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therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were encouraged concerning you regarding your faith.


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For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God,


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night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?


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And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,


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so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.


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Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;


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that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.


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But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;


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and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you abound more and more;


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that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,


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But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not as others who have no hope.


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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.


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For this we say to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.


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For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shouted command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.


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Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together at the same time with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.


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For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall by no means escape.


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But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.


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And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,


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Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, uphold the weak, be longsuffering towards all.


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See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.


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Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:


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We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,


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so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions that you endure,


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which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;


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and to give you who are afflicted rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels,


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in flaming fire giving full vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,


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when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you is believed.


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Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,


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that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.


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Now brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together to Him, we ask you


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not to be quickly disturbed in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the Day of Christ has come.


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Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is unveiled, the son of perdition,


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who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is honored, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, declaring of himself that he is God.


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For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He is now restraining, until it is raised from out of the midst.


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And then the lawless one will be unveiled, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.


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The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,


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and with all unrighteous deception among those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


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But we owe thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,


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Therefore, brethren, stand firm and hold on to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.


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Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting comfort and good hope by grace,


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Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may run freely and be glorified, just as it is with you,


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And we are persuaded in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.


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But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the teaching which you received from us.


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nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,


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not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should imitate us.


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For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone does not desire to work, neither shall he eat.


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For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.


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Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.


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And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.


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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope,


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to Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.


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As I urged you when I went into Macedonia; remain in Ephesus that you may charge some not to teach other doctrines,


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nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.


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Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,


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desiring to be teachers of the Law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they strongly assert.


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knowing this: that the Law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for slayers of fathers and slayers of mothers, for murderers,


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for prostitutes, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,


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And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry,


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although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I received mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.


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This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.


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However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might manifest all longsuffering, as an example to those who are about to believe on Him unto eternal life.


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Now to the King eternal, incorruptible, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.


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This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,


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having faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,


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of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may be taught not to blaspheme.


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Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,


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for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.


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for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying; a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.


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in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in appropriate apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,


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Nevertheless she will be kept safe through childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.


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An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well ordered, hospitable, able to teach;


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not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for money, but fair-minded, not quarrelsome, not loving money;


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(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);


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not a new convert, that he not be puffed up with pride and fall into the same condemnation as the devil.


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Moreover he must have a good testimony with those who are outside, that he not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.


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Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,


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For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.


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but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.


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And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.


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Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, being devoted to corrupting spirits and doctrines of demons,


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forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be partaken with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.


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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;


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If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.


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For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.


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For to this end we both labor and are reproached, because we trust in the living God, who is the preserver of all men, especially of those who believe.


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Let no one despise your youth, but become an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.


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Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.


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Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will deliver both yourself and those who hear you.


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But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God.


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Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.


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But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.


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Do not let a widow under sixty years old be taken into the number, and not unless she has been the wife of one man,


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being well reported of for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.


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But refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,


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And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.


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Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary for reproach.


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If any believing man or woman has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are truly widows.


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Let the elders who lead well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the Word and doctrine.


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For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain, and, The laborer is worthy of his wages.


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I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you keep watch over these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.


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No longer drink only water, but use a little wine on account of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.


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Some men's sins are clearly evident, preceding them to judgment, but those of some men follow later.


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Likewise, the good works of some are clearly evident, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden.


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Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed.


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And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.


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If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,


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he is proud, understanding nothing, but is sick with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, slander, evil conjecture,


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useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.


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But those who purpose to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which plunge people into ruin and destruction.


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For the love of money is a root of all evils, for which some being greedy, have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.


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But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.


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Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.


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I charge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,


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which He will reveal in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,


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who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.


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Command those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.


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storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.


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O Timothy, guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and empty babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;


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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,


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I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, how without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,


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when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.


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Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.


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Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but partake in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God,


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who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,


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but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has deprived death of its power and brought life and incorruptibility to light through the gospel,


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For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep safe what I have committed to Him until that Day.


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Hold fast the form of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.


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This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.


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The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;


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The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day; and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.


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And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will also be able to teach others.


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No one serving military duty entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him.


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for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of bonds; but the Word of God is not bound.


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Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.


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Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to argue with empty words to no good, to the destruction of the hearers.


