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and <n>[that the]</n> death of <n>[the]</n> cross.


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that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal <n>[beings]</n>,


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So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,


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for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to <n>[his]</n> good pleasure.


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that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in <n>[the]</n> world,


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holding forth <n>[the]</n> word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.


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But if also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all.


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But I hope in <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus to send Timotheus to you shortly, that *I* also may be refreshed, knowing how ye get on.


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But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.


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but I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need,


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since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed because ye had heard that he was sick;


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for he was also sick close to death, but God had mercy on him, and not indeed on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.


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I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him ye might again rejoice, and that *I* might be the less sorrowful.


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because for the sake of the work he drew near even to death, venturing his life that he might fill up what lacked in your ministration toward me.


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For the rest, my brethren, rejoice in <n>[the]</n> Lord to write the same things to you, to me <n>[is]</n> not irksome, and for you safe.


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For *we* are the circumcision, who worship by <n>[the]</n> Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus, and do not trust in flesh.


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as to circumcision, <n>[I received it]</n> the eighth day; of <n>[the]</n> race of Israel, of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Benjamin, Hebrew of Hebrews; as to <n>[the]</n> law, a Pharisee;


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as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which <n>[is]</n> in <n>[the]</n> law, found blameless;


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But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;


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and that I may be found in him, not having my righteousness, which <n>[would be]</n> on the principle of law, but that which is by faith of Christ, the righteousness which <n>[is]</n> of God through faith,


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to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,


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Not that I have already obtained <n>[the prize]</n>, or am already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may get possession <n>[of it]</n>, seeing that also I have been taken possession of by Christ <n>[Jesus]</n>.


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Brethren, *I* do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing -- forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,


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I pursue, <n>[looking]</n> towards <n>[the]</n> goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.


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As many therefore as <n>[are]</n> perfect, let us be thus minded; and if ye are any otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you.


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Be imitators <n>[all]</n> together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;


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(for many walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they <n>[are]</n> the enemies of the cross of Christ


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whose end <n>[is]</n> destruction, whose god <n>[is]</n> the belly, and <n>[their]</n> glory in their shame, who mind earthly things)


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for *our* commonwealth has its existence in <n>[the]</n> heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ <n>[as]</n> Saviour,


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who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of <n>[the]</n> power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.


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So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in <n>[the]</n> Lord, beloved.


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yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names <n>[are]</n> in <n>[the]</n> book of life.


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Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;


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and the peace of God, which surpasses every understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts by Christ Jesus.


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For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things <n>[are]</n> true, whatsoever things <n>[are]</n> noble, whatsoever things <n>[are]</n> just, whatsoever things <n>[are]</n> pure, whatsoever things <n>[are]</n> amiable, whatsoever things <n>[are]</n> of good report; if <n>[there be]</n> any virtue and if any praise, think on these things.


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What ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.


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But I rejoiced in <n>[the]</n> Lord greatly, that now however at length ye have revived your thinking of me, though surely ye did also think <n>[of me]</n>, but lacked opportunity.


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Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me *I* have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.


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I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation.


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And know also *ye*, O Philippians, that in <n>[the]</n> beginning of the gospel, when I came out of Macedonia, no assembly communicated <n>[anything]</n> to me in <n>[the]</n> way of giving and receiving save *ye* alone;


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But I have all things in full supply and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things <n>[sent]</n> from you, an odour of sweet savour, an acceptable sacrifice, agreeable to God.


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to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which <n>[are]</n> in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father <n>[and Lord Jesus Christ]</n>.


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We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually <n>[when]</n> praying for you,


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on account of the hope which <n>[is]</n> laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,


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which are come to you, as <n>[they are]</n> in all the world, <n>[and]</n> are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard <n>[them]</n> and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth


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even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,


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For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard <n>[of your faith and love]</n>, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,


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<n>[so as]</n> to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;


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strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;


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who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated <n>[us]</n> into the kingdom of the Son of his love


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because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities all things have been created by him and for him.


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And *he* is the head of the body, the assembly; who is <n>[the]</n> beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that *he* might have the first place in all things


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and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross -- by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.


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in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,


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if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which <n>[is]</n> under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.


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Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;


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of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which <n>[is]</n> given me towards you to complete the word of God,


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the mystery which <n>[has been]</n> hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints;


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to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory


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whom *we* announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.


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For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;


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to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to <n>[the]</n> full knowledge of the mystery of God;


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For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.


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rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.


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See that there be no one who shall lead *you* away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.


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in whom also ye have been circumcised with circumcision not done by hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ;


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buried with him in baptism, in which ye have been also raised with <n>[him]</n> through faith of the working of God who raised him from among the dead.


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And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;


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having effaced the handwriting in ordinances which <n>[stood out]</n> against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it also out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;


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having spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by it.


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Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,


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and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.


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If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as <n>[if]</n> alive in <n>[the]</n> world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?


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(things which are all for destruction in the using <n>[of them]</n>) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,


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(which have indeed an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship, and humility, and harsh treatment of the body, not in a certain honour,) to <n>[the]</n> satisfaction of the flesh.


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If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things <n>[which are]</n> above, where the Christ is, sitting at <n>[the]</n> right hand of God


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have your mind on the things <n>[that are]</n> above, not on the things <n>[that are]</n> on the earth;


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When the Christ is manifested who <n>[is]</n> our life, then shall *ye* also be manifested with him in glory.


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Put to death therefore your members which <n>[are]</n> upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.


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But now, put off, *ye* also, all <n>[these]</n> things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.


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and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to <n>[the]</n> image of him that has created him;


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wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ <n>[is]</n> everything, and in all.


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Put on therefore, as <n>[the]</n> elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;


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forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any should have a complaint against any; even as the Christ has forgiven you, so also <n>[do]</n> *ye*.


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And let the peace of Christ preside in your hearts, to which also ye have been called in one body, and be thankful.


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Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.


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And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, <n>[do]</n> all things in <n>[the]</n> name of <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.


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Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.


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knowing that of <n>[the]</n> Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.


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Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that *ye* also have a Master in <n>[the]</n> heavens.


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praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door of the word to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which also I am bound,


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<n>[Let]</n> your word <n>[be]</n> always with grace, seasoned with salt, <n>[so as]</n> to know how ye ought to answer each one.


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Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-bondman in <n>[the]</n> Lord, will make known to you all that concerns me;


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whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that he might know your state, and that he might encourage your hearts


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with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is <n>[one]</n> of you. They shall make known to you everything here.


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Aristarchus my fellow-captive salutes you, and Mark, Barnabas's cousin, concerning whom ye have received orders, (if he come to you, receive him,)


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and Jesus called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These <n>[are the]</n> only fellow-workers for the kingdom of God who have been a consolation to me.


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Epaphras, who is <n>[one]</n> of you, <n>[the]</n> bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and complete in all <n>[the]</n> will of God.


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And when the letter has been read among you, cause that it be read also in the assembly of Laodiceans, and that *ye* also read that from Laodicea.


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And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in <n>[the]</n> Lord, to the end that thou fulfil it.


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Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God <n>[the]</n> Father and <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.


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remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;


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For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes


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and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit,


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for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which <n>[is]</n> towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;


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for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,


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and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.


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For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which <n>[we had]</n> to you, that it has not been in vain;


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but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the glad tidings of God with much earnest striving.


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but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.


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For we have not at any time been <n>[among you]</n> with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God <n>[is]</n> witness;


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nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;


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Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.


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For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.


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*Ye* <n>[are]</n> witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe


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as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,


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And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received <n>[the]</n> word of <n>[the]</n> report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.


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For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews,


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who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and <n>[are]</n> against all men,


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forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.


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But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;


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wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.


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For what <n>[is]</n> our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? <n>[are]</n> not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?


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and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman under God in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage <n>[you]</n> concerning your faith,


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for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)


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For this reason *I* also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.


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But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;


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for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,


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For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,


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night and day beseeching exceedingly to the end that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith?


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But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,


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in order to the confirming of your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.


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For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.


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For this is <n>[the]</n> will of God, <n>[even]</n> your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;


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not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord <n>[is]</n> the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.


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He therefore that <n>[in this]</n> disregards <n>[his brother]</n>, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.


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Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.


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For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,


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and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your <n>[own]</n> hands, even as we charged you,


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But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.


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For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.


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(For this we say to you in <n>[the]</n> word of <n>[the]</n> Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;


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for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;


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then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in <n>[the]</n> clouds, to meet the Lord in <n>[the]</n> air; and thus we shall be always with <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of <n>[the]</n> Lord so comes as a thief by night.


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When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.


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but *we* being of <n>[the]</n> day, let us be sober, putting on <n>[the]</n> breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet <n>[the]</n> hope of salvation;


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But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in <n>[the]</n> Lord, and admonish you,


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But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.


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See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all;


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Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly and your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father and <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus Christ.


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We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;


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so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;


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a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which ye also suffer;


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if at least <n>[it is a]</n> righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,


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and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with <n>[the]</n> angels of his power,


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in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;


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who shall pay the penalty <n>[of]</n> everlasting destruction from <n>[the]</n> presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,


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when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day.


