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neither by the  blood of goats and calves, but by His  own blood, He entered  in once  into the Holy Place, having  obtained eternal redemption for us. 


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


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how  much more shall the blood  of Christ, who  through the eternal  Spirit offered  Himself without  spot <n>(fault)</n> to God, purge  your conscience from dead works  to serve  the living  God ? 


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And for this cause He is the Mediator  of the new  testament, that by means  of death, for  the redemption of the transgressions that were covered under the first  testament, those who  are called might receive the promise  of eternal  inheritance. 


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The Mediator's Death Necessary<br/>For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be  <n>(brought in)</n> the death of the testator. 


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For a testament is of force after men are dead, otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 


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For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood  of calves and of goats, with water and scarlet  <n>(purple)</n> wool and hyssop , and sprinkled  both the book and all the people, 


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And by the law almost  all things are purged with blood, and without  shedding of blood there is no remission. 


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The Greatness of Christ's Sacrifice<br/>It was therefore necessary that the patterns  <n>(copies)</n> of things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly  things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 


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For Christ has not entered into the holy  places made with hands, which are figures  <n>(copies)</n> of the true, but  into Heaven itself, now to appear  in the presence of God for us. 


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Nor yet should He offer  Himself often, as  the high priest enters into the holy place with blood of others every year; 


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for then would He have had to suffer often since the foundation  of the world; but now once, in  the end of the world, has He appeared  to put away sin by the sacrifice  of Himself. 


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so Christ was  once offered to bear  the sins of many; and unto those  who look for Him shall He appear  the second time without  sin, unto  salvation. 


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Justified by Faith in Christ's Sacrifice<br/>For the law, having  a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those things, can never, with  those sacrifices which they offered continually year by year, make those who come unto it perfect . 


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For then would not sacrifices have ceased to be offered? For worshipers once  purged should have had no more consciousness of sins.


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Animal Sacrifices Insufficient<br/>But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance  again made of sins every year, 


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Christ's Death Fulfills God's Will<br/>Therefore when  He comes  into the world, He says, "Sacrifice  and offering You would not have, but  a body have You prepared for Me. 


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Then said I, `Lo , I come <n>(in  the volume of the Book it is written of Me)</n> to do Your will, O God .'" 


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Above when He said, "Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings, and offering for sin You would not have, neither had pleasure therein" <n>(which are offered in accordance with the law)</n>, 


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then said He, "Lo , I come to do Your will, O God ," He takes  away the first, that He may establish the second. 


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Christ's Death Perfects the Sanctified<br/>And every priest stands daily  ministering and offering time and again the same sacrifices, which  can never take away sins. 


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But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down 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 will I write them; 


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Hold Fast Your Confession<br/>Having  therefore boldness <n>(liberty)</n>, brethren, to enter  into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 


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by a new  and living Way, which He has consecrated for us through  the veil <n>(that is to say, His  flesh)</n>, 


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


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Let us hold  fast to the profession of our faith without wavering  <n>(for  He is faithful who promised)</n>, 


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not forsaking  the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but  exhorting one another, and so much the more as you  see the Day approaching. 


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The Just Live by Faith<br/>For if  we sin willfully after  having received the 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  shall devour the adversaries. 


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He that despised  Moses' law died without  mercy on the testimony  <n>(evidence)</n> of two or three witnesses.


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Of how  much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy who has trodden  under foot the Son of God, and has accounted the blood  of the covenant, wherewith  he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has  despised the Spirit  of grace? 


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For we know Him that has said, "Vengeance  belongs unto Me; I will recompense," says the Lord. And again, "The Lord shall  judge His people." 


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But call  to remembrance the former days in which, after  you were illuminated, you endured  a great fight of afflictions, 


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partly while you were being made  a public display <n>(spectacle)</n> both by reproaches  and afflictions, and partly while  you became companions of those who were so used. 


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For you had compassion on me in my  bonds and took  joyfully the despoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves  that you have in Heaven a better and an enduring substance. 


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For you have  need of patience, that, after  you have done the will of God, you might  receive the promise. 


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Now the just  shall live by faith; but  if any man draw back, My  soul shall have no pleasure in him." 


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But we are  not of those who draw back unto  perdition, but  of those who believe, to the saving of the soul. 


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Faith Is...<br/>Now faith  is the  substance  of things hoped  for, the evidence  of things not seen. 


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By Faith We Understand<br/>Through faith  we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 


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Faith at the Dawn of History <n>(of Man)</n><br/>By faith  Abel offered unto God a more  excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained  witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by  it he, being dead, yet speaks <n>(spoken of)</n>. 


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By faith Enoch  was translated , that he should not see death, "and was  not found because God had translated him." For before his translation he had this testimony : that he  pleased God . 


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But without  faith it is impossible to please Him. For he that  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 warned  by God of things  not yet seen, moved with fear  <n>(being wary)</n>, prepared  an ark for the saving of his house, by which he condemned  the world and became heir of the righteousness  which is by faith. 


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Faithful Abraham<br/>By faith Abraham , when he was called to go out into a place which  he should later receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing where he went. 


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By faith he sojourned  in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling  in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs  with him of the same promise. 


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


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Therefore there sprang even from one, and him  as good as dead, as many as the stars  of the sky in multitude, and innumerable as the sand  which is by the seashore. 


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The Heavenly Hope<br/>These all died  in <n>(according to)</n> faith, not  having received the promises but  having seen them afar off, and were  persuaded by them and embraced them, and confessed  that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 


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And truly, if they had been mindful  of that country from where they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 


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But now they desire  a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is  not ashamed to be  called their God, for He has prepared for  them a City. 


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The Faith of the Patriarchs<br/>By faith  Abraham, when  he was tried, offered up Isaac; and he that had received  the promises offered  up his only  begotten son, 


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of <n>(to)</n> whom it was said, " <n>(That)</n> in  Isaac shall your seed <n>(descendants)</n> be called," 


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accounting that God  was able to raise him up even from the  dead, from where he also received him, in a figurative sense. 


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By faith  Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph and worshiped , leaning upon the top of his staff. 


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By faith  Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of <n>(remembered)</n> the departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones. 


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The Faith of Moses<br/>By faith  Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a handsome  <n>(beautiful αστειος, fine or fair)</n> child; and they  were not afraid of the king's  edict. 


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choosing  rather to suffer affliction with the people  of God than to enjoy the pleasures  of sin for a season, 


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esteeming the reproach  of <n>(for)</n> Christ greater  riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had  respect unto the recompense of the reward.


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


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Through faith he kept  the Passover and the sprinkling  of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 


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By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, but the Egyptians, in attempting to do so, were drowned. 


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By Faith They Overcame<br/>By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days. 


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By faith the harlot  Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe  <n>(were disobedient or unbelief)</n>, <n>(when she)</n> having  received the spies with peace. 


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


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


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quenched  the violence of fire, escaped  the edge of the sword. Out of  weakness they were made strong, waxed valiant in battle, and turned  to flight the armies of the aliens. 


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


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And others endured the trial of cruel mockings  and scourgings , yea moreover, of bonds  and imprisonment. 


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They were stoned , they were sawn asunder <n>(in two)</n>, were tempted, were slain  with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins  and goatskins, being destitute , afflicted, tormented 


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<n>(of whom  the world was not worthy)</n>. They wandered  in deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 


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God having provided <n>(foreseen)</n> some better  thing for us, that they without  us should not be made  perfect. 