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Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.


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who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection has already come; and they overthrow the faith of some.


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Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.


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But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.


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Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from these, he will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.


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But flee youthful lusts; and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.


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in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance unto a full true knowledge of the truth,


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and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.


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For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,


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For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,


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But as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith;


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But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,


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persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.


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But you continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,


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and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.


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All Scripture is breathed by God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,


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I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:


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Preach the Word. Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.


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For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own lusts, desiring to hear pleasant things, they will heap up for themselves teachers;


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But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.


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Hereafter, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all the ones loving His appearing.


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for Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica; Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.


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Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come; and the books, especially the parchments.


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But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the preaching of the message might be fulfilled through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.


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And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and keep me safe for His Heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.


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Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as well as Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren.


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Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect and full true knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,


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but has in due time proclaimed His Word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;


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to Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.


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For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I assigned you:


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If a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of loose behavior or disobedience.


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For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for money,


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holding fast the faithful Word according to the teaching, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.


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whose mouths must be stopped, who overturn whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.


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To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.


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They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and reprobate with regard to every good work.


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the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;


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to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God may not be blasphemed.


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in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,


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sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he who is in opposition may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.


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not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.


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teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live with sound mind, righteously, and godly in the present age,


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who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify a people for His own possession, zealous unto good works.


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Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey superiors, to be ready for every good work,


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For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.


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not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,


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This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those believing in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.


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But avoid foolish questionings, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the Law; for they are unprofitable and vain.


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When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.


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And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.


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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow laborer,


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that the fellowship of your faith may become active in the full true knowledge of every good thing in you in Christ Jesus.


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For we have great joy and encouragement in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.


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yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you; being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;


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whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my bonds of the gospel.


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But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but willingly.


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no longer as a slave but more than a slave; a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.


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I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay; not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.


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But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.


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has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, Whom He has appointed heir of all things, through Whom also He made the worlds;


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Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself made purification for our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,


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For to which of the angels did He ever say: You are My Son, today I have begotten You? And again: I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?


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And again, when He brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: Let all the angels of God do homage to Him.


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But to the Son He says: Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.


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You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness, beside Your companions.


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And: You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Your hands.


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like a cloak You will fold them up, and they will be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not fail.


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But to which of the angels has He ever said: Sit at My right hand, till I place Your enemies as Your footstool?


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Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who are about to inherit salvation.


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Therefore we need to more abundantly heed the things we have heard, so that they do not slip our minds.


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For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,


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how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,


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God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various works of power, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?


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But one testified in a certain place, saying: What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You look upon him?


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You have made him, for a little while, less than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Your hands.


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You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that He put all things in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But at this time we do not yet see all things subjected under him.


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But we see Jesus, who was made a little less than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.


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For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Author of their salvation complete through sufferings.


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For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,


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saying: I will declare Your name to My brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.


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Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,


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Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God, in order to make propitiation for the sins of the people.


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Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the Heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,


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For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.


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And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken later,


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but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.


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Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.


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Beware, brethren, that there not be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in withdrawing from the living God;


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but exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, that not any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.


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For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold fast to the origin of our Foundation steadfast to the end,


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while it is said: Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the provocation.


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Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?


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Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear so that none of you should show evidence of falling short.


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For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.


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For we who believe do enter into rest, as He has said: So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.


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For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;


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Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those to whom the gospel was first preached did not enter in because of disobedience,


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again He designates a certain day, saying in David, Today, after such a long time, as it has been said: Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.


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Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, that no one fall according to the same example of disobedience.


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For the Word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.


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And there is no creature that is not revealed in His presence, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give answer.


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Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.


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For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.


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Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.


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For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.


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He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also encompassed by weakness.


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Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.


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So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: You are My Son, today I have begotten You.


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who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who had the power to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,


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For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the rudimentary principles of the Words of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.


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For everyone who partakes only of milk is without experience in the Word of Righteousness, for he is an infant.


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But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their understanding exercised to discern both good and evil.


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Therefore, leaving the discussion of the rudiments concerning Christ, let us move along to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,


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of the doctrine of immersion, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.


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For it is impossible for those who at one time were given understanding, and have tasted the Heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,


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and also turn aside, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and expose Him to public disgrace.