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To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all <n>[the]</n> good pleasure of <n>[his]</n> goodness and <n>[the]</n> work of faith with power,


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so that the name of our Lord Jesus <n>[Christ]</n> may be glorified in you and *ye* in him, according to the grace of our God, and of <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus Christ.


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that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as <n>[if it were]</n> by us, as that the day of the Lord is present.


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Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because <n>[it will not be]</n> unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;


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who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.


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For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only <n>[there is]</n> he who restrains now until he be gone,


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and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming;


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and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.


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that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.


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But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of <n>[the]</n> Lord, that God has chosen you from <n>[the]</n> beginning to salvation in sanctification of <n>[the]</n> Spirit and belief of <n>[the]</n> truth


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whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to <n>[the]</n> obtaining of <n>[the]</n> glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.


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But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given <n>[us]</n> eternal consolation and good hope by grace,


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For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;


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and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith <n>[is]</n> not <n>[the portion]</n> of all.


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Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.


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nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you


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not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.


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For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.


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For we hear that <n>[there are]</n> some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.


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Now such we enjoin and exhort in <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.


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But if any one obey not our word by the letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed of himself;


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But the Lord of peace himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord <n>[be]</n> with you all.


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Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ, according to <n>[the]</n> command of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope,


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to Timotheus, <n>[my]</n> true child in faith grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.


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Even as I begged thee to remain in Ephesus, <n>[when I was]</n> going to Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin some not to teach other doctrines,


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nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than <n>[further]</n> God's dispensation, which <n>[is]</n> in faith.


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But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;


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desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they <n>[so]</n> strenuously affirm.


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knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to <n>[the]</n> lawless and insubordinate, to <n>[the]</n> impious and sinful, to <n>[the]</n> unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,


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fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,


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<n>[And]</n> I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, that he has counted me faithful, appointing to ministry him


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who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing <n>[man]</n> but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.


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But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which <n>[is]</n> in Christ Jesus.


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Faithful <n>[is]</n> the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am <n>[the]</n> first.


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But for this reason mercy was shewn me, that in me, <n>[the]</n> first, Jesus Christ might display the whole long-suffering, for a delineation of those about to believe on him to life eternal.


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Now to the King of the ages, <n>[the]</n> incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.


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This charge, <n>[my]</n> child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,


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maintaining faith and a good conscience; which <n>[last]</n> some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;


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of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may be taught by discipline not to blaspheme.


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I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;


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for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;


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to which *I* have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak <n>[the]</n> truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of <n>[the]</n> nations in faith and truth.


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I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.


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In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited <n>[hair]</n> and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,


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But she shall be preserved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with discretion.


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The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;


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not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,


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(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)


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But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and <n>[the]</n> snare of the devil.


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Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,


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Let <n>[the]</n> ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting <n>[their]</n> children and their own houses well


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for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which <n>[is]</n> in Christ Jesus.


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but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is <n>[the]</n> assembly of <n>[the]</n> living God, <n>[the]</n> pillar and base of the truth.


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And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in <n>[the]</n> Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among <n>[the]</n> nations, has been believed on in <n>[the]</n> world, has been received up in glory.


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But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons


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forbidding to marry, <n>[bidding]</n> to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.


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For every creature of God <n>[is]</n> good, and nothing <n>[is]</n> to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;


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Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.


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for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.


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for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.


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Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.


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Be not negligent of the gift <n>[that is]</n> in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.


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Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.


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but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to <n>[their]</n> parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.


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Now she who <n>[is]</n> a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put <n>[her]</n> hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.


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But if any one does not provide for his own, and specially for those of <n>[his]</n> house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbeliever.


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Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, <n>[having been]</n> wife of one man,


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borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.


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And, at the same time, they learn also <n>[to be]</n> idle, going about to people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things not becoming.


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I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.


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If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those <n>[that are]</n> widows indeed.


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Let the elders who take the lead <n>[among the saints]</n> well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;


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for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman <n>[is]</n> worthy of his hire.


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I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour.


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Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.


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Of some men the sins are manifest beforehand, going before to judgment, and some also they follow after.


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Let as many bondmen as are under yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the teaching be not blasphemed.


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And they that have believing masters, let them not despise <n>[them]</n> because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service <n>[rendered]</n>. These things teach and exhort.


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If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which <n>[is]</n> according to piety,


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he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,


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constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be <n>[the end of]</n> piety.


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For we have brought nothing into the world <n>[it is]</n> <n>[manifest]</n> that neither can we carry anything out.


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But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.


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For the love of money is <n>[the]</n> root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.


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But *thou*, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit.


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Strive earnestly <n>[in]</n> the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.


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I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,


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that thou keep the commandment spotless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;


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which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;


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who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom <n>[be]</n> honour and eternal might. Amen.


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Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for <n>[our]</n> enjoyment;


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to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate <n>[of their substance]</n>,


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laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of <n>[what is]</n> really life.


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O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,


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Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, according to promise of life, the <n>[life]</n> which <n>[is]</n> in Christ Jesus,


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to Timotheus, <n>[my]</n> beloved child grace, mercy, peace, from God <n>[the]</n> Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.


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I am thankful to God, whom I serve from <n>[my]</n> forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,


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calling to mind the unfeigned faith which <n>[has been]</n> in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.


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For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.


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Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God;


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who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to <n>[his]</n> own purpose and grace, which <n>[was]</n> given to us in Christ Jesus before <n>[the]</n> ages of time,


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but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;


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For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.


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Have an outline of sound words, which <n>[words]</n> thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which <n>[are]</n> in Christ Jesus.


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Thou knowest this, that all who <n>[are]</n> in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.


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The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;


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the Lord grant to him to find mercy from <n>[the]</n> Lord in that day -- and how much service he rendered in Ephesus *thou* knowest best.


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And the things thou hast heard of me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, such as shall be competent to instruct others also.


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No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.


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Remember Jesus Christ raised from among <n>[the]</n> dead, of <n>[the]</n> seed of David, according to my glad tidings,


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For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which <n>[is]</n> in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.


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The word <n>[is]</n> faithful; for if we have died together with <n>[him]</n>, we shall also live together;


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Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earnestly before the Lord not to have disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.


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Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.


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<n>[men]</n> who as to the truth have gone astray, saying that the resurrection has taken place already; and overthrow the faith of some.


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Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, <n>[The]</n> Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of <n>[the]</n> Lord withdraw from iniquity.


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But in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthen; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.


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If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, <n>[in separating himself from them]</n>, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.


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But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.


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And a bondman of <n>[the]</n> Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;


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in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of <n>[the]</n> truth,


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and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, <n>[who are]</n> taken by him, for *his* will.


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for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,


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without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,


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For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,


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Now in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the faith.


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But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely manifest to all, as that of those also became.


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But *thou* hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, endurance,


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persecutions, sufferings what <n>[sufferings]</n> happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of all.


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But *thou*, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and <n>[of which]</n> thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned <n>[them]</n>;


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and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which <n>[is]</n> in Christ Jesus.


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Every scripture <n>[is]</n> divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;


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I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,


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proclaim the word; be urgent in season <n>[and]</n> out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.


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For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;


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But *thou*, be sober in all things, bear evils, do <n>[the]</n> work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry.


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Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will render to me in that day; but not only to me, but also to all who love his appearing.


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for Demas has forsaken me, having loved the present age, and is gone to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.


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Luke alone is with me. Take Mark, and bring <n>[him]</n> with thyself, for he is serviceable to me for ministry.


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The cloak which I left behind <n>[me]</n> in Troas at Carpus's, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments.


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Alexander the smith did many evil things against me. The Lord will render to him according to his works.


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But the Lord stood with <n>[me]</n>, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all <n>[those of]</n> the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.


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The Lord shall deliver me from every wicked work, and shall preserve <n>[me]</n> for his heavenly kingdom; to whom <n>[be]</n> glory for the ages of ages. Amen.


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Use diligence to come before winter. Eubulus salutes thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and the brethren all.


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Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to <n>[the]</n> faith of God's elect, and knowledge of <n>[the]</n> truth which <n>[is]</n> according to piety;


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but has manifested in its own due season his word, in <n>[the]</n> proclamation with which *I* have been entrusted, according to <n>[the]</n> commandment of our Saviour God;


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to Titus, my own child according to <n>[the]</n> faith common <n>[to us]</n> Grace and peace from God <n>[the]</n> Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.


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For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained <n>[unordered]</n>, and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee


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if any one be free from all charge <n>[against him]</n>, husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.


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For the overseer must be free from all charge <n>[against him]</n> as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;


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clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.


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For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of <n>[the]</n> circumcision,


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who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not <n>[to be taught]</n> for the sake of base gain.


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One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.


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not turning <n>[their]</n> minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.


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All things <n>[are]</n> pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing <n>[is]</n> pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.


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They profess to know God, but in works deny <n>[him]</n>, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.