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The Race of Faith <n>(so You Need to)</n> Renew Your Spiritual Life<br/>Therefore, seeing  we also are compassed about by so great a cloud  of witnesses , let us lay  aside every weight, and the sin  which does so easily beset us, and let us  run with patience  the race that is set before us, 


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looking  unto Jesus, the Author  <n>(the One who begins it)</n> and Finisher  <n>(the One who ends it)</n> of our faith, who for  the joy that was set before Him endured  the cross, despising  the shame, and is  set down at the right hand of the throne of God . 


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The Discipline of God<br/>For consider  Him that endured such contradiction  from sinners against Himself, lest  you be wearied and faint in your minds <n>(soul)</n>. 


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And you have forgotten  the exhortation  which speaks unto you as unto children: "My son, despise  not you 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 he whom the father chastens not? 


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Furthermore we have had fathers  of our flesh who corrected  us, and we gave  them reverence. Shall we not  far rather be in subjection unto the Father  of Spirit s, and live? 


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For verily they chastened us for a few days according to their own pleasure, but He  for our profit, that we might be partakers  of His holiness. 


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Now no chastening  for the present seems  to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless  afterward it yieldeth the peaceable  fruit of righteousness unto those who are exercised  thereby. 


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Renew Your Spiritual Vitality<br/>Therefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees, 


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and make  straight <n>(even)</n> paths for your feet, lest that which is lame  be turned out of the way, but let  it rather be healed. 


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looking  diligently lest any man  fail of  <n>(fall from)</n> the grace of God; lest any root  of bitterness spring up to trouble  you, and thereby  many be defiled; 


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lest there be any fornicator  or profane person as Esau , who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 


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For you know how afterward, when he  would have inherited the blessing, he was  rejected; for he  found no place of repentance <n>(change the mind)</n>, though he sought it diligently with tears. 


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The Glorious Company<br/>For you have not come unto the mount which might be touched and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness and darkness and tempest, 


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and the sound  of a trumpet and the voice  of words, which voice those who  heard entreated that the Word should not be spoken to them any more. 


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<n>(For they  could not endure that which was commanded, that: "if even so much  as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned or thrust through with a arrow <n>(spear)</n>." 


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But you have come  unto Mount Zion and unto the city of the  living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable  company of angels, 


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to the general  assembly and church of the firstborn , who  are written <n>(enrolled)</n> in Heaven, and to God  the Judge of all, and to the spirits  of just men made perfect, 


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and to Jesus  the Mediator of the new  covenant  <n>(testament)</n>, and to the blood  of sprinkling, that speaks  better things than that of Abel. 


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Hear the Heavenly Voice<br/>See  that you refuse  not Him that speaks, for if they  escaped not who refused Him that spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away  from Him that speaks from Heaven, 


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


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And these words, "yet once more," signifies  the removing of those things which can <n>(may)</n> be shaken, such as things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 


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Therefore, we receiving a Kingdom  which cannot be moved, let us have  <n>(hold fast)</n> grace whereby we may  serve God acceptably, with reverence  and godly fear. 


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Remember those who  are in bonds as though you were bound with them, and those who suffer  adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 


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Marriage  is honorable in all, and the bed  undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers God  will judge. 


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Let your conversation  <n>(manner of living)</n> be without covetousness, and be  content with such things as you have. For He has said, "I will  never leave you, nor forsake you"; 


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so that we may boldly  say, "The Lord  is my helper, and I will  not fear what man shall do unto me." 


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Concluding Religious Directions<br/>Remember those who  have the rule <n>(are guides)</n> over you, who have spoken unto you the Word  of God. Follow their faith , considering  the end  <n>(outcome)</n> of their manner of living. 


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Be not carried  about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is  a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with  meats which have not profited those who have been occupied there with. 


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


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


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By Him  therefore let us offer the sacrifice  of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit  of our lips giving thanks to  <n>(confessing)</n> His name. 


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Obey  those who have the rule over <n>(guide)</n> you and submit  yourselves, for they keep watch  over your souls as ones who must give an account , that they may do it with joy  and not with grief , for that is unprofitable for you. 


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Prayer Requested<br/>Pray  for us, for we trust we have  a good conscience in all  things, willing to live honestly. 


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Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell <br/>Now the God  of peace, who brought  back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great  Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood  of the everlasting  covenant  <n>(testament)</n>, 


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make  you perfect in every  good work to do  His will, working  <n>(doing)</n> in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through  Jesus Christ, to whom  be glory forever and ever. Amen . 


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And I beseech you, brethren, suffer  the word of exhortation, for I  have written this letter unto you with few words. 


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Know you that our brother  Timothy is set  at liberty, with whom, if he come shortly, I will  see you. 


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Greeting to the Twelve Tribes<br/>James , a servant  of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the  twelve tribes which are scattered  abroad: Greetings . 


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Faith Works <n>(Patience)</n> in Trial<br/>My brethren, count  it all joy when you fall into divers  temptations, 


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But let  patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and  entire, wanting  <n>(lacking)</n> nothing. 


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If any  of you lack wisdom, let  him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and upbraids  not, and it shall be given him. 


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But let  him ask in faith, never wavering; for he  that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 


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The Perspective of Rich and Poor<br/>Let the brother  of low degree rejoice  <n>(glory)</n> in  that he is exalted, 


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For the sun is no sooner risen  with a burning heat than it withers the grass, and the flower there of falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishs. So  also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 


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Loving God Under Trials<br/>Blessed is the man  that endures temptation; for when  he is tried, he shall receive the crown  of life which  the Lord has promised to those  who love Him. 


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Let no man  say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God "; for God cannot be tempted with evil <n>(s)</n>, neither tempts He any man. 


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Then when lust  has conceived, it brings forth 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 is no variableness , neither shadow of turning. 


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Of His own  will, He begot <n>(Fathers)</n> us with  <n>(by)</n> the word of truth, that we should be a kind  of firstfruits of His creatures. 


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Qualities Needed in Trials<br/>Therefore, my beloved brethren, let  every man be swift to hear, slow to speak , slow to wrath ; 


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Doers, Not Hearers Only<br/>Therefore lay  apart <n>(aside)</n> all filthiness  and the superfluity of wickedness, and receive  with meekness the engrafted  Word, which  is able to save your souls. 


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For if any be a heartr of the Word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror; 


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But whosoever looks  into the perfect  law of liberty  and  continues therein, he being not a forgetful  hearer but a doer of the work, this  man shall be blessed in his deed <n>(doing)</n>. 


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If any man among you seem  to be religious and bridles  not his tongue, but  deceives his own heart, this  man's religion is vain. 


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Pure  religion, undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit  the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep  himself unspotted from the world. 


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Beware of Personal Favoritism<br/>My brethren, have not the faith  of our Lord  Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with  respect of persons. 


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For if there come into your assembly <n>(synagogue)</n> a man with a gold  ring, in goodly  apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile  raiment, 


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and you  have respect for him that wears the grand clothing and say unto him, "Sit you here in a good <n>(well)</n> place," and say to the  poor man, "Stand you there," or, "Sit here under my footstool," 


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


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But you  have despised the poor. Do  not rich men oppress you and  drag you before the judgment seats?