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For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;


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but if it bears thorns and briars, it is unfit and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned up.


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But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, indeed, holding fast to salvation, though we speak in this manner.


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For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.


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And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end,


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that you do not become slothful, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.


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For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,


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For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.


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Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, pledged it by an oath,


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that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.


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This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters in within the veil,


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where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.


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For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,


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to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, meaning king of peace,


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without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.


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And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the Law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham;


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but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.


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Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the Law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?


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For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has attended at the altar.


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For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.


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who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.


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For there is indeed an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.


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For the Law made nothing perfect, but a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.


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(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: The Lord has sworn and will not repent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek),


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Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He lives forever to make intercession for them.


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For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;


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who does not need, as the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people; for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.


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For the Law appoints as high priests men who have infirmity, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.


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Now this is the main point of the things being said: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,


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For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.


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For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Law;


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who serve the copy and shadow of the Heavenly things, as Moses was divinely admonished when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, See that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.


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But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.


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Because finding fault with them, He says: Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant, and bring fulfillment to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah;


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not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord.


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For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will give My Laws into their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.


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And they shall not each one teach his neighbor, and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for every one shall know Me, from the least of them to their great ones.


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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will by no means remember any longer.


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In that He says, New, He has made the first old. Now what is becoming worn out and growing old is ready to disappear.


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For the first tabernacle was prepared: in which was the lampstand, the table, and the Bread of Presentation, which is called the sanctuary;


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which had the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;


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and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.


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Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first tabernacle, performing the services.


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But into the second the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins of the people, committed in ignorance;


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the Holy Spirit signifying by this that the way into the Holy of Holies was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.


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It was a comparison for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience;


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concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time when things were set right.


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But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.


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Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Holy of Holies once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.


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For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,


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how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.


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And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.


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For where there is a covenant, it is a necessity to announce the death of the one making the covenant.


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For a covenant is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the one who made the covenant is alive.


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For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,


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And according to the Law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.


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Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the Heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.


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For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf;


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not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Holy of Holies every year with blood of others;


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He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, He has been manifested to put away sin through the sacrifice of Himself.


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so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, without sin, unto salvation.


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For the Law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of those things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.


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For then, would they not have ceased to be offered? For those serving, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.


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Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.


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Then I said, Behold, I have come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me) to do Your will, O God.


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Previously saying, Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor were pleased with them (which are offered according to the Law),


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then He said, Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God. He takes away the first in order that He may establish the second.


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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 ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.


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But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,


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This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My Laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,


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let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.


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not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting; and so much the more as you see the Day drawing near.


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For if we sin willfully after we have received the full true knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,


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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour those who oppose.


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Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled on the Son of God, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of Grace?


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For we know Him who has said, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge His people.


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But remember the former days in which, after you were given understanding, you endured a great struggle with afflictions,


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indeed while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and afflictions, and also while you became companions of those who were so treated;


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for you had compassion on me in my bonds, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing, yourselves, that you have a better and an enduring possession in Heaven.


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For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:


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But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.


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By faith we understand that the universe was prepared by the Word of God, so that the things which are seen did not come into existence from things which are visible.


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By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.


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By faith Enoch was translated so that he did not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him; for before he was translated he had this testimony, that he pleased God.


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But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.


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By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.


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By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not understanding where he was going.


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By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;


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By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.


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Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude; innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.


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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were foreigners and pilgrims on the earth.


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And truly if they had called to mind that place from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.


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But now they reach forth to a better, that is, a heavenly place. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.


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By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,


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reckoning that God had the power to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.


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By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and did homage on the top of his staff.


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By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.


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By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a proper male child; and they were not afraid of the king's decree.


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choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin,


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esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the recompense.


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By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.


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By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn should not touch them.


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By faith they crossed over the Red Sea as through dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were swallowed up.


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By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.


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And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:


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who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,


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quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in battle, turned to flight the armies of foreigners.


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Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.


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They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tried, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, oppressed;


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of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.


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Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so persistently harasses us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,


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looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


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For consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners against Himself, that you not become weary and faint in your souls.


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And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him.


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If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not discipline?


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But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.


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Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?


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For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.


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Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.


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and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed.