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that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;


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that they may admonish the young women to be attached to <n>[their]</n> husbands, to be attached to <n>[their]</n> children,


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discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.


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a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us


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bondmen to be subject to their own masters, to make themselves acceptable in everything; not gainsaying;


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not robbing <n>[their masters]</n>, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the teaching which <n>[is]</n> of our Saviour God in all things.


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teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,


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who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.


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Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work,


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to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, <n>[to be]</n> mild, shewing all meekness towards all men.


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For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, <n>[and]</n> hating one another.


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not on the principle of works which <n>[have been done]</n> in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through <n>[the]</n> washing of regeneration and renewal of <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit,


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that, having been justified by *his* grace, we should become heirs according to <n>[the]</n> hope of eternal life.


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The word <n>[is]</n> faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men.


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But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and contentions about the law, shun; for they are unprofitable and vain.


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When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, use diligence to come to me to Nicopolis; for I have decided to winter there.


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Zenas the lawyer and Apollos set forward diligently on their way, that nothing may be lacking to them;


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and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.


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All with me salute thee. Salute those who love us in <n>[the]</n> faith. Grace <n>[be]</n> with you all.


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Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,


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and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which <n>[is]</n> in thine house.


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hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,


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in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ <n>[Jesus]</n>.


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For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.


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for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.


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whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;


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but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness


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for perhaps for this reason he has been separated <n>[from thee]</n> for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;


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not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in <n>[the]</n> flesh and in <n>[the]</n> Lord?


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*I* Paul have written <n>[it]</n> with mine own hand; *I* will repay <n>[it]</n> that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.


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Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.


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But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.


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at the end of these days has spoken to us in <n>[the person of the]</n> Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;


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who being <n>[the]</n> effulgence of his glory and <n>[the]</n> expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made <n>[by himself]</n> the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,


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For to which of the angels said he ever, *Thou* art my Son this day have *I* begotten thee? and again, *I* will be to him for father, and *he* shall be to me for son?


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and again, when he brings in the firstborn into the habitable world, he says, And let all God's angels worship him.


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but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, <n>[is]</n> to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness <n>[is]</n> the sceptre of thy kingdom.


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Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions.


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and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but *thou* art the Same, and thy years shall not fail.


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But as to which of the angels said he ever, Sit at my right hand until I put thine enemies <n>[as]</n> footstool of thy feet?


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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out for service on account of those who shall inherit salvation?


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For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things <n>[we have]</n> heard, lest in any way we should slip away.


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For if the word which was spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,


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how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken <n>[of]</n> by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;


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God bearing, besides, witness with <n>[them]</n> to <n>[it]</n>, both by signs and wonders, and various acts of power, and distributions of <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit, according to his will?


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but one has testified somewhere, saying, What is man, that thou rememberest him, or son of man that thou visitest him?


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Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, <n>[and hast set him over the works of thy hands;]</n>


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thou hast subjected all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he has left nothing unsubject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to *him*,


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but we see Jesus, who <n>[was]</n> made some little inferior to angels on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste death for every thing.


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For it became him, for whom <n>[are]</n> all things, and by whom <n>[are]</n> all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make perfect the leader of their salvation through sufferings.


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For both he that sanctifies and those sanctified <n>[are]</n> 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 <n>[the]</n> midst of <n>[the]</n> assembly will I sing thy praises.


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Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil;


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and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage.


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For he does not indeed take hold of angels <n>[by the hand]</n>, but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham.


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Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to <n>[his]</n> brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;


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Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of <n>[the]</n> heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,


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For *he* has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.


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And Moses indeed <n>[was]</n> faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;


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but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are *we*, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.


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Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and *they* have not known my ways;


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See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from <n>[the]</n> living God.


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But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.


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For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;


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in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;


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(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but <n>[was it]</n> not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?


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And with whom was he wroth forty years? <n>[Was it]</n> not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?


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And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?


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Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed <n>[of it]</n>.


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For indeed we have had glad tidings presented to us, even as they also; but the word of the report did not profit *them*, not being mixed with faith in those who heard.


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For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from <n>[the]</n> foundation of <n>[the]</n> world.


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For he has said somewhere of the seventh <n>[day]</n> thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works


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Seeing therefore it remains that some enter into it, and those who first received the glad tidings did not enter in on account of not hearkening to the word,


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again he determines a certain day, saying, in David, 'To-day,' after so long a time; (according as it has been said before), To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.


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Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word.


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For the word of God <n>[is]</n> living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to <n>[the]</n> division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of <n>[the]</n> heart.


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And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things <n>[are]</n> naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do.


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Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession.


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For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.


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Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.


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For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;


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being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;


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and, on account of this <n>[infirmity]</n>, he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.


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Thus the Christ also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, *Thou* art my Son, *I* have to-day begotten thee.


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Even as also in another <n>[place]</n> he says, *Thou* <n>[art]</n> a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.


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Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)


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Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking <n>[of it]</n>, since ye are become dull in hearing.


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For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that <n>[one]</n> should teach you what <n>[are]</n> the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, <n>[and]</n> not of solid food.


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For every one that partakes of milk <n>[is]</n> unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe;


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but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.


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Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on <n>[to what belongs]</n> to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,


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of <n>[the]</n> doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of <n>[the]</n> dead, and of eternal judgment;


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For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit,


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and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves <n>[as they do]</n> the Son of God, and making a show of <n>[him]</n>.


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For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;


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but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end <n>[is]</n> to be burned.


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But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus.


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For God <n>[is]</n> not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and <n>[still]</n> ministering.


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But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;


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that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.


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For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.


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Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,


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that by two unchangeable things, in which <n>[it was]</n> impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,


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where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.


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For this Melchisedec, King of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from smiting the kings, and blessed him;


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to whom Abraham gave also the tenth portion of all; first being interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;


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without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but assimilated to the Son of God, abides a priest continually.


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Now consider how great this <n>[personage]</n> was, to whom <n>[even]</n> the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.


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And they indeed from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is from their brethren, though these are come out of the loins of Abraham


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If indeed then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for the people had their law given to them in connexion with *it*, what need <n>[was there]</n> still that a different priest should arise according to the order of Melchisedec, and not be named after the order of Aaron?


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For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has <n>[ever]</n> been attached to the service of the altar.


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For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.


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And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,


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who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.


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(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.


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(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent <n>[of it]</n>, *Thou* <n>[art]</n> priest for ever <n>[according to the order of Melchisedec]</n>;)


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Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.


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For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens


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who has not day by day need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for his own sins, then <n>[for]</n> those of the people; for this he did once for all <n>[in]</n> having offered up himself.


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For the law constitutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the swearing of the oath which <n>[is]</n> after the law, a Son perfected for ever.


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Now a summary of the things of which we are speaking <n>[is]</n>, We have such a one high priest who has sat down on <n>[the]</n> right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens;


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minister of the holy places and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord has pitched, <n>[and]</n> not man.


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For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer.


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If then indeed he were upon earth, he would not even be a priest, there being those who offer the gifts according to the law,


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(who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, according as Moses was oracularly told <n>[when]</n> about to make the tabernacle; for See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern which has been shewn to thee in the mountain.)


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But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.


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For finding fault, he says to them, Behold, days come, saith the Lord, and I will consummate a new covenant as regards the house of Israel, and as regards the house of Juda;


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not according to the covenant which I made to their fathers in <n>[the]</n> day of my taking their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because *they* did not continue in my covenant, and *I* did not regard them, saith <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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Because this <n>[is]</n> the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and *they* shall be to me for people.


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And they shall not teach each his fellow-citizen, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know me in themselves, from <n>[the]</n> little one <n>[among them]</n> unto <n>[the]</n> great among them.


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Because I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.


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In that he says New, he has made the first old; but that which grows old and aged <n>[is]</n> near disappearing.


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For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which <n>[were]</n> both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy;


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having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant, covered round in every part with gold, in which <n>[were]</n> the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant;


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and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now <n>[the time]</n> to speak in detail.


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Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services;


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but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people


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the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the <n>[holy of]</n> holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has <n>[its]</n> standing;


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the which <n>[is]</n> an image for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices, unable to perfect as to conscience him that worshipped, are offered,


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<n>[consisting]</n> only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until <n>[the]</n> time of setting things right.


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But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (that is, not of this creation,)


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nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the <n>[holy of]</n> holies, having found an eternal redemption.


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For if the blood of goats and bulls, and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh,


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how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship <n>[the]</n> living God?


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And for this reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.


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For a testament <n>[is]</n> of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)


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For every commandment having been spoken according to <n>[the]</n> law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,


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and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.


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<n>[It was]</n> necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.


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For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us


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nor in order that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with blood not his own;


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since he had <n>[then]</n> been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for <n>[the]</n> putting away of sin by his sacrifice.


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thus the Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear to those that look for him the second time without sin for salvation.


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For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach.


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Since, would they not indeed have ceased being offered, on account of the worshippers once purged having no longer any conscience of sins?


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Wherefore coming into the world he says, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not; but thou hast prepared me a body.