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If you fulfill the royal  law according to the Scripture, "You  shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do  well. 


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But if  you have respect of persons, you commit sin and are  convicted by the law as transgressors . 


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For He that said, "Do not commit  adultery," said also, "Do not kill." Now  if you commit no adultery, yet if you kill, you are become a transgressor of the law. 


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For he  shall have judgment without mercy, who has shown no mercy; and  mercy rejoices  <n>(glories)</n> against judgment. 


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Faith Without Works Is Dead<br/>What  does it profit, my brethren, though  a man say he has faith, and has not works? Can  faith save him? 


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and one  of you say unto them, "depart in peace; be you warmed and filled," without giving them those things which are needful to the body, what  does it profit? 


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Yea, a man may say, "You  have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will  show you my faith by my works. 


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And the Scripture  was fulfilled which says, "Abraham  believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness"; and he was called the friend  of God . 


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


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The Tongue Cannot Be Tamed <n>(Untamable)</n><br/>My brethren, let not many be  masters, knowing  that we shall receive the greater condemnation  <n>(judgement)</n>. 


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For in  many things we all offend. If  any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect  man and able also to bridle  the whole body. 


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Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. 


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Behold also the ships, which though they be so great and are driven  by fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the helmsman pleases. 


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


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And the tongue  is a fire, a world  of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is  set on fire from hell. 


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For every kind <n>(nature)</n> of beast and bird and serpent and thing in the sea is tamed , and has been tamed, by mankind <n>(nature of man)</n>. 


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Therewith  we bless  God, even the Father, and therewith we curse  men, who are made  in the similitude of God . 


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Out of  the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these  things ought not so to be. 


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Can the fig tree , my brethren, bear olive berries, or a vine figs? So  no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh. 


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Heavenly <n>(Spiritual)</n> Versus Demonic <n>(Worldly, or Carnal)</n>  Wisdom<br/>Who is a  wise man and endued  with knowledge among you? Let  him show his works out of good  conduct and with the meekness  of wisdom. 


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But if  you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, glory  not, and lie  not against the truth. 


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For where  envy and strife are, there  is confusion <n>(tumult or unquietness)</n> and every  evil work. 


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But the wisdom  that is from above is first  pure, then peaceable , gentle , easy to be entreated, full  of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy . 


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Dangers of Pride <n>(Promotes Strife)</n><br/>From where  come wars and fightings <n>(brawlings)</n> among you? Do they not come  even from your lusts  <n>(pleasures)</n> that war in  your members?


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You lust , and have not; you kill <n>(envy)</n>, and desire to have, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you have not, because  you ask not. 


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You ask and  receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may  consume it upon your lusts  <n>(pleasures)</n>. 


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You adulterers  and adulteresses, know you not that friendship  with the world is enmity  with God? Whosoever  therefore will be a friend of the world is the  enemy of God . 


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Do you think that the Scripture  says in vain, "The spirit  that dwells in us lusts to envy <n>(enviously)</n>"? 


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But He gives more grace; therefore He says, "God  resists the proud, but gives grace  unto the humble." 


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Humility Cures Worldliness<br/>Submit  yourselves therefore to God. Resist  the devil, and he will flee from you. 


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


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Be afflicted  and mourn and weep. Let  your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 


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Do Not Judge <n>(Condemn)</n> a Brother<br/>Speak  not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his  brother, speaks evil of 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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Do Not Boast About Tomorrow <n>(Presumption)</n><br/>Come now , you that say, "Today  or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and continue there a year, and buy  and sell and get gain"; 


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whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor  that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. 


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Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged <n>(Danger)</n><br/>Come now , you  rich men, weep  and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 


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Your gold and silver are cankered , and the rust of them shall be a witness  against you and shall  eat your flesh as it were fire. You have  heaped treasure together for the last  days. 


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Behold, the hire  of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries  of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord  of Sabaoth. 


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You have lived  in pleasure on the earth and been  wanton. You have nourished your hearts, as in  a day of slaughter. 


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Be Patient and Persevering <n>(in Prayer)</n><br/>Be patient  <n>(suffer long)</n> therefore, brethren, unto  the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until  he receive the early and latter rain. 


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Be you also  patient; stablish  <n>(make firm)</n> your hearts, for  the coming of the Lord draws nigh. 


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Grudge <n>(groan or grieve)</n> not  one against another, brethren, lest  you be condemned. Behold, the Judge  stands before the door! 


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My brethren, take the prophets, who  have spoken in the name of the Lord, as an  example of suffering affliction and of patience. 


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Behold, we count  them happy who endure. You  have heard of the patience of Job and have  seen the end of the Lord, how the Lord is  full of pity and of tender mercy. 


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But above  all things, my brethren, swear not , neither by heaven, neither by earth, nor by any other oath; but  let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No" be no, lest  you fall into condemnation. 


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Meeting Specific Needs<br/>Is any among  you affliced? Let him pray. Is any merry?  Let him sing  psalms.


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


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


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Confess  your faults one to another, and pray  one for another, that  you may be healed. The effectual  fervent prayer of a righteous  man avails much. 


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Elijah  <n>(Elias)</n> was a man subject  to like passions as we are. And he  prayed earnestly <n>(in prayer)</n> that it might not  rain, and it rained not on the earth for the space of three years and six months. 


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let him know that he  who converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save  a soul from death , and shall hide  a multitude of sins. 


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Greeting to the Elect Pilgrims; Prophets Foretold Salvation in Christ<br/>Peter , an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the strangers scattered  throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , and Bithynia , 


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


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A Heavenly Inheritance<br/>Blessed  be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who  according to His abundant <n>(much)</n> mercy has  begotten us again unto  a living hope by  the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 


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to an  inheritance incorruptible  and undefiled  and that fades not away, reserved  in Heaven for you <n>(us)</n>, 


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


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In this you greatly  rejoice, though now for  a season, if need  be, you are  in heaviness through manifold  temptations, 


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that the trial  of your faith <n>(being much more precious  than gold that  perishes though it be tried  <n>(tested)</n> with fire)</n> might  be found unto praise and honor and glory at the  appearing of Jesus Christ, 


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whom having  not seen, you love . In Him, though now you see Him not, yet believing , you rejoice with joy unspeakable  and full  of glory, 


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Of this  salvation the prophets have inquired and searched  diligently, and have prophesied of the grace  that should come unto you, 


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searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit  of Christ who was in them had signified when He testified beforehand of the sufferings  of Christ and the glory  that should follow. 


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Unto them it was  revealed that they ministered, not unto  themselves, but unto us the things which are now reported unto you by those who have  preached the Gospel unto you, with the  Holy Spirit sent  down from Heaven -- things which  the angels desire to look into. 


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Living Before God Our Father<br/>Therefore gird  up the loins of your mind; be sober  and hope  to the end for the grace  that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.


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As obedient  children, do not  fashion yourselves according to the former lusts in  your ignorance, 


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And if you call  on the Father, who  without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass  the time of your sojourning here in fear . 


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For you  know that you were not redeemed with corruptible  things, such as silver and gold, from your vain  way of living which you received  by tradition from your fathers, 


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who verily  was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but  was manifest in  these last times for you. 