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watching carefully that no one fall short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and through this many become defiled;


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that there be no prostitute or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food gave away his birthright.


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For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.


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For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,


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and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.


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(For they could not endure what was commanded: And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.


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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable multitude of angels,


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to the gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are registered in Heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made complete,


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to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.


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See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from the One speaking from Heaven,


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whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.


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Now this, Yet once more, indicates the removal of those things that are being overthrown, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be overthrown may remain.


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Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.


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Remember the prisoners as if bound with them; and those who are mistreated, as also being in the body, yourselves.


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Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, By no means will I ever leave you nor ever forsake you.


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Remember those in authority over you, who have spoken the Word of God to you. Observing the outworkings of their behavior, imitate their faith.


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Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.


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For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.


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Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.


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Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing to His name.


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Obey those in authority over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.


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Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.


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Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,


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make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.


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And I appeal to you, brethren, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.


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Jacob, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.


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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.


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But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.


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For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. Thus the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.


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Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.


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Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.


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Then, when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.


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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.


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Of His own purpose He brought us forth by the Word of Truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.


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Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which has the power to save your souls.


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For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;


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But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in his deeds.


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If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but beguiles his own heart, this one'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 distress, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.


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For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,


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and you have regard for the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, You stand there, or, Sit here at my footstool,


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Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?


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But if you fulfill the royal Law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well;


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For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the Law.


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For judgment will be without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Indeed, mercy rejoices over judgment.


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What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is faith able to save him?


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and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?


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But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith from my works.


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And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called, Friend of God.


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Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified from works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?


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My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.


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For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a flawless man, able also to bridle the whole body.


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Behold also the ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the helmsman desires.


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Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how large a forest a little fire kindles.


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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, defiling the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by Gehenna.


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For every kind of beast and bird, and of creeping thing and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.


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With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the image of God.


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Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, it is not fitting that these things be this way.


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Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.


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Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works out of good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom.


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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, fair, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.


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Where do wars and fightings come from among you? Do they not come from your lusts that war in your members?


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You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.


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Adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore purposes to be a friend of the world is shown to be opposing God.


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Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.


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Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are not a doer of the Law, but a judge.


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Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city, spend a year there, do business, and make a profit;


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whereas you do not know what will be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.


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Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.


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Indeed the wages of the laborers who reaped your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.


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You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.


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Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.


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Do not grumble against one another, brethren, that you not be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands at the door.


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My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering affliction and endurance.


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Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the endurance of Job and seen the outcome brought about by the Lord; that the Lord is very kind and merciful.


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But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your Yes, be Yes, and your No, No, so that you do not fall under condemnation.


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Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.


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And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he may have committed sins, they will be forgiven him.


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Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty.


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Elijah was a man with feelings like ours, and he prayed to God that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.


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let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and conceal a multitude of sins.


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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


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elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.


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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


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to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,


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who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.


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In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,


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that the testing of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found unto praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,


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whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him yet, believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,


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Of this salvation the prophets have sought out and searched diligently, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you,


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searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand of the sufferings of Christ and the glories after these things.


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To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven; things which angels desire to look into.


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Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;


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And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, behave yourselves throughout the time of your sojourning in fear;


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knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your vain way of life received by tradition from your fathers,


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He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you


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who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.


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Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,


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having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the Word of God which lives and abides forever,


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because All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,


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but the Word of the Lord endures forever. Now this is the Word which by the gospel was preached to you.


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you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.


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Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be ashamed.


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Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, The stone which the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner,


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and a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the Word, to which they also were appointed.


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But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His possession, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;


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who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who did not have mercy but now have mercy.


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Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and sojourners, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,


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having your behavior honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.


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Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man because of the Lord; whether to the king as supreme,


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or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.


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For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;


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Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and fair, but also to the perverse.


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For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering undeservedly.


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For what praise is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you endure it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you endure it patiently, this is favorable with God.


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For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:


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who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but gave Himself over to Him who judges righteously;


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who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.


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For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.


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Wives, likewise, be subject to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the Word, they, without a word, may be won by the behavior of their wives,


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rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a meek and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.


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For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands,


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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.


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Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be cut off.


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not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, in order that you may inherit blessing.


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For He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.


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For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.