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Then I said, Lo, I come (in <n>[the]</n> roll of the book it is written of me) to do, O God, thy will.


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Above, saying Sacrifices and offerings and burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou willedst not, neither tookest pleasure in (which are offered according to the law);


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by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.


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And every priest stands daily ministering, and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.


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But *he*, having offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down in perpetuity at <n>[the]</n> right hand of God,


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This <n>[is]</n> the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith <n>[the]</n> Lord Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings;


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Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the <n>[holy of]</n> holies by the blood of Jesus,


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let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water.


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Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he <n>[is]</n> faithful who has promised;)


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not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom <n>[is]</n> with some; but encouraging <n>[one another]</n>, and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near.


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For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,


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of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?


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For we know him that said, To me <n>[belongs]</n> vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the Lord and again, The Lord shall judge his people.


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But call to mind the earlier days in which, having been enlightened, ye endured much conflict of sufferings;


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on the one hand, when ye were made a spectacle both in reproaches and afflictions; and on the other, when ye became partakers with those who were passing through them.


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For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.


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For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.


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Now faith is <n>[the]</n> substantiating of things hoped for, <n>[the]</n> conviction of things not seen.


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By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by <n>[the]</n> word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.


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By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.


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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 <n>[his]</n> translation he has the testimony that he had pleased God.


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But without faith <n>[it is]</n> impossible to please <n>[him]</n>. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and <n>[that]</n> he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.


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By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which <n>[is]</n> according to faith.


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By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.


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By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with <n>[him]</n> of the same promise;


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for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is <n>[the]</n> artificer and constructor.


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By faith also Sarah herself received strength for <n>[the]</n> conception of seed, and <n>[that]</n> beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.


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Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which <n>[is]</n> by the sea shore.


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All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced <n>[them]</n>, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.


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And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;


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but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.


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By faith Abraham, <n>[when]</n> tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten <n>[son]</n>,


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counting that God <n>[was]</n> able to raise <n>[him]</n> even from among <n>[the]</n> dead, whence also he received him in a figure.


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By faith Jacob <n>[when]</n> dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.


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By faith Joseph <n>[when]</n> dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.


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By faith Moses, being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the injunction of the king.


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choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have <n>[the]</n> temporary pleasure of sin;


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esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.


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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as seeing him who is invisible.


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By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.


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By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.


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By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with the unbelieving, having received the spies in peace.


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And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets


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quenched <n>[the]</n> power of fire, escaped <n>[the]</n> edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made <n>[the]</n> armies of strangers give way.


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Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;


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They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,


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(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and <n>[in]</n> dens and caverns of the earth.


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Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,


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looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured <n>[the]</n> cross, having despised <n>[the]</n> shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.


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For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.


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And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons My son, despise not <n>[the]</n> chastening of <n>[the]</n> Lord, nor faint <n>[when]</n> reproved by him;


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Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?


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But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.


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Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced <n>[them]</n>; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?


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For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.


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But no chastening at the time seems to be <n>[matter]</n> of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields <n>[the]</n> peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.


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and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.


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watching lest <n>[there be]</n> any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble <n>[you]</n>, and many be defiled by it;


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lest <n>[there be]</n> any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;


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for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears.


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For ye have not come to <n>[the mount]</n> that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,


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and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined <n>[the]</n> word being addressed to them any more


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(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;


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but ye have come to mount Zion; and to <n>[the]</n> city of <n>[the]</n> living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,


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the universal gathering; and to <n>[the]</n> assembly of the firstborn <n>[who are]</n> registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to <n>[the]</n> spirits of just <n>[men]</n> made perfect;


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and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to <n>[the]</n> blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.


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See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him <n>[who does so]</n> from heaven


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whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will *I* shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.


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But this Yet once, signifies the removing of what is shaken, as being made, that what is not shaken may remain.


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Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.


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Remember prisoners, as bound with <n>[them]</n>; those that are evil-treated, as being yourselves also in <n>[the]</n> body.


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<n>[Let]</n> marriage <n>[be held]</n> every way in honour, and the bed <n>[be]</n> undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.


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<n>[Let your]</n> conversation <n>[be]</n> without love of money, satisfied with <n>[your]</n> present circumstances; for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.


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So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord <n>[is]</n> my helper, and I will not be afraid what will man do unto me?


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Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.


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Be not carried away with various and strange doctrines; for <n>[it is]</n> good that the heart be confirmed with grace, not meats; those who have walked in which have not been profited by <n>[them]</n>.


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for of those beasts whose blood is carried <n>[as sacrifices for sin]</n> into the <n>[holy of]</n> holies by the high priest, of these the bodies are burned outside the camp.


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By him therefore let us offer <n>[the]</n> sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, <n>[the]</n> fruit of <n>[the]</n> lips confessing his name.


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But of doing good and communicating <n>[of your substance]</n> be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.


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Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for *they* watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this <n>[would be]</n> unprofitable for you.


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Pray for us for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.


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But the God of peace, who brought again from among <n>[the]</n> dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in <n>[the power of the]</n> blood of <n>[the]</n> eternal covenant,


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perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom <n>[be]</n> glory for the ages of ages. Amen.


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But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you.


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Know that our brother Timotheus is set at liberty; with whom, if he should come soon, I will see you.


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James, bondman of God and of <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which <n>[are]</n> in the dispersion, greeting.


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But let endurance have <n>[its]</n> perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.


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But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him


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but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;


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For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.


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Blessed <n>[is the]</n> man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.


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Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.


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Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.


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According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures.


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Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.


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For if any man be a hearer of <n>[the]</n> word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror


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But *he* that fixes his view on <n>[the]</n> perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in <n>[it]</n>, being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of <n>[the]</n> work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing.


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If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.


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Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.


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My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, <n>[Lord]</n> of glory, with respect of persons


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for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,


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and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool


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Hear, my beloved brethren Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?


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But *ye* have despised the poor <n>[man]</n>. Do not the rich oppress you, and <n>[do not]</n> *they* drag you before <n>[the]</n> tribunals?


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If indeed ye keep <n>[the]</n> royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.


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For whoever shall keep the whole law and shall offend in one <n>[point]</n>, he has come under the guilt of <n>[breaking]</n> all.


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For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become transgressor of <n>[the]</n> law.


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for judgment <n>[will be]</n> without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.


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What <n>[is]</n> the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?


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and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what <n>[is]</n> the profit?


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But some one will say, *Thou* hast faith and *I* have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and *I* from my works will shew thee my faith.


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And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.


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But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put <n>[them]</n> forth by another way?


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For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, *he* <n>[is]</n> a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.


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Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.


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Behold also the ships, which are so great, and driven by violent winds, are turned about by a very small rudder, wherever the pleasure of the helmsman will.


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Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!


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and the tongue <n>[is]</n> fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.


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For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;


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but the tongue can no one among men tame; <n>[it is]</n> an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.


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Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after <n>[the]</n> likeness of God.


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Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.


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Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither <n>[can]</n> salt <n>[water]</n> make sweet water.


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Who <n>[is]</n> wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;


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But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.


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Whence <n>[come]</n> wars and whence fightings among you? <n>[Is it]</n> not thence, -- from your pleasures, which war in your members?


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Ye lust and have not ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.


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Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be <n>[the]</n> friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.


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Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?


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But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against <n>[the]</n> proud, but gives grace to <n>[the]</n> lowly.


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Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse <n>[your]</n> hands, sinners, and purify <n>[your]</n> hearts, ye double-minded.


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Be wretched, and mourn, and weep let your laughter be turned to mourning, and <n>[your]</n> joy to heaviness.


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Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against <n>[his]</n> brother, or judges his brother, speaks against <n>[the]</n> law and judges <n>[the]</n> law. But if thou judgest <n>[the]</n> law, thou art not doer of <n>[the]</n> law, but judge.


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One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy but who art *thou* who judgest thy neighbour?


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Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,


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ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (<n>[for]</n> what <n>[is]</n> your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)


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instead of your saying, If the Lord should <n>[so]</n> will and we should live, we will also do this or that.


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Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in <n>[the]</n> last days.


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Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of <n>[the]</n> Lord of sabaoth.


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Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts <n>[as]</n> in a day of slaughter;


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Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive <n>[the]</n> early and <n>[the]</n> latter rain.


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Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.


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Take <n>[as]</n> an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of <n>[the]</n> Lord.


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Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.


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But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.


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Is any sick among you? let him call to <n>[him]</n> the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of <n>[the]</n> Lord;


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and the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be one who has committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.


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Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. <n>[The]</n> fervent supplication of the righteous <n>[man]</n> has much power.


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Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;


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let him know that he that brings back a sinner from <n>[the]</n> error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.


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Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to <n>[the]</n> sojourners of <n>[the]</n> dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


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elect according to <n>[the]</n> foreknowledge of God <n>[the]</n> Father, by sanctification of <n>[the]</n> Spirit, unto <n>[the]</n> obedience and sprinkling of <n>[the]</n> blood of Jesus Christ Grace to you and peace be multiplied.