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


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The Enduring Word<br/>Seeing you have  purified your souls in  obeying the truth through  the Spirit unto  unfeigned love of the brethren, see  that you love one another with a pure  heart fervently, 


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being born  again, not  of corruptible seed, but  of incorruptible, by  the Word of God which lives and abides for ever; 


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for "all flesh  is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falls away; 


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but the Word  of the Lord endures for ever." And this  is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you. 


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Our Inheritance Through Christ's Blood<br/>Therefore  laying  aside all malice  and all guile , and hypocrisy  and envy  and all evil  speaking, 


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The Chosen Stone and His Chosen People<br/>Coming to  Him as unto a living  stone , disallowed  indeed by men, but chosen  by God and precious , 


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you also  as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy  priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable  to God by 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 that believes in Him shall  not be confounded." 


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Unto you  therefore who believe, He is precious  <n>(an honour)</n>; but unto those who are  disobedient, "The stone  which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner," 


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and, "A stone  of stumbling and a rock of offense," even to those who stumble at the Word, being  disobedient, unto which  also they were appointed. 


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But you are a chosen  generation, a royal  priesthood, a holy  nation, a peculiar  <n>(purchased)</n> people, that you should show  forth the praises <n>(virtues)</n> of Him who has  called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 


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In times past you were  not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained  mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 


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Living <n>(Conduct Yourself)</n> Before the World<br/>Dearly beloved, I beseech  you as  strangers and pilgrims, abstain  from fleshly lusts which war  against the soul, 


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having your conversation  <n>(way of life)</n> honest  among  the Gentiles, that , whereas  <n>(wherein)</n> they speak against you as evildoers, they may  by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify  God in the day  of visitation. 


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Submission to Government<br/>Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king as supreme, 


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or unto governors as unto those who are sent by him for the punishment  of evildoers and for the praise of those who do well.


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For so  is the will of God, that with  welldoing you may put to silence the ignorance  of foolish  men" 


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as free , and not  using <n>(having)</n> your liberty as a cloak  for maliciousness, but as  the servants of God . 


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Submission to Masters<br/>Servants, be  subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good  and gentle, but  also to the froward. 


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For this is  thankworthy : if a man, because of his conscience  toward God, endure grief, suffering  wrongfully. 


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For  what glory is it if, when you be buffeted  for your faults, you shall take it patiently? But if when  you do well and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this  is acceptable  with God . 


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For even  unto this were you called, because  Christ also suffered for us  <n>(you)</n>, leaving  us an example, that you should follow His steps, 


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who when He was  reviled, reviled not in return; when He suffered, He threatened  not, but  committed Himself <n>(His cause)</n> to Him that judges  righteously; 


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who His own self  bore our sins in His own body on <n>(to)</n> the tree , that we, being dead to sins, should live  unto righteousness; by  whose stripes you were healed . 


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For you  were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the Shepherd  and Bishop  of your souls. 


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Serving and Suffering for God's Glory; Submission to Husbands<br/>Likewise, you  wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that if any obey  not the Word, they  also may be won  without the word by the conduct of their wives 


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When adorning  yourselves, let it not be that  outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel; 


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but let it be the hidden  man of the heart which is not  corruptible, even the ornament of a meek  and quiet  spirit, which in  the sight of God is of great price <n>(precious)</n>. 


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For in this manner in olden times the holy  women also, who  trusted in God, adorned  themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands, 


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even as Sara  obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her daughters  <n>(children)</n> as long as you do well and are  not afraid with any bewilderment. 


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A Word to Husbands<br/>Likewise, you  husbands, dwell with your wives with understanding, giving  honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs  together of the grace of life, that  your prayers be not hindered. 


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Called to Blessing<br/>Finally, be  you all of one mind, having  compassion one for another. Love each other as brethren , be pitiful <n>(sympathetic)</n>, be courteous , 


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not rendering  evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing, knowing that you are called  thereto, that you  might inherit a blessing. 


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For, "He  that would love  life and see  good days, let him refrain  his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak  no guile. 


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For the eyes  of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears  are open unto their prayers; but  the face of the Lord is against <n>(upon)</n> them that do evil." 


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Suffering for Right and Wrong<br/>And who  is he that will harm you if you be followers  of that which is good?


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But if you  suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you. "And be  not afraid of their terror; neither be troubled." 


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But sanctify  the Lord GOD in your hearts, and be  ready always to give an answer to every man who asks you a reason  for the hope  that is in you, with  meekness and fear <n>(reverence)</n>. 


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Have a good  conscience, that, whereas  they speak evil of you as of evildoers, they who falsely  accuse may be ashamed by your good  manner of life in Christ. 


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Christ's Suffering and Ours<br/>For it is better, if  the will of God be so, that you suffer  for welldoing than for evildoing. 


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


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who one time  were disobedient, when once the longsuffering  of God waited in the days  of Noah while  the ark was being prepared, wherein  few, <n>(that is, eight souls)</n> were saved by  water. 


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The like  figure to this, even baptism , does also now save us <n>(not the putting  away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer  of a good conscience toward God)</n> by  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 being made subject unto Him. 


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Christ's Example to Be Followed<br/>For inasmuch then as Christ  has suffered for us in the flesh, arm  yourselves likewise with the same mind, for  he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased  from sin, 


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


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For the time  past of our life may suffice us to have  wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness , lusts, excess  of wine, revelings , banquetings, and  abominable idolatries; 


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wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the same dissolute excess , speaking  evil of you, 


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For, for this cause was the Gospel 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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Serving for God's Glory<br/>But the end  of all things is at hand: be you  therefore sober and  watch unto prayer.


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And above  all things, have fervent  love among yourselves, for  love shall <n>(will)</n> cover the multitude of sins. 


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As every  man has received the gift, even so minister  the same one to another as good  stewards of the manifold  grace of God . 


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If any  man speak, let him speak according to the  oracles of God. If any  man minister, let him do it according to the ability  which God gives, that  God in all things may be glorified through  Jesus Christ, to whom  be praise and dominion  forever and ever. Amen. 


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Suffering for God's Glory<br/>Beloved, think  it not strange concerning the fiery  trial which is to try you, as though  some strange thing happened unto you; 


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but rejoice  inasmuch as you are  partakers of Christ's sufferings, that, when  His glory shall be revealed, you may  be glad also with exceeding joy. 


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If you be  reproached  for the name of Christ, happy  are you, for the  Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their  part evil is spoken of Him, but on  your part He is glorified. 


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


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Yet if any man suffer as a  Christian, let him not  be ashamed, but let  him glorify God on this account. 


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For the time has come that judgment  must begin at the house of God. And if  it first begin with us, what  shall the end be of those who obey  not the Gospel of God ? 


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


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Instructions and Final Greeting<br/>The elders  who  are among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a  witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker  of the glory that shall be revealed: 


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Shepherd the Flock<br/>Feed  the flock  of God which is among <n>(in)</n> you , taking  the oversight of them, not by  constraint but willingly, not for  filthy lucre but out of a  ready mind, 


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neither as  being lords over <n>(ruling over)</n> God's heritage , but by  being examples to the flock. 


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And when the  Chief Shepherd shall appear , you shall receive a crown  of glory that fades not away. 


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Submit to God, Resist the Devil<br/>Likewise, you  younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of  you be subject one to another, and be clothed  with humility; for "God  resists the proud, and gives  grace to the humble." 