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But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be afraid of their terror, nor be troubled.


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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;


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having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evildoers, those who falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.


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For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,


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who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.


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There is also an antitype which now saves us; immersion (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,


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who has gone into Heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.


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Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has been released from sin,


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that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh in the lusts of men, but in the will of God.


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For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.


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In this regard, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same overflow of dissipation, blaspheming.


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For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.


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As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.


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If anyone speaks, let him speak as the words of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and might forever and ever. Amen.


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Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though something unheard of was happening to you;


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but rejoice in so far as you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also rejoice with exceeding joy.


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If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. According to them He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.


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But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.


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Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.


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For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?


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Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.


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The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed:


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Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not eager for dishonest gain but with a ready mind;


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Likewise you that are younger, be subject to your elders. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.


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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.


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Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are experienced by your brethren in the world.


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But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.


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By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.


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Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:


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as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the full true knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,


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by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.


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But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, supply with your faith virtue, with virtue knowledge,


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For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the full true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his sins of the past.


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Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make sure of your calling and election, for if you do these things you will not ever stumble;


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for so an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.


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For this reason I will not be negligent to always remind you of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.


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Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my departure.


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For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.


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For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


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And so we also have a more sure Word of prophecy, which you do well to heed as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;


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knowing this first, that not any of the prophecies of Scripture came into being from personal exposition,


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for prophecy was not formerly brought forth by man's choice, but holy men of God spoke as they were propelled along by the Holy Spirit.


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But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.


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By covetousness they will exploit you with well-turned words; whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.


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For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;


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and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood on the world of the ungodly;


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and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those intending to live ungodly;


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(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, his righteous soul was tormented from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds);


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then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust for the day of judgment, to be punished,


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and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries.


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Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.


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But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,


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and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who consider it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their own deceptions while they feast with you,


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having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; accursed children.


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They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;


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but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet.


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These are wells without water, clouds being driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.


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For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, the ones who have actually escaped from those living in error.


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While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.


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For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the full true knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the end is worse for them than the beginning.


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For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.


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But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to his own vomit, and, a sow, having been washed, to her wallowing in the mire.


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Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),


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that you may remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,


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and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were since the beginning of creation.


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For of this they are willfully ignorant: that by the Word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,


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But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same Word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.


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But, beloved, do not be unaware of this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


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The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is longsuffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.


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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with intense burning; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.


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Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, of what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness,


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looking for and earnestly hastening unto the coming of the Day of God, through which the heavens will be dissolved, being set on fire, and the elements will melt with intense burning?


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Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.


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Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and without blemish;


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and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,


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as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.


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You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware also that you not be led away with the error of the wicked, and fall from your own steadfastness.


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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.


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That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of Life;


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the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us;


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that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.


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This 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 practice 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 every sin.


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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


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My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.


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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.


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He who 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, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.


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Brethren, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word which you heard from the beginning.


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Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.


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But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.


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I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome evil. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.


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I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome evil.


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Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


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For all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, 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 the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, by which we know that it is the last hour.


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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that not all of them are of us.


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I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that not any lie is of the truth.


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Who is a liar but he who denies, saying that Jesus is not the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.


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Therefore let abide in you that which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.


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But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will remain in Him.


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And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He is revealed, we may have confidence and not be distanced from Him in shame at His coming.


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Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.


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Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.


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Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who produces righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.


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He who produces sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this, the Son of God was made known, that He might destroy the works of the devil.


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Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and it is not his nature to sin, because he has been born of God.


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In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not produce righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.


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not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.


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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother remains in death.


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Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.


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By this we know the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.


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But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?


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And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.


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And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.


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Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.


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Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.


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By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,


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and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.


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You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.


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We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error.


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Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God.


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In this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.


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In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.


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No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.


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And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.


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Love has been perfected with us in this: that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.


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There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment. But he who fears has not been made complete in love.


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If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love God whom he has not seen?


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Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born from God, and everyone who loves Him who begets also loves him who is begotten from Him.


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For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.


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For whatever is born from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world; our faith.


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This is He who came through water and blood; Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.


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For there are three that bear witness in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.


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And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three are into one.


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If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God which He has witnessed about His Son.


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He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.


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These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.


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Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.