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Blessed <n>[be]</n> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through <n>[the]</n> resurrection of Jesus Christ from among <n>[the]</n> dead,


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to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in <n>[the]</n> heavens for you,


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who are kept guarded by <n>[the]</n> power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in <n>[the]</n> last time.


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that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in <n>[the]</n> revelation of Jesus Christ


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whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom <n>[though]</n> not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with <n>[the]</n> glory,


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Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;


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searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which <n>[was]</n> in them pointed out, testifying before of the sufferings which <n>[belonged]</n> to Christ, and the glories after these.


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To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves but to you they ministered those things, which have now been announced to you by those who have declared to you the glad tidings by <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, which angels desire to look into.


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Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, <n>[be]</n> sober <n>[and]</n> hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace <n>[which will be]</n> brought to you at <n>[the]</n> revelation of Jesus Christ;


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And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,


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knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible <n>[things, as]</n> silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from <n>[your]</n> fathers,


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foreknown indeed before <n>[the]</n> foundation of <n>[the]</n> world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,


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who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among <n>[the]</n> dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God.


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Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;


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being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by <n>[the]</n> living and abiding word of God.


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Because all flesh <n>[is]</n> as grass, and all its glory as <n>[the]</n> flower of grass. The grass has withered and <n>[its]</n> flower has fallen;


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but the word of <n>[the]</n> Lord abides for eternity. But this is the word which in the glad tidings <n>[is]</n> preached to you.


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Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,


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as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,


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To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,


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yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.


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Because it is contained in the scripture Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.


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To you therefore who believe <n>[is]</n> the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of <n>[the]</n> corner,


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and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; <n>[who]</n> stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.


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But *ye* <n>[are]</n> a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;


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who once <n>[were]</n> not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.


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Beloved, I exhort <n>[you]</n>, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;


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having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that <n>[as to that]</n> in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through <n>[your]</n> good works, <n>[themselves]</n> witnessing <n>[them]</n>, glorify God in <n>[the]</n> day of visitation.


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Be in subjection <n>[therefore]</n> to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to <n>[the]</n> king as supreme,


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Servants, <n>[be]</n> subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.


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For this <n>[is]</n> acceptable, if one, for conscience sake towards God, endure griefs, suffering unjustly.


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For what glory <n>[is it]</n>, if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear <n>[it]</n>? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear <n>[it]</n>, this is acceptable with God.


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who, <n>[when]</n> reviled, reviled not again; <n>[when]</n> suffering, threatened not; but gave <n>[himself]</n> over into the hands of him who judges righteously;


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who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness by whose stripes ye have been healed.


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For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.


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Likewise, wives, <n>[be]</n> subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without <n>[the]</n> word by the conversation of the wives,


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whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;


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but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible <n>[ornament]</n> of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.


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For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;


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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.


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<n>[Ye]</n> husbands likewise, dwell with <n>[them]</n> according to knowledge, as with a weaker, <n>[even]</n> the female, vessel, giving <n>[them]</n> honour, as also fellow-heirs of <n>[the]</n> grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.


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not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing <n>[others]</n>, because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing.


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For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.


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because <n>[the]</n> eyes of <n>[the]</n> Lord <n>[are]</n> on <n>[the]</n> righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but <n>[the]</n> face of <n>[the]</n> Lord <n>[is]</n> against them that do evil.


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But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed <n>[are ye]</n>; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;


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but sanctify <n>[the]</n> Lord the Christ in your hearts, and <n>[be]</n> always prepared to <n>[give]</n> an answer <n>[to]</n> every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that <n>[is]</n> in you, but with meekness and fear;


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having a good conscience, that <n>[as to that]</n> in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ.


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For <n>[it is]</n> better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer <n>[as]</n> well-doers than <n>[as]</n> evildoers;


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for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, <n>[the]</n> just for <n>[the]</n> unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in <n>[the]</n> Spirit,


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heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in <n>[the]</n> days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water


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which figure also now saves you, <n>[even]</n> baptism, not a putting away of <n>[the]</n> filth of flesh, but <n>[the]</n> demand as before God of a good conscience, by <n>[the]</n> resurrection of Jesus Christ,


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who is at <n>[the]</n> right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him.


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Christ, then, having suffered for us in <n>[the]</n> flesh, do *ye* also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in <n>[the]</n> flesh has done with sin,


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no longer to live the rest of <n>[his]</n> time in <n>[the]</n> flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will.


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For the time past <n>[is]</n> sufficient <n>[for us]</n> to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.


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Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with <n>[them]</n> to the same sink of corruption, speaking injuriously <n>[of you]</n>;


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For to this <n>[end]</n> were the glad tidings preached to <n>[the]</n> dead also, that they might be judged, as regards men, after <n>[the]</n> flesh, but live, as regards God, after <n>[the]</n> Spirit.


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but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;


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each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of <n>[the]</n> various grace of God.


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If any one speak -- as oracles of God; if any one minister -- as of strength which God supplies; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen.


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Beloved, take not <n>[as]</n> strange the fire <n>[of persecution]</n> which has taken place amongst you for <n>[your]</n> trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;


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but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.


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If ye are reproached in <n>[the]</n> name of Christ, blessed <n>[are ye]</n>; for the <n>[Spirit]</n> of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you <n>[on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.]</n>


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Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;


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For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God <n>[is come]</n>; but if first from us, what <n>[shall be]</n> the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God?


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Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.


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The elders which <n>[are]</n> among you I exhort, who <n>[am their]</n> fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also <n>[am]</n> partaker of the glory about to be revealed


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shepherd the flock of God which <n>[is]</n> among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;


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Likewise <n>[ye]</n> younger, be subject to <n>[the]</n> elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against <n>[the]</n> proud, but to <n>[the]</n> humble gives grace.


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Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in <n>[the due]</n> time;


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Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary <n>[the]</n> devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.


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Whom resist, stedfast in faith, knowing that the selfsame sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood which <n>[is]</n> in <n>[the]</n> world.


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But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground


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By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I suppose, I have written to you briefly; exhorting and testifying that this is <n>[the]</n> true grace of God in which ye stand.


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Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through <n>[the]</n> righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ


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As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue,


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through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of <n>[the]</n> divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.


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But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,


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for these things existing and abounding in you make <n>[you]</n> to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;


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for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.


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Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;


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for thus shall the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be richly furnished unto you.


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Wherefore I will be careful to put you always in mind of these things, although knowing <n>[them]</n> and established in the present truth.


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But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting <n>[you]</n> in remembrance,


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knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily <n>[to take place]</n>, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me;


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but I will use diligence, that after my departure ye should have also, at any time, <n>[in your power]</n> to call to mind these things.


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For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty.


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For he received from God <n>[the]</n> Father honour and glory, such a voice being uttered to him by the excellent glory This is my beloved Son, in whom *I* have found my delight;


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And we have the prophetic word <n>[made]</n> surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until <n>[the]</n> day dawn and <n>[the]</n> morning star arise in your hearts;


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knowing this first, that <n>[the scope of]</n> no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation,


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for prophecy was not ever uttered by <n>[the]</n> will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of <n>[the]</n> Holy Spirit.


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But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;


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And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.


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For if God spared not <n>[the]</n> angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness <n>[to be]</n> kept for judgment;


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and spared not <n>[the]</n> old world, but preserved Noe, <n>[the]</n> eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in <n>[the]</n> flood upon <n>[the]</n> world of <n>[the]</n> ungodly;


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and having reduced <n>[the]</n> cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned <n>[them]</n> with an overthrow, setting <n>[them as]</n> an example to those that should <n>[afterwards]</n> live an ungodly life;


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(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented <n>[his]</n> righteous soul day after day with <n>[their]</n> lawless works,)


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<n>[the]</n> Lord knows <n>[how]</n> to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep <n>[the]</n> unjust to <n>[the]</n> day of judgment <n>[to be]</n> punished;


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and specially those who walk after the flesh in <n>[the]</n> lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold <n>[are they]</n>, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities


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when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.


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But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,


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receiving <n>[the]</n> reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;


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having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;


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having left <n>[the]</n> straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam <n>[the son]</n> of Bosor, who loved <n>[the]</n> reward of unrighteousness;


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but had reproof of his own wickedness -- <n>[the]</n> dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.


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These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved <n>[for ever]</n>.


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For <n>[while]</n> speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with <n>[the]</n> lusts of <n>[the]</n> flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,


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promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.


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For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through <n>[the]</n> knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.


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For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known <n>[it]</n> to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.


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But that <n>[word]</n> of the true proverb has happened to them <n>[The]</n> dog <n>[has]</n> turned back to his own vomit; and, <n>[The]</n> washed sow to <n>[her]</n> rolling in mud.


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This, a second letter, beloved, I already write to you, in <n>[both]</n> which I stir up, in the way of putting you in remembrance, your pure mind,


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to be mindful of the words spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Saviour by your apostles;


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knowing this first, that there shall come at <n>[the]</n> close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,


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and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep all things remain thus from <n>[the]</n> beginning of <n>[the]</n> creation.