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


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


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But after  you have suffered a while, may the God  of all grace, who  has called us into His eternal  glory by Christ Jesus, make  you perfect, establish , strengthen , settle  you. 


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Farewell and Peace<br/>By Silvanus , whom I account to be a faithful  brother unto you, I have  written briefly, exhorting  and testifying  that this is the true  grace of God wherein  you stand. 


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The church that is at  Babylon, elected  together with you, salutes you, and so does Mark  <n>(Marcus)</n>, my son. 


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Greeting the Faithful<br/>Simon  <n>(Symeon)</n> Peter , a servant  and an apostle  of Jesus Christ, To those who have  obtained like precious faith with us through  the righteousness of God and our Savior  Jesus Christ: 


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Grow in Christian Character<br/>Grace  and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge  of God and of Jesus our Lord, according as 


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His  divine power has given unto us all  things that pertain unto life and God liness, through  the knowledge of Him that has called  us to <n>(by)</n> glory and virtue . 


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Thereby are given  unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these you might  be partakers of the divine nature, having  escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 


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Fruitful Growth in the Faith<br/>And besides  this, giving  <n>(using)</n> all diligence, add to your faith virtue , and to virtue knowledge , 


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For if these things be in you  and abound , they  make you that you shall be neither barren  <n>(idle)</n> nor unfruitful  in the  knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 


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But he that lacks  these things is blind  and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he  was purged from his old sins. 


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Therefore brethren, give  diligence all the more to make  your calling and election  sure, for if you  do these things you shall never  fall. 


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For so an entrance  shall be ministered unto you abundantly  into the everlasting  Kingdom of our  Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.


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Peter's Approaching Death<br/>Therefore I will not  be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though  you know them and are  strengthened in the present truth. 


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Yea, I think it meet, as long  as I am in this tabernacle <n>(tent)</n>, to stir  you up by  putting you in remembrance, 


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knowing that shortly  I must put off this my tabernacle <n>(tent)</n>, even  as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me. 


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The Trustworthy Prophetic Word<br/>Moreover I will  endeavor that you may be able after my decease to have these  things always in remembrance.


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For we have  not followed cunningly devised fables when we made known unto 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 there came  such a voice to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This  is My beloved Son, in whom  I am well pleased." 


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We have also a more  sure word of prophecy, unto which you do  well that you take heed, as unto a light  that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star  arise in your hearts, 


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For the prophecy  came not in olden <n>(holy)</n> times  by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke  as they were moved by the Holy  Spirit . 


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Destructive Doctrines<br/>But there were  false prophets also among the people, even  as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily  shall bring in damnable  heresies, even denying  the Lord who bought  them, and bring  upon themselves swift destruction. 


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And many  shall follow their pernicious <n>(lascivious)</n> ways , by reason of whom the way  of truth shall be evilly  spoken of. 


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And through  covetousness shall they with  feigned words make  merchandise of you -- they whose  judgment now for a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not. 


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Doom of False Teachers and Their Teachings<br/>For if God spared  not the angels  who sinned, but  cast them down to hell and delivered them into  chains of darkness to be  reserved unto judgment; 


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and spared  not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth  person, a preacher  of righteousness, bringing  in the Flood upon the world of the ungodly; 


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and, turning  the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making  them an example unto those who thereafter should live ungodly; 


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<n>(for that  righteous man, having dwelt among them seeing  and hearing, was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their unlawful deeds)</n>-- 


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but chiefly those who  walk after the flesh in the  lust of uncleanness, and despise  government <n>(authority)</n>. Presumptuous  are they and selfwilled ; they are not afraid to speak  evil of dignities, 


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whereas angels , which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them <n>(selves)</n> before the Lord. 


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Corruption of False Teachers<br/>But these, as natural  brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not, and shall utterly perish  in their own corruption, 


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and shall receive the reward  of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to revel <n>(riot)</n> in the daytime. Spots  they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceptions while  they feast with you, 


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having eyes  full of adultery and who cannot  cease from sin, beguiling  unstable souls; their hearts  they have exercised with covetous practices; accursed  children! 


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


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but was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb  ass <n>(donkey)</n> speaking with a man's voice forbad the madness  of the prophet.


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These are wells  without water, clouds  that are carried by a tempest, for whom the mist <n>(blackness)</n> of darkness  is reserved for ever. 


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Deceptions of False Teachers<br/>For when they speak  great swelling <n>(puffed up with air <n>(souffle)</n>, idle, and flattering)</n> words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh and through much wantonness  those who  had clean escaped from those who live in error. 


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While they promise  them liberty, they themselves  are the servants of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome , by the same is he brought into bondage. 


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For if, after  they have escaped  the pollutions of the world through  the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter  end is worse with 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, after they had known it, to turn  from the holy  commandment delivered unto them. 


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But it has happened unto them according to the true proverb: "The dog  turns to his own vomit again," and, "the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire." 


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The Coming Day of the Lord<br/>This second epistle , beloved, I now write unto you, in both of which I stir  up your purity  of mind by way  of remembrance, 


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that you may  be mindful of the words which were spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and of  the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 


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knowing this first: that there  shall come in the last days scoffers , walking  after their own lusts 


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


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For of this they are willfully  ignorant: that by the Word  of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing  <n>(consisting)</n> out of the water and in the water, 


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God's Promise Is Not Slack<br/>The Lord is not  slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is  longsuffering toward us, not willing  that any should perish, but that  all should come to repentance. 


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The Day of the Lord<br/>But the Day  of the Lord will come as a  thief in the night, in which  the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements  shall melt  with fervent heat. The earth  also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 


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looking  for and hastening unto the coming  of the Day of God, wherein the heavens , being on fire, shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt  with fervent heat? 


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Be Steadfast<br/>Therefore, beloved, seeing  that you look for such things, be diligent  that you may be found by Him in peace , without spot and blameless. 


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as also in all  his epistles, speaking  in them of these things. Therein are some things hard  to understand, which those who are unlearned and unstable  <n>(people)</n> wrest  <n>(twist)</n>, as they do also the other  Scriptures, unto their own  destruction. 


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You therefore, beloved, seeing  that you know these things beforehand, beware  lest you also, being  led away with the error of the wicked, fall from  your own steadfastness. 


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


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What Was Heard, Seen, and Touched<br/>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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Fellowship with the Father and the Son<br/><n>(for the Life  was manifested , and we have seen it, and bear  witness, and show  unto you that Eternal  Life, which was  with the Father and was manifested unto us)</n>; 


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that which  we have seen and heard, declare  we unto 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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Fellowship with Him and One Another<br/>This then is the message  which we have heard from Him and declare unto you: that God  is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. 


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But if we  walk in the light, as He  is in the light, we have  fellowship one with another, and the  blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. 


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


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The Test of Knowing Christ<br/>My little  children, these  things write I unto you, that  you sin not. And if  any man sin, we have  an advocate with the Father , Jesus Christ the righteous . 


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


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He that says , "I know  Him," and keeps not His commandments, is a  liar and the truth is not in him. 


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Brethren, I write  no new commandment unto you, but an  old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word which you have heard from the beginning. 


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Again, a new  commandment I write unto you, which  thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness  is past and the  true light now shines. 