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And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked from Him.


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If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not unto death. There is sin unto death. I do not say that he should ask about that.


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We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil 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 may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.


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The Elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth,


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Grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.


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I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.


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And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.


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This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.


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For many corrupters have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a corrupter and an antichrist.


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Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have produced, but that we may receive a full reward.


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Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.


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If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor speak a blessing to him;


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Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.


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For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and bore witness of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in truth.


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who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,


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I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.


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Therefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, ranting against us with malicious words. And not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and prevents those who want to, putting them out of the church.


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Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.


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Demetrius has a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true.


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but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.


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Judas, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of Jacob, to those who are called, set apart by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:


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Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning the common salvation, it was necessary for me to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.


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For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were set forth to this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the only Lord God, even our Lord Jesus Christ.


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But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.


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And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the Great Day;


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as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.


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Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a blasphemous condemnation, but said, The Lord rebuke you.


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But these speak evil of things they do not know; and whatever they understand naturally, like animals without reason, in these things they corrupt themselves.


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Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have rushed out in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.


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These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you, serving themselves without fear. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;


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raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.


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Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these men also, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with innumerable hosts of His saints,


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to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.


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These are murmurers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and their mouths speak great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.


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But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:


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how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.


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keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.


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but others rescue with fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.


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Now to Him who has the power to keep you from stumbling, and to present you without blemish before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,


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to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.


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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His servants; things which must happen quickly. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,


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who bears witness to the Word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.


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Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.


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John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,


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and from Jesus Christ, the Faithful Witness, the Firstborn out from the dead, and the Ruler over the kings of the earth; to Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,


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and has made us kings and priests to God, even His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.


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Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will wail because of Him. Even so, Amen.


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I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.


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I, John, both your brother and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos because of the Word of God and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last; and, What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.


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and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.


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Moreover His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;


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His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;


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He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His appearance was like the sun shining in its strength.


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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be terrified; I am the First and the Last.


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I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.


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Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.


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The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.


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To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:


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I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them to be liars;


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and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored on account of My name and have not become weary.


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Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works; and if not, I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place; unless you repent.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.


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And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, These things says the First and the Last, who became dead, and lives:


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I know your works, affliction, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.


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Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall by no means be hurt by the second death.


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And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:


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I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.


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But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to prostitute themselves to sexual immorality.


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Repent. But if not, I will come to you quickly and will make war with them with the sword of My mouth.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.


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And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:


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I know your works, and love, and service, and faith, and patience and your works; and the last being more than the first.


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Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and lead astray My servants to prostitute themselves to sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.


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Indeed I will cast her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of their deeds.


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And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the inner thoughts and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.


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Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden.


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And he who overcomes, and keeps My works unto the end, to him I will give authority over the nations;


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He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels; as I also have received from My Father;


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And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you live, but you are dead.


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Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works being fulfilled before God.


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Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not at all know what hour I will come upon you.


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You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.


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He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.


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And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things says He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens:


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I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My Word, and have not denied My name.


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Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie; indeed I will make them come and bow the knee before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.


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Because you have kept the Word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.


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He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall never go out any more. And I will write on 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 church of the Laodiceans write, These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:


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Because you say, I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked;


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I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.


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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.


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To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.


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After these things I looked, and behold, a door having been opened in Heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after these things.


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Immediately I came to be in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sat on the throne.


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And He who sat was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.


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Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.


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And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. And seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.


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Before the throne there was a glassy sea, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.


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The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.


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The four living creatures, each had six wings around, and were full of eyes within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!


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Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,


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the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and do homage to Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:


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You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and through Your will they exist and were created.


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And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, having been sealed with seven seals.


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Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loosen its seals?


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And no one in Heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look upon it.


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But one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loosen its seven seals.


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And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God having been sent out into all the earth.


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Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.


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And they sing a new song, saying: You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,


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Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,


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saying with a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!


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And every creature which is in Heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!


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And the four living creatures said, Amen! And the twenty-four elders fell down and did homage to Him who lives forever and ever.


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Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, Come and see.


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And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conqueroring, indeed in order to conqueror.


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And another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.


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And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.


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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.


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And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come and see.


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So I looked, and behold, a pale green horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed behind him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.


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And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and because of the testimony which they held.