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For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,


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But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.


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But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with <n>[the]</n> Lord <n>[is]</n> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


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<n>[The]</n> Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


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But the day of <n>[the]</n> Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and <n>[the]</n> elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and <n>[the]</n> earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.


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All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,


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waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which <n>[the]</n> heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and <n>[the]</n> elements, burning with heat, shall melt?


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But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.


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Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless;


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and account the longsuffering of our Lord <n>[to be]</n> salvation; according as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him,


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as also in all <n>[his]</n> epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.


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*Ye* therefore, beloved, knowing <n>[these]</n> things before, take care lest, being led away along with the error of the wicked, ye should fall from your own stedfastness


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but grow in grace, and in <n>[the]</n> knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him <n>[be]</n> glory both now and to <n>[the]</n> day of eternity. Amen.


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That which was from <n>[the]</n> beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life;


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(and the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us)


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that which we have seen and heard we report to you, that *ye* also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship <n>[is]</n> indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.


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And this 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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If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.


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But if we walk in the light as *he* is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.


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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us <n>[our]</n> sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


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My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ <n>[the]</n> righteous;


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He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;


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but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.


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Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard.


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Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.


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But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.


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I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him <n>[that is]</n> from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked <n>[one]</n>. 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 <n>[that is]</n> from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked <n>[one]</n>.


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Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;


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because all that <n>[is]</n> in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.


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Little children, it is <n>[the]</n> last hour, and, according as ye have heard that antichrist comes, even now there have come many antichrists, whence we know that it is <n>[the]</n> last hour.


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They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.


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I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.


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Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? *He* is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.


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As for *you* let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, *ye* also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.


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and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.


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And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming.


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If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.


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See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called <n>[the]</n> children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.


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Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.


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Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.


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He that practises sin is of the devil; for from <n>[the]</n> beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo the works of the devil.


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Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.


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In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.


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not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.


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*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love <n>[his]</n> brother abides in death.


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Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.


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Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down <n>[our]</n> lives.


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But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?


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and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.


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And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.


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And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given to us.


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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.


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and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not of God and this is that <n>[power]</n> of the antichrist, <n>[of]</n> which ye have heard that it comes, and now it is already in the world.


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*Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that <n>[is]</n> in you than he that <n>[is]</n> in the world.


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*They* are of the world; for this reason they speak <n>[as]</n> of the world, and the world hears them.


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*We* are of God; he that knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.


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Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.


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Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.


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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.


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No one has seen God at any time if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.


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And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.


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Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as *he* is, *we* also are in this world.


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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.


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If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?


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Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.


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For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith.


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This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus <n>[the]</n> Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth.


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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God <n>[which]</n> he has witnessed concerning his Son.


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He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son.


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These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God.


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And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.


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And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.


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If any one see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life, for those that do not sin unto death. There is a sin to death I do not say of that that he should make a request.


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We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked <n>[one]</n> does not touch him.


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And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that <n>[is]</n> true; and we are in him that <n>[is]</n> true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.


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The elder to <n>[the]</n> elect lady and her children, whom *I* love in truth, and not *I* only but also all who have known the truth,


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Grace shall be with you, mercy, peace from God <n>[the]</n> Father, and from <n>[the]</n> Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.


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I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.


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And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from <n>[the]</n> beginning, that we should love one another.


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And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.


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For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh -- this is the deceiver and the antichrist.


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Whosoever goes forward and abides not in the doctrine of the Christ has not God. He that abides in the doctrine, *he* has both the Father and the Son.


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If any one come to you and bring not this doctrine, do not receive him into <n>[the]</n> house, and greet him not;


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Having many things to write to you, I would not with paper and ink; but hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full.


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Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.


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For I rejoiced exceedingly when <n>[the]</n> brethren came and bore testimony to thy <n>[holding fast the]</n> truth, even as *thou* walkest in truth.


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Beloved, thou doest faithfully <n>[in]</n> whatever thou mayest have wrought towards the brethren and that strangers,


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(who have witnessed of thy love before <n>[the]</n> assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;


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I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.


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For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts <n>[them]</n> out of the assembly.


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Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God.


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Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and *we* also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.


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but I hope soon to see thee, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace <n>[be]</n> to thee. The friends greet thee. Greet the friends by name.


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Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God <n>[the]</n> Father and preserved in Jesus Christ


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Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting <n>[you]</n> to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.


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For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly <n>[persons]</n>, turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.


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But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of <n>[the]</n> land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed.


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And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to <n>[the]</n> judgment of <n>[the]</n> great day;


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as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.


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Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile <n>[the]</n> flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.


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But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against <n>[him]</n>, but said, <n>[The]</n> Lord rebuke thee.


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But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.


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Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.


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These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together <n>[with you]</n> without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by <n>[the]</n> winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;


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raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.


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And Enoch, <n>[the]</n> seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, <n>[the]</n> Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,


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to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard <n>[things]</n> which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.


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These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.


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that they said to you, that at <n>[the]</n> end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.


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These are they who set <n>[themselves]</n> apart, natural <n>[men]</n>, not having <n>[the]</n> Spirit.


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but others save with fear, snatching <n>[them]</n> out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.


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But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set <n>[you]</n> with exultation blameless before his glory,


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to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, <n>[be]</n> glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen.


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Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his bondmen what must shortly take place; and he signified <n>[it]</n>, sending by his angel, to his bondman John,


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Blessed <n>[is]</n> he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time <n>[is]</n> near.


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John to the seven assemblies which <n>[are]</n> in Asia Grace to you and peace from <n>[him]</n> who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which <n>[are]</n> before his throne;


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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,


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and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father to him <n>[be]</n> the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen.


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Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. Amen.


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I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith <n>[the]</n> Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.


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I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.


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I became in <n>[the]</n> Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,


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saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies 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 back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,


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and in the midst of the <n>[seven]</n> lamps <n>[one]</n> like <n>[the]</n> Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle


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and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power.


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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, Fear not; *I* am the first and the last,


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and the living one and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.


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Write therefore what thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to be after these.


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The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. -- The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies.


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To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamps


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I know thy works and <n>[thy]</n> labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil <n>[men]</n>; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves <n>[are]</n> apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;


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Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent.


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He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived


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I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.


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Fear nothing <n>[of]</n> what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life.


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He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamos write These things says he that has the sharp two-edged sword


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I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan <n>[is]</n>; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness <n>[was]</n>, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.


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But I have a few things against thee that thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, to eat <n>[of]</n> idol sacrifices and commit fornication.


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Repent therefore but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.


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He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, to him will I give of the hidden manna; and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he that receives <n>[it]</n>.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet <n>[are]</n> like fine brass


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I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and thine endurance, and thy last works <n>[to be]</n> more than the first.


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But I have against thee that thou permittest the woman Jezebel, she who calls herself prophetess, and she teaches and leads astray my servants to commit fornication and eat of idol sacrifices.


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Behold, I cast her into a bed, and those that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,


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and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that *I* am he that searches <n>[the]</n> reins and <n>[the]</n> hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works.


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But to you I say, the rest who <n>[are]</n> in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I do not cast upon you any other burden;


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And he that overcomes, and he that keeps unto the end my works, to him will I give authority over the nations,


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and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; as vessels of pottery are they broken in pieces, as I also have received from my Father;


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And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write These things saith he that has 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 that remain, which are about to die, for I have not found thy works complete before my God.


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Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep <n>[it]</n> and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come <n>[upon thee]</n> as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee.


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But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.


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He that overcomes, *he* shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write These things saith the holy, the true; he that has the key of David, he who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open


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I know thy works behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.


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Behold, I make them of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie; behold, I will cause that they shall come and shall do homage before thy feet, and shall know that *I* have loved thee.


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Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, *I* also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.


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He that overcomes, him will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more at all out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven, from my God, and my new name.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write These things says 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 am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;


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I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.


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Behold, I stand at the door and am knocking; if any one hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and sup with him, and he with me.


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He that overcomes, to him will I give to sit with me in my throne; as *I* also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father in his throne.


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After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will shew thee the things which must take place after these things.


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Immediately I became in <n>[the]</n> Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting,


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and he <n>[that was]</n> sitting like in appearance to a stone <n>[of]</n> jasper and a sardius, and a rainbow round the throne like in appearance to an emerald.


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And round the throne twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting, clothed with white garments; and on their heads golden crowns.


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And out of the throne go forth lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and seven lamps of fire, burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;


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and before the throne, as a glass sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures, full of eyes, before and behind;


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and the first living creature like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature having the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle.


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And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.


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And when the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanksgiving to him that sits upon the throne, who lives to the ages of ages,


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the twenty-four elders shall fall before him that sits upon the throne, and do homage to him that lives to the ages of ages; and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,


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Thou art worthy, O our Lord and <n>[our]</n> God, to receive glory and honour and power; for *thou* hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created.


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And I saw on the right hand of him that sat upon 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 <n>[is]</n> worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?