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I write unto you, fathers , because  you have known Him that  is from the beginning. I write unto you, young  men, because  you have overcome the wicked  one. I write unto you, little children , because you have known  the Father. 


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I have written unto you, fathers , because you have  known Him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome  the wicked one. 


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Do Not Love the World<br/>Love not  the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any  man love the world, the love  of the Father is not in him. 


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For all that is in the world -- the lust of the flesh , and the lust of the eyes , and the pride of life  -- is not  of the Father, but is of the world. 


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And the world  passes away and the lust thereof, but he  that does the will of God abides  for ever. 


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Deceptions of the Last Hour<br/>Little  children, it is  the last time. And as you have  heard that Antichrist  shall come, even now are there many antichrists, whereby  we know that this is the last time. 


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They went  out from us, but they were not of us; for if  they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But they went out, that they might  be made manifest that they were not all of us. 


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I have not written unto you because you know not  the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 


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Who  is a liar but he that  denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is  antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.


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Whosoever denies  the Son, the same has not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son has the Father also. 


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Let Truth Abide in You<br/>Let that therefore abide  in you which  you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also  shall continue <n>(to abide)</n> 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 that any man teach you. But  as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall  abide in Him. 


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The Children of God<br/>And now, little  children, abide in Him, that when  He shall appear we may have  confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His  coming. 


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The Command to Love<br/>Behold what  manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we  should be called the sons of God! Therefore the world  knows us not, because it knew Him not. 


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Beloved, now we are the  sons of God, and it does  not yet appear what we  shall be; but we know that, when  He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we  shall see Him as He is. 


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Sin and the Child of God<br/>Whosoever commits  sin transgresses   also the law, for sin  is the transgression of the law. 


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Little children, let  no man deceive you. He that  does righteousness is righteous, even  as He is righteous. 


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He that  commits sin is of the devil, for the  devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose  the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 


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Whosoever is born  of God does not commit sin; for  His seed remains in him, and he  cannot sin, because he is born of God . 


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The Imperative of Love<br/>By this the children of God  are manifest, and the  children of the devil: whosoever  does not righteousness is not  of God, neither  is he that loves not his brother. 


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For this  is the message  <n>(commandment)</n> that you heard from the beginning: that we  should love one another.


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Be not as  Cain, who was of that  wicked one and slew his brother. And  why did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his  brother's righteous. 


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We know  that we have  passed from death unto life, because  we love the brethren. He that loves  not his brother abides in death. 


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


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The Outworking of Love<br/>Hereby we perceive  the love of God : because He laid down His life for us. And we  ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.


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But whoso  has this world's goods and see his brother have need, and shuts  up the compassion of his heart from him, how  dwells the love of God in him? 


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And hereby  we know that we are of the truth, and shall  assure  <n>(persuade)</n> our hearts before Him. 


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And whatsoever  we ask we receive of Him, because  we keep His commandment and do  those things that are pleasing in His sight. 


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


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The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error<br/>And he that  keeps His commandments dwells  in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know  that He abides in us: by the Spirit which He has given us. 


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Love for God and One Another<br/>Beloved, believe not  every spirit, but try  <n>(test)</n> the spirits whether they are of God, because many  false prophets have gone out into the world. 


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Hereby know you the Spirit of God : Every  spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come  in the flesh, is of God . 


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And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God; and such is  the spirit of Antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come, and even now already it is in the world. 


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


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We are  of God; he that knows  God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby  we know the Spirit of truth , and the  spirit of error. 


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Knowing God Through Love<br/>Beloved, let us  love one another, for love is  of God, and everyone  that loves is born of God and knows  God . 


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In this was  manifested the love of God toward us: that God sent  His only  begotten Son into the world, that we  might live through Him. 


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


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Seeing God Through Love<br/>No man has seen  God at any time. If we love one  another, God dwells in us, and His  love is perfected in us. 


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


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The Consummation of Love<br/>Herein is our love <n>(our love)</n> made  perfect, that we may  have boldness in the Day  of Judgment; because as He  is, so are we in this world. 


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There is no  fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has  torment. He that  fears is not made perfect in love. 


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Love not Hate<br/>If a man  say, "I love God ," and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he that loves not his  brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 


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Obedience by Faith<br/>Whosoever believes  that Jesus is the Christ is born  of God, and everyone  that loves Him that begot, loves Him also that is begotten by Him. 


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For this is  the love of God : that we keep His commandments; and His  commandments are not grievous.


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For whosoever  is born of God overcomes   the world. And this is the victory that overcomes  the world, even our faith. 


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The Certainty of God's Witness<br/>This is He  that came by water and  blood , even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that  bears witness, because the Spirit is truth . 


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


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


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If we  receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater, for this  is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 


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He that believes in  <n>(on)</n> the Son of God has the  witness in himself; he that believes not God has made  Him a liar, because he believes not the record that God gave of His Son. 


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


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Confidence and Compassion in Prayer<br/>And this is  the confidence that we have in <n>(concerning)</n> Him: that if we  ask anything according to His will, He hears  us. 


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And if we  know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that  we have the petitions that we desired of Him. 


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If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask  and He shall give him life, for those who sin not unto death. There  is a sin unto death. I do not  say that he shall pray about it. 


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Knowing the True <n>(Tuth)</n> and Rejecting the False<br/>We know that whosoever  is born of God sins not, but he that is begotten of God keeps  himself, and that wicked  one touchs him not. 


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And we know  that the Son of God is come and has  given us an understanding, that we may know Him that  is true; and we  are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is  the true God and Eternal Life. 


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Greeting the Elect Lady; Obey Christ's Commandments; Beware of Deceivers<br/>The Elder , Unto the elect lady  and her children, whom  I love in the truth, and not I only, but also all those who have known  the truth, 


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Grace , mercy, and peace <n>(shall)</n> 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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Walk in Christ's Commandments<br/>I rejoiced  greatly that I have found of your children walking  in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. 


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


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


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Beware of Antichrist Deceivers<br/>For many  deceivers have entered into the world who  confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is  a deceiver and an antichrist.


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


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Whosoever transgresses, and abides not  in the doctrine  of Christ, has not  God. He that  abides in the doctrine of Christ has both  the Father and the Son. 


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If there come  any unto you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither  bid him God speed; 


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John's Farewell Greeting<br/>Having many  things to write unto you, I would  not write with paper and ink; but I trust  to come unto you and speak face to face <n>(n <n>(mouth to mouth)</n>, that our  <n>(your)</n> joy may be full. 


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Beloved, I wish <n>(pray)</n> above  all things that  you may prosper and be in health, even  as your soul prospers. 


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For I  rejoiced greatly when  the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth . 


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Gaius Commended for Generosity<br/>I have  no greater joy than to hear that  my children walk  in truth.


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who have borne witness of your charity  <n>(love)</n> before the church. If you  send them forward on their journey in a godly manner , you shall do well , 


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Diotrephes and Demetrius<br/>I wrote unto the church, but Diotrephes, who loves  to have preeminence among them, receives  us not. 


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Therefore if I come, I will  remember his deeds which he does, prating  against us with malicious words. And not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and forbids those who would, and casts  them out of the church. 


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Beloved, follow  not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good  is of God, but he that does evil  has not seen God . 