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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?


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And a white robe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who were about to be killed as they were, was filled up.


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And I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.


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And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its untimely figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.


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And the heavens separated as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.


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And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,


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and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!


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After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.


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Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,


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saying, Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.


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And I heard the number of those who were sealed: One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed.


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Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;


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of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed;


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of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed;


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of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.


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After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one was able to number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,


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and crying out with a loud voice, saying, Salvation belongs to our God who sits on 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 on their faces before the throne and did homage to God,


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saying: Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.


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Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?


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And I said to him, Sir, you know. So he said to me, These are the ones coming out of great affliction, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.


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Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.


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They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not fall on them, nor any burning heat;


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for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.


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And another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.


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And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand.


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And the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.


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And the first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.


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Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.


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Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.


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And the name of the star is called Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.


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Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.


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And I saw, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!


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Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star falling from heaven towards the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.


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And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.


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And out of the smoke locusts came forth upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.


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And they were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.


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And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but to torment them for five months. And their torment is like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.


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And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will crave to die, and death will flee from them.


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And the shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. And on their heads something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.


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And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle.


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They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their authority was to hurt men five months.


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And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.


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Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,


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saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.


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So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.


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And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates being fiery like hyacinth and brimstone; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.


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By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed; by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.


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For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.


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But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not do homage to demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which are not able to see nor hear nor walk.


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And they did not repent of their murders nor their sorceries nor their sexual perversions nor their thefts.


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And I saw another mighty angel coming down from Heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.


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And he had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,


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and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.


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Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.


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and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be no more time;


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but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, whenever he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.


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And the voice which I heard from Heaven spoke to me again and said, Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.


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So I went to the angel and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.


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And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.


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And I was given a reed like a staff. And the angel stood, saying, Arise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who do homage there.


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But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.


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And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.


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And if anyone tries to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone tries to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.


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These have authority to shut the heavens, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have authority over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.


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And when they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.


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And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.


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And those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three and a half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.


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And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.


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And after three and a half days the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great terror fell on those who saw them.


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And they heard a loud voice out of Heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended towards Heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.


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And in the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of Heaven.


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Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have been made those of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!


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And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and did homage to God,


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saying: We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was and who is to come, because You have taken Your great power and reigned.


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And the nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, and those who fear Your name, small and great, and should destroy those who destroy the earth.


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Then the temple of God in Heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.


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Now a great sign appeared in the heavens: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.


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And another sign appeared in the heavens: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.


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And his tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, in order to devour her Child as soon as it was born.


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And she bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught away to God and His throne.


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Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.


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And war broke out in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,


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So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray; he was cast out onto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.


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And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.


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And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and through the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives unto death.


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Therefore rejoice, O Heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time left.


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And when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.


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But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.


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And the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.


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But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.


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And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads names of blasphemy.


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And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.


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And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled at the beast.


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So they did homage to the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they did homage to the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?


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And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.


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And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in Heaven.


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And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.


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And all who dwell on the earth will do homage to him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.


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He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.


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Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.


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And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.


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And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven onto the earth in the sight of men.


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And he leads astray those who dwell on the earth by means of those signs which he was granted to do in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.


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And it was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not do homage to the image of the beast to be killed.


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And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,


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so that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.


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Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.


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Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads.


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And I heard a sound from Heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.


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And they sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one was able to learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.


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These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He leads. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.


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And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth; to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people;


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saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; also, do homage to Him who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and springs of water.


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And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual perversion.


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And a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If anyone does homage to the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,


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he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His anger. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.


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And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who do homage to the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.


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Here is the perseverance of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.


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And I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me, Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow with them.


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And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.


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And another angel came forth out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.


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And another angel came forth out from the altar, who had authority over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.


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So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


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And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came forth out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles, by a distance of one thousand six hundred furlongs.


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And I saw another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is finished.


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And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the glassy sea, having harps of God.


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And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints.


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Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and do homage before You, for Your righteous deeds have been manifested.


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After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in Heaven was opened.


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And out of the temple came forth the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.


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And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.


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And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels would be completed.


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And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God onto the earth.


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So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a bad and evil sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who did homage to his image.


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And the second angel poured out his bowl onto the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul in the sea died.