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And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.


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And one of the elders says to me, Do not weep. Behold, the lion which <n>[is]</n> of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, has overcome <n>[so as]</n> to open the book, and its seven seals.


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And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God <n>[which are]</n> sent into all the earth


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And when it took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.


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And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,


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And I saw, and I heard <n>[the]</n> voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands;


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saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been 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 the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth, and <n>[those that are]</n> upon the sea, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages.


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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as a voice of thunder, Come <n>[and see]</n>.


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And I saw and behold, a white horse, and he that sat upon it having a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and that he might conquer.


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And when it opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come <n>[and see]</n>.


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And another, a red horse, went forth; and to him that sat upon it, to him it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another; and there was given to him a great sword.


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And when it opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come <n>[and see]</n>. And I saw and behold, a black horse, and he that sat upon it having a balance in his hand.


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And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenixes of barley for a denarius and do not injure the oil and the wine.


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And when it opened the fourth seal, I heard <n>[the voice of]</n> the fourth living creature saying, Come <n>[and see]</n>.


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And I saw and behold, a pale horse, and he that sat upon it, his name <n>[was]</n> Death, and hades followed with him; and authority was given to him over the fourth of the earth to slay with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.


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And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been 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 sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?


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And there was given to them, to each one a white robe; and it was said to them that they should rest yet a little while, until both their fellow-bondmen and their brethren, who were about to be killed as they, should be fulfilled.


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And I saw when it opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as hair sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood,


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and the stars of heaven fell upon the earth, as a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, casts its unseasonable figs.


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And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.


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And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;


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and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and have us hidden from <n>[the]</n> face of him that sits upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;


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And after this I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding fast the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree.


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And I saw another angel ascending from <n>[the]</n> sunrising, having <n>[the]</n> seal of <n>[the]</n> living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it had been given to hurt the earth and the sea,


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saying, Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we shall have sealed the bondmen of our God upon their foreheads.


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And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred <n>[and]</n> forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of <n>[the]</n> sons of Israel


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out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Juda, twelve thousand sealed; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;


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out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Aser, twelve thousand; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Nepthalim, twelve thousand; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand;


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out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand;


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out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Zabulun, twelve thousand; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; out of <n>[the]</n> tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand sealed.


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After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.


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And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb.


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And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,


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saying, Amen Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and strength, to our God, to the ages of ages. Amen.


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And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?


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And I said to him, My lord, *thou* knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.


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Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits upon the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.


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They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat;


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because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.


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And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give <n>[efficacy]</n> to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which <n>[was]</n> before the throne.


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And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of the angel before God.


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And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast <n>[it]</n> on the earth and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake.


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And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves that they might sound with <n>[their]</n> trumpets.


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And the first sounded <n>[his]</n> trumpet and there was hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.


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And the second angel sounded <n>[his]</n> trumpet and as 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 which had life died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.


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And the third angel sounded <n>[his]</n> trumpet and there fell out of the heaven a great star, burning as a torch, 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 of the men died of the waters because they were made bitter.


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And the fourth angel sounded <n>[his]</n> trumpet 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 should be darkened, and that the day should not appear <n>[for]</n> the third part of it, and the night the same.


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And I saw, and I heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to them that dwell upon the earth, for the remaining voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.


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And the fifth angel sounded <n>[his]</n> trumpet and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen to the earth; and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss.


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And it opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up smoke out of the pit as <n>[the]</n> smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.


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And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;


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and it was said to them, that they should not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but the men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads


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and it was given to them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment <n>[was]</n> as <n>[the]</n> torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.


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And in those days shall men seek death, and shall in no way find it; and shall desire to die, and death flees from them.


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And the likenesses of the locusts <n>[were]</n> like to horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men;


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and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings <n>[was]</n> as the sound of chariots of many horses running to war;


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and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power <n>[was]</n> in their tails to hurt men five months.


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They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss his name in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in Greek he has <n>[for]</n> name Apollyon.


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And the sixth angel sounded <n>[his]</n> trumpet and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which <n>[is]</n> before God,


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saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates.


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And the four angels were loosed, who are prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they might slay the third part of men;


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and the number of the hosts of horse <n>[was]</n> twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.


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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those that sat upon them, having breastplates of fire and jacinth and brimstone; and the heads of the horses <n>[were]</n> as heads of lions, and out of their mouths goes out fire and smoke and brimstone.


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By these three plagues were the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which goes out of their mouths.


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For the power of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails for their tails <n>[are]</n> like serpents, having heads, and with them they injure.


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And the rest of men who were not killed with these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the golden and silver and brazen and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.


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And they repented not of their murders, nor of their witchcrafts, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.


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And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,


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and having in his hand a little opened book. And he set his right foot on the sea, and the left upon the earth,


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and cried with a loud voice as a lion roars. And when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their own voices.


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And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and write them not.


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and swore by him that lives to the ages of ages, who created the heaven and the things that are in it, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be no longer delay;


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but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God also shall be completed, as he has made known the glad tidings to his own bondmen the prophets.


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And the voice which I heard out of the heaven <n>[was]</n> again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the little book which is opened in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the earth.


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And I went to the angel, saying to him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take and eat it up and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.


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And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth as honey, sweet; and when I had eaten it my belly was made bitter.


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And it was said to me, Thou must prophesy again as to peoples and nations and tongues and many kings.


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And there was given to me a reed like a staff, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship in it.


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And the court which <n>[is]</n> without the temple cast out, and measure it not; because it has been given <n>[up]</n> to the nations, and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months.


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And I will give <n>[power]</n> to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred <n>[and]</n> sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.


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and if any one wills to injure them, fire goes out of their mouth, and devours their enemies. And if any one wills to injure them, thus must he be killed.


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These have power to shut the heaven that no rain may fall during the days of their prophecy; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth as often as they will with every plague.


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And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast who comes up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and shall conquer them, and shall kill them


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and their body <n>[shall be]</n> on the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.


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And <n>[men]</n> of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations see their body three days and a half, and they do not suffer their bodies to be put into a sepulchre.


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And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and are full of delight, and shall send gifts one to another, because these, the two prophets, tormented them that dwell upon the earth.


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And after the three days and a half <n>[the]</n> spirit of life from God came into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those beholding them.


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And I heard a great voice out of the heaven saying to them, Come up here; and they went up to the heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them.


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And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand names of men were slain in the earthquake. And the remnant were filled with fear, and gave glory to the God of the heaven.


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And the seventh angel sounded <n>[his]</n> trumpet and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages.


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And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,


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saying, We give thee thanks, Lord God Almighty, <n>[He]</n> who is, and who was, that thou hast taken thy great power and hast reigned.


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And the nations have been full of wrath, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the recompense to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear thy name, small and great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth.


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And the temple of God in the heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.


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And a great sign was seen in the 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 another sign was seen in the heaven and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems;


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and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.


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And she brought forth a male son, who shall shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; 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 has there a place prepared of God, that they should nourish her there a thousand two hundred <n>[and]</n> sixty days.


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And there was war in the heaven Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels;


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And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.


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And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, who accused them before our God day and night


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and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.


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Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time.


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And when the dragon saw that he had been cast out into the earth, he persecuted the woman which bore the male <n>[child]</n>.


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And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, from <n>[the]</n> face of the serpent.


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And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be <n>[as]</n> one carried away by a river.


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And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.


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And the dragon was angry 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.


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And I stood upon the sand of the sea; and I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.


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And the beast which I saw was like to a leopardess, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as a lion's mouth; and the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority;


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and one of his heads <n>[was]</n> as slain to death, and his wound of death had been healed and the whole earth wondered after the beast.


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And they did homage to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and they did homage to the beast, saying, Who <n>[is]</n> like to the beast? and who can make war with it?


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And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.


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And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who have their tabernacle in the heaven.


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And there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation;


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and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, <n>[every one]</n> whose name had not been written from <n>[the]</n> founding of <n>[the]</n> world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.


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If any one <n>[leads]</n> into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with <n>[the]</n> sword, he must with <n>[the]</n> sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.


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And I saw another beast rising out of the earth; and it had two horns like to a lamb, and spake as a dragon;


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and it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it, and causes the earth and those that dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose wound of death was healed.


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And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men.


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And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.


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And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.


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And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;


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and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.


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Here is wisdom. He that has understanding let him count the number of the beast for it is a man's number; and its number <n>[is]</n> six hundred <n>[and]</n> sixty-six.


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And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing upon mount Zion, and with him a hundred <n>[and]</n> forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written upon their foreheads.


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And I heard a voice out of the heaven as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard <n>[was]</n> as of harp-singers harping with their harps;


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and they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn that song save the hundred <n>[and]</n> forty-four thousand who were bought from the earth.


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These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins these are they who follow the Lamb wheresoever it goes. These have been bought from men <n>[as]</n> first-fruits to God and to the Lamb


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And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having <n>[the]</n> everlasting glad tidings to announce to those settled on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,


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saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and do homage to him who has made the heaven and the earth and the sea and fountains of waters.