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Demetrius has good  report of all men, and of the truth itself. Yea, of this we also bear  record, and you know that our record is true. 


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but I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face <n>(mouth to mouth)</n>. Peace  be to you. Our  friends  <n>(brethren)</n> salute you. Greet  the friends by name. 


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Greeting to the Called<br/>Jude , the servant  of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who  are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved  in Jesus Christ, and called : 


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Contend for the Faith and Maintain Your Life with God<br/>Beloved, while  I was giving all diligence to write unto you of the common  salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that you  should earnestly contend for the faith which  was once delivered unto the saints . 


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For there are certain men who have crept  in unawares, who  were foreordained of old for this condemnation, ungodly  men, turning  the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying  the only  Lord GOD and our Lord Jesus Christ. 


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Old and New Apostates<br/>I will therefore put  you in remembrance, though you once knew this, how the Lord, having  saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward  destroyed those who believed not. 


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And the angels  who kept not their first estate  <n>(principality)</n>, but left their own habitation, He has  reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto  the judgment of the great Day-- 


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even as  Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange  <n>(other)</n> flesh, are set  forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal  fire. 


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Likewise also, these  filthy dreamers defile  the flesh, despise  dominion, and speak  evil of dignities. 


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Yet Michael  the archangel , when contending with the devil and disputing about the body  of Moses, dared  not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, "The Lord  rebuke you!" 


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But these speak  evil of those things which they know not; but what they come to know naturally as brute beasts, in those  things they corrupt themselves. 


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Woe  unto them! For they  have gone in the way of Cain and have run  greedily after the error of Balaam for their reward, and perished  in the gainsaying of Korah. 


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Apostates Depraved and Doomed<br/>These are spots  on your feasts  of love when they feast with you, feeding  themselves without fear. Clouds  they are without water, carried  about by winds; trees  whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice  dead, plucked  up by the roots; 


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


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to execute  judgment upon all, and to convince  all who are ungodly among them of all their godless deeds which they have God lessly committed, and of all  the harsh speeches which godless sinners have spoken against Him." 


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Apostates Predicted<br/>These are murmurers  and complainers, walking  after their own lusts; and their mouth  speaks great swelling words, giving admiration to men's  persons to gain advantage. 


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how they told you that there  would be mockers in the last times who  would walk after their own ungodly lusts.


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Maintain Your Life with God<br/>But you, beloved, building  up yourselves on your most  holy faith, praying  in the Holy Spirit , 


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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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and others save  with fear, pulling  them out of the fire, hating  even the garment spotted by the flesh. 


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Glory to God<br/>Now unto Him that is able  to keep you from falling, and to present  you faultless  before the presence  of His glory with exceeding  joy, 


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Introduction and Benediction: John's Vision of Christ <br/>The Revelation  of Jesus Christ, which God  gave unto Him to show  unto His servants things which must  shortly come to pass. And He  sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John , 


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who bore  record of the Word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all  things that he saw. 


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Blessed  is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the  time is at hand. 


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Greeting the Seven Churches<br/>John , To the  seven churches in Asia: Grace  be unto you and peace from Him  who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the  seven spirits which are before His throne; 


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and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince  <n>(ruler)</n> over the kings of the earth. Unto Him  that loved us, and washed  us from our sins in His own blood, 


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and has made  us kings and priests  unto God and 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 shall see Him, and they  also who pierced Him; and all  kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so . Amen. 


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"I AM ALPHA  AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING," says the Lord, who is , and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty . 


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Vision of the Son of Man<br/>I, John , who also am your brother and companion  in tribulation and in the  Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the isle that is called Patmos, for the Word  of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 


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


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And I turned to see  the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw  seven golden candlesticks; 


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and in the midst of the seven candlesticks One like  unto the Son of Man, clothed  with a garment down to the feet and girded  about the breast with a golden girdle. 


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


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and His feet  like unto fine brass, as though they burned in a furnace, and His voice  as the sound of many waters. 


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And He had  in His right hand seven stars, and out  of His mouth went a sharp twoedged sword, and His  countenance shone as the sun shines in his strength. 


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And when I saw Him, I fell  at His feet as dead. And He  laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not ; I am  the First and the Last. 


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I am He that lives , and was dead ; and behold, I am alive  for evermore, Amen, and have the keys  of hell and of death. 


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Write the things  which you have seen, and the things which are , and the things which shall be  hereafter. 


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The mystery  of the seven stars  which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden  candlesticks: the seven stars  are the angels of the seven churches, and the  seven lanpstands <n>(candlesticks)</n> which you saw are the seven churches. 


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Christ's Letters to Four Churches: The Loveless Church<br/>"Unto the angel  of the church  of Ephesus write: `These things says He that holds  the seven stars in His right hand, who walks  in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: 


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I know  your works and your labor and your patience, and how  you cannot not bear them that are evil; and how you have  tried them that say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 


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and have borne , and have patience , and for My name's sake have labored  and have not  fainted <n>(become weary)</n>. 


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Remember  therefore from where you are  fallen, and repent  and do  the first works; or else  I will come unto you quickly and will remove your lampstand <n>(candlestick)</n> out of his place, unless you repent. 


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


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The Persecuted Church<br/>"And unto the angel  of the church in Smyrna write: `These things says the First  and the Last, who was dead and is alive: 


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I know  your works and tribulation  and poverty  <n>(but you are  rich)</n>, and I know the blasphemy  of them that say  they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue  of Satan. 


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Fear  none of those things which you shall suffer . Behold, the devil  shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have  tribulation ten days . You be  faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown  of Life. 


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He that has  an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches. He that overcomes  shall not be hurt by the second  death.' 


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The Compromising Church<br/>"And to the angel  of the church in Pergamos write: `These things says He that has  the sharp sword with two edges: 


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I know  your works and where you dwellest, even where Satan's  seat is; and that you hold  fast My name  and have not denied  My faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was  slain among you, where Satan dwells. 


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But I have  a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam , who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block  before the children of Israel, to eat  things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit  fornication. 


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Repent , or else  I will come unto you quickly, and will fight  against them with the sword of My mouth. 


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


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The Corrupt Church<br/>"And unto  the angel of the church in Thyatira write: `These things says the Son  of God, who has  His eyes like unto a flame of fire, and His feet are like fine brass: 


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I know  your works, and charity  <n>(love)</n> and service, and faith and your patience , and your works, and the last  to be more than the first. 


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Notwithstanding, I have  a few things against you, because you sufferest that woman  Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess,to teach and to seduce  My servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 


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Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them  that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except  <n>(unless)</n> 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 that searches the reins and hearts; and I will  give unto everyone of you according to your works. 


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But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine and who have not known the depths  of Satan <n>(as they say)</n> I will  put upon you no other burden . 


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and "he shall  rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers," even  as I have received from My Father. 


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Christ's Letters to Three Churches: The Dead Church<br/>"And unto  the angel of the church in Sardis write: `These things says He that  has the seven Spirits of God and the  seven stars: I know  your works, and 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  perfect before God . 