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And the third angel poured out his bowl onto the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.


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And I heard the angel of the waters saying: You are righteous, O Lord, the One who is and who was and who is to be, because You have judged these things,


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for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, for they are deserving.


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And I heard another out of the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.


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And the fourth angel poured out his bowl onto the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.


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And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has authority over these plagues; and they did not repent to give Him glory.


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And the fifth angel poured out his bowl onto the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.


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And they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.


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And the sixth angel poured out his bowl onto the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.


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And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.


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For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.


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Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, that he not walk naked and they see his shame.


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And the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of Heaven, from the throne, saying, It is finished!


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And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men came to be on the earth.


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And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the anger of His wrath.


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And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. And men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because the plague is exceedingly great.


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And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,


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with whom the kings of the earth prostituted themselves, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her sexual perversities.


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So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her sexual perversities.


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And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF 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 when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.


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And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.


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The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.


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There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.


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And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to destruction.


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The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.


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These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, elect, and faithful.


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Then he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.


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And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and consume her with fire.


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For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.


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After these things I saw another angel coming down from Heaven, having great power, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.


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And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!


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For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual perversities, the kings of the earth have prostituted themselves with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the power of her luxury.


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And I heard another voice from Heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you not share in her sins, and so that you not receive of her plagues.


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Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.


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By however much she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, by the same amount give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.


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Therefore her plagues will come in one day; death and mourning and famine. And she will be consumed with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.


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The kings of the earth who prostituted themselves and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,


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standing at a distance because of the terror of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.


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And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:


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merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of thyine wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;


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and cinnamon and incense, ointment and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, beasts and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.


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And the fruit that your soul lusted for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.


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The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance because of the terror of her torment, weeping and wailing,


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and saying, Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!


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For in one hour such great riches is come to nothing. Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance


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And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.


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Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall by no means be found anymore.


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The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall by no means be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall ever be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall by no means be heard in you anymore.


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And the light of a lamp shall not ever shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not ever be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.


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And after these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in Heaven, saying, Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God!


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For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her sexual perversities; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.


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And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and did homage to God sitting on the throne, saying, Amen! Alleluia!


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Then a voice came from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great.


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And I heard, as it were, the sound of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!


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Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.


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And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, pure and bright, for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.


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And he said to me, Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true sayings of God.


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And I fell at his feet to do homage to him. But he said to me, Look out! No! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Do homage to God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.


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And I saw Heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.


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His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.


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And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He might strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.


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And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of the heavens, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God,


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that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.


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And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.


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And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who did homage to his image. These two were cast alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.


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And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded out of the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.


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And I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


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And he laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;


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and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should not lead astray the nations any more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.


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And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the Word of God, who had not done homage to the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.


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But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.


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Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no authority, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.


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and will go out to lead astray the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.


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And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.


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And the devil, who led them astray, was cast into the Lake of Fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.


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And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away. And there was found no place for them.


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And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. And books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, out of the things which were written in the books.


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And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one, according to their works.


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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.


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And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.


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And I heard a loud voice from Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.


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And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.


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And He who sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He says to me, Write, for these Words are true and faithful.


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And He said to me, It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending. I will give of the fountain of the Water of Life freely to him who thirsts.


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But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, prostitutes, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.


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And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.


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And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God,


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having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.


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And having a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:


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three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.


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Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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And the city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.


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And he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.


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And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was 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 chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.


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And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.


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And the city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it; and the Lamb is its light.


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And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.


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But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or produces an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.


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And he showed me a pure river of Water of Life, clear as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.


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In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the Tree of Life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.


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And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.


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And there shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.


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And he said to me, These Words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must quickly come to pass.


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Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to do homage before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.


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And he said to me, Now see here! No! For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the Words of this Book. Do homage to God.


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He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.


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And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to what his work shall be.


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Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the Tree of Life, and may enter through the gates into the city.


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But outside are dogs and sorcerers and prostitutes and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and produces a lie.


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I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify these things to you, to the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.


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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take of the Water of Life freely.


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For I testify to everyone who hears the Words of the Prophecy of this Book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add upon him the plagues that are written in this Book;


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and if anyone takes away from the Words of the Book of this Prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this Book.