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And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink.


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And another, a third, angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any one do homage to the beast and its image, and receive a mark upon his forehead or upon his hand,


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he also shall drink of the wine of the fury of God prepared unmixed in the cup of his wrath, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.


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And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages, and they have no respite day and night who do homage to the beast and to its image, and if any one receive the mark of its name.


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And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in <n>[the]</n> Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.


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And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like <n>[the]</n> Son of man, having upon 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, Send thy sickle and reap; for the hour of reaping is come, for the harvest of the earth is dried.


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And another angel came out of the temple which <n>[is]</n> in the heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.


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And another angel came out of the altar, having power over fire, and called with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send thy sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripened.


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And the angel put his sickle to the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast <n>[the bunches]</n> into the great wine-press of the fury of God;


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and the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood went out of the wine-press to the bits of the horses for a thousand six hundred stadia.


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And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and wonderful seven angels having seven plagues, the last; for in them the fury of God is completed.


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And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps of God.


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And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful <n>[are]</n> thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true <n>[are]</n> thy ways, O King of nations.


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Who shall not fear <n>[thee]</n>, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for <n>[thou]</n> only <n>[art]</n> holy; for all nations shall come and do homage before thee; for thy righteousnesses have been made manifest.


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and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in pure bright linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles.


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And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls, full of the fury of God, who lives to the ages of ages.


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And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.


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And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the seven bowls of the fury of God upon the earth.


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And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped its image.


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And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood, as of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.


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And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers, and <n>[on]</n> the fountains of waters; and they became blood.


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And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Thou art righteous, who art and wast, the holy one, that thou hast judged so;


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for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.


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And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous <n>[are]</n> thy judgments.


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And the men were burnt with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and did not repent to give him glory.


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And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and its kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues with distress,


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and blasphemed the God of the heaven for their distresses and their sores, and did not repent of their works.


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And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from the rising of the sun might be prepared.


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And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as frogs;


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for they are <n>[the]</n> spirits of demons, doing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole habitable world to gather them together to the war of <n>[that]</n> great day of God the Almighty.


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(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed <n>[is]</n> he that watches and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that they <n>[may not]</n> see his shame.)


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And the seventh poured out his bowl on the air; and there came out a great voice from the temple of the heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.


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And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.


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And the great city was <n>[divided]</n> into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell and great Babylon was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.


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and a great hail, as of a talent weight, comes down out of the heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, for the plague of it is exceeding great.


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And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;


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with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.


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And he carried me away in spirit to a desert; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


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And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;


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and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the 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 witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.


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And the angel said to me, Why hast thou wondered? *I* will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.


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The beast which thou sawest was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into destruction and they who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written from the founding of the world in the book of life, shall wonder, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and shall be present.


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And there are seven kings five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes he must remain <n>[only]</n> a little while.


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And the beast that was and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into destruction.


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And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom, but receive authority 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 <n>[that are]</n> with him called, and chosen, and faithful.


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And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.


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And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire;


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for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled.


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After these things I saw another angel descending out of the heaven, having great authority and the earth was lightened with his glory.


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And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird;


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because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.


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And I heard another voice out of the heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have not fellowship in her sins, and that ye do not receive of her plagues


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for her sins have been heaped on one another up to the heaven, and God has remembered her unrighteousnesses.


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Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double <n>[to her]</n> double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.


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So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief


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for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong <n>[is the]</n> Lord God who has judged her.


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And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,


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standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.


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lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,


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and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men.


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And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.


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The merchants of these things, who had been enriched through her, shall stand afar off through fear of her torment, weeping and grieving,


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saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which <n>[was]</n> clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls!


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for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,


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and cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and grieving, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were enriched through her costliness! for in one hour she has been made desolate.


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Rejoice over her, heaven, and <n>[ye]</n> saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.


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And a strong angel took up a stone, as a great millstone, and cast <n>[it]</n> into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall be found no more at all;


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and voice of harp-singers and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters shall not be heard any more at all in thee, and no artificer of any art shall be found any more at all in thee, and voice of millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee,


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and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery have all the nations been deceived.


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And in her was found <n>[the]</n> blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth.


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After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah the salvation and the glory and the power of our God


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for true and righteous <n>[are]</n> his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand.


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And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and did homage to God who sits upon the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelujah.


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And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, <n>[and]</n> ye that fear him, small and great.


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And I heard as a voice of a great crowd, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah, for <n>[the]</n> Lord our God the Almighty has taken to himself kingly power.


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Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.


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And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright <n>[and]</n> pure; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.


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And he says to me, Write, Blessed <n>[are]</n> they who are called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.


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And I fell before his feet to do him homage. And he says to me, See <n>[thou do it]</n> not. I am thy fellow-bondman, and <n>[the fellow-bondman]</n> of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Do homage to God. For the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.


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And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, <n>[called]</n> Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness.


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And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but himself;


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And the armies which <n>[are]</n> in the heaven followed him upon white horses, clad in white, pure, fine linen.


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And out of his mouth goes a sharp <n>[two-edged]</n> sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.


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And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God,


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that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses and of those that sit upon them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, and 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 upon the horse, and against his army.


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And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that <n>[was]</n> with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone;


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and the rest were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which goes out of his mouth; and all the birds were filled with their flesh.


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And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.


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And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is <n>[the]</n> devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,


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and cast him into the abyss, and shut <n>[it]</n> and sealed <n>[it]</n> over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time.


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And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God; and those who had not done homage to the beast nor to his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and hand; and they lived and reigned with the Christ a thousand years


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Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.


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and shall go out to deceive the nations which <n>[are]</n> in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number <n>[is]</n> 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 <n>[from God]</n> out of the heaven and devoured them.


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And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where <n>[are]</n> both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages.


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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, and place was not found for them.


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And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is <n>[that]</n> of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.


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And the sea gave up the dead which <n>[were]</n> in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which <n>[were]</n> in them; and they were judged each according to their works


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and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, <n>[even]</n> the lake of fire.


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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 the sea exists no more.


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And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.


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And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God <n>[is]</n> with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.


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And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away.


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And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says <n>[to me]</n>, Write, for these words are true and faithful.


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And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely.


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But to the fearful and unbelieving, <n>[and sinners]</n>, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part <n>[is]</n> in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.


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And there came one of the seven angels which had had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.


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And he carried me away in <n>[the]</n> Spirit, <n>[and set me]</n> on a great and high mountain, and shewed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,


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having the glory of God. Her shining <n>[was]</n> like a most precious stone, as a crystal-like jasper stone;


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having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are those of the twelve tribes of <n>[the]</n> sons of Israel.


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On <n>[the]</n> east three gates; and on <n>[the]</n> north three gates; and on <n>[the]</n> south three gates; and on <n>[the]</n> west three gates.


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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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And he that spoke with me had a golden reed <n>[as]</n> a measure, that he might measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.


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And the city lies four-square, and its length <n>[is]</n> as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed -- twelve thousand stadia the length and the breadth and height of it are equal.


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And he measured its wall, a hundred <n>[and]</n> forty-four cubits, <n>[a]</n> man's measure, that is, <n>[the]</n> angel's.


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the foundations of the wall of the city <n>[were]</n> adorned with every precious stone the first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;


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the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.


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And the twelve gates, twelve pearls; each one of the gates, respectively, was of one pearl; and the street of the city pure gold, as transparent glass.


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And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof <n>[is]</n> the Lamb.


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And nothing common, nor that maketh an abomination and a lie, shall at all enter into it; but those only who <n>[are]</n> written in the book of life of the Lamb.


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And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.


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In the midst of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that side, <n>[the]</n> tree of life, producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations.


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And no curse shall be any more; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him,


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And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of <n>[the]</n> sun; for <n>[the]</n> Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages.


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And he said to me, These words <n>[are]</n> faithful and true; and <n>[the]</n> Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to shew to his bondmen the things which must soon come to pass.


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And behold, I come quickly. Blessed <n>[is]</n> he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.


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And I, John, <n>[was]</n> he who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to do homage before the feet of the angel who shewed me these things.


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And he says to me, See <n>[thou do it]</n> not. I am thy fellow-bondman, and <n>[the fellow-bondman]</n> of thy brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Do homage to God.


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Let him that does unrighteously do unrighteously still; and let the filthy make himself filthy still; and let him that is righteous practise righteousness still; and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.


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*I* <n>[am]</n> the Alpha and the Omega, <n>[the]</n> first and <n>[the]</n> last, the beginning and the end.


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Blessed <n>[are]</n> they that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and that they should go in by the gates into the city.


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Without <n>[are]</n> the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.


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*I* Jesus have sent mine angel to testify these things to you in the assemblies. *I* am the root and offspring of David, the bright <n>[and]</n> morning star.


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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; he that will, let him take <n>[the]</n> water of life freely.


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*I* testify to every one who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any one shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book.


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And if any one take from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.