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Remember  therefore how you have received and heard; and hold fast  and repent . If therefore you shall not watch, I will  come on you as a thief, and you shall not 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 that  overcomes, the same  shall be clothed in white raiment; 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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The Faithful Church<br/>"And to the  angel of the church in Philadelphia write: `These things says He that is holy , He that is true, He that has the key  of David, He that opens  and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens: 


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


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Behold, I will make them of the synagogue  of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but do lie -- behold, I will make them to  come and worship at your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 


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Because you have kept the word  of My patience, I will also  keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the  world to try  them that dwell upon the earth. 


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Him that overcomes   will I make a pillar  in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more; and I will  write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city  of My God, which is New Jerusalem, which comes  down out of heaven from My God, and I will write upon him My new  name. 


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The Lukewarm Church<br/>"And unto the angel  of the church of the Laodiceans  <n>(in Lacodicea)</n> write: `These things says the Amen , the faithful  and true witness, the beginning  of the creation of God : 


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So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew <n>(vomit)</n> you out  of My mouth. 


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Because you say, "I am  rich and increased with goods and have need  of nothing," and know  not that you are wretched  and miserable, and poor and blind  and naked , 


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


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Behold, I stand  at the door <n>(of your heart)</n> and knock. If any man hear My voice and open the door, I will  come in to him, and will sup  <n>(dine)</n> with him, and he with Me. 


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To him  that overcomes, will I grant to sit  with Me on My throne, even  as I also overcame and am  set down with My Father on His throne. 


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John's Vision of God's Throne Room of Heaven<br/>After  this I looked, and behold, a door  was opened in heaven; and the first  voice which I heard was, as it were, of a trumpet talking with me, which said, "Come up  hither, and I  will show you things which must be hereafter." 


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And immediately I was  in the Spirit; and behold, a throne  was set in Heaven, and One  sat on the throne. 


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And He that sat thereon was to look upon like a  jasper and a sardius stone; and there was a rainbow  round about the throne, in appearance like unto  an emerald. 


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And round about the throne were four  and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty  elders sitting, clothed  in white raiment, and they had on their heads crowns  of gold. 


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


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and before the throne there was a sea  of glass like unto crystal . And in the midst  of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living beast <n>(being, living creatures)</n> full  of eyes in front and behind. 


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And the first beast  <n>(being, living creatures)</n> was like a lion, and the second being like a calf , and the third being had the  face of a man, and the fourth being was like a flying  eagle. 


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And each of the four living beings had six  wings about him, and they were full  of eyes within; and they  rested not <n>(have no rest)</n> day and night, saying,"Holy , holy, holy, Lord GOD Almighty , who was , and is, and is to come!" 


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the four and twenty elders fall  down before Him that sits on the throne, and worship  Him that 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  have created all things, and for  Your pleasure they are, and were created." 


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The Lamb Takes the Scroll<br/>And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat  on the throne a book  written within and on the back, sealed  with seven seals. 


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And I saw a strong  angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is  worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?" 


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And no man in Heaven, nor on earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 


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And I wept much, because  no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 


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And one of  the elders said unto me, "Weep  not! Behold, the Lion  of the tribe of Judah, the Root  of David, has prevailed  to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof." 


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And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne  and the four living beings, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb  as it had been slain, having seven horns  and seven eyes , which are the seven Spirit s  of God, sent forth into all the earth. 


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Worthy Is the Lamb<br/>And when He had taken the book, the four  living beings and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having  everyone of them harps and golden  vials full of incense, which are the prayers  of saints. 


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And they sang  a new song, saying, "You are  worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof; for You  was slain, and have  redeemed us to God by Your blood, out of  <n>(from)</n> every kindred and tongue, and people and nation, 


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And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many  angels round about the throne  and the living beings and the elders; and the number of them was  ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 


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


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And I heard 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, saying, "Blessing  and honor and glory and power be unto Him  that sits upon the throne, and unto  the Lamb forever and ever!" 


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And the four  living beings said, "Amen." And the four  and twenty elders <n>(24)</n>  fell down and worshiped Him that lives forever and ever. 


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The Six Seals<br/>And I saw when  the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard, as it were, the noise  of thunder, one of  the four living beings saying, "Come and see!" 


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First Seal: The Conqueror<br/>And I saw, and behold, a white  horse, and he that  sat on him had a bow; and a  crown was given unto him, and he went  forth conquering andto conquer. 


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Second Seal: Conflict on Earth<br/>And when He had opened the second seal, I heard the second living being say, "Come and see!" 


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And there went out another horse  that was red; and power  was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, that they should kill one another; and there  was given unto him a great sword. 


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Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth<br/>And when He had  opened the third seal, I heard the third living being say, "Come and see!" And I beheld, and lo, a black  horse; and he that sat on him had a  pair of balances in his hand. 


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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living beings say, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see  you hurt not the oil and the wine!" 


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Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth<br/>And when He had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, "Come and see!" 


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And I looked, and behold, a pale  horse, and his name that sat on him was Death , and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them <n>(to him)</n> over a  fourth part of the earth to kill  with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 


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Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs<br/>And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw  under the altar the souls  of them that were slain  for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held. 


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And they cried  with a loud voice, saying, "How  long, O Lord, holy  and true, do You  not judge and avenge  our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" 


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And white  robes were given unto everyone of them, and it was said unto them that they  should rest yet for a little season, until  their fellow servants and also their brethren, who were to be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 


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Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances<br/>And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was  a great earthquake, and the sun  became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 


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and the stars  <n>(asteroids)</n> of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs when she is shaken by a  mighty wind. 


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And the heaven  departed as a scroll when it is rolled together, and every  mountain and island were moved out of their places. 


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And the kings  of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid  themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 


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


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The Sealed of Israel, The Servants of God Sealed <br/>And after  these things I saw four angels  standing on the four corners of the earth, holding  the four winds of the earth, that the wind  should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 


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


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saying, "Hurt not  the earth, neither the sea nor the trees, till we  have sealed the servants  of our God in their  foreheads." 


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And I heard  the number of them that were sealed: there were sealed a  hundred and fortyfour thousand <n>(144,000)</n> of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 


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


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


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


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


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A Multitude from the Great Tribulation<br/>After this I beheld, and lo, a great  multitude, which no man  could number, of all  nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood  before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed  in white robes and with palms  in their hands. 


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And they cried  with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation  to our God who sits  upon the throne, and unto  the Lamb!" 


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And all  the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living beings, and fell  on their faces before the throne and worshiped  God , 


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saying, "Amen . Blessing  and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving , and honor and power and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen!" 


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And one  of the elders answered, saying unto me, "Who are these that are arrayed  in white robes, and from where  have they come?" 


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And I said unto him, "Sir, you  know." And he said to me, "These are they that came  out of great tribulation, and have  washed their robes and made them white in the blood  of the Lamb. 


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Therefore, "they are  before the throne of God, and serve  Him day and night in His temple; and He that sits on the throne shall dwell  among them. 


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They shall hunger  no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun  light on them, nor any heat. 


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For the Lamb who is in the  midst of the throne shall feed  them, and shall lead  them unto living fountains of waters, and God  shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." 


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Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets and Four Trumpets <br/>And  when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence  in Heaven about the space of half an hour. 


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And another  angel came and stood  at the altar, having  a golden censer; and there was given unto him much  incense, that he should offer <n>(add)</n> it with <n>(to)</n> the prayers  of all saints upon the golden  altar, which was before the throne. 


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And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 


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And the angel took the censer, and filled  it with fire from the altar, and cast it upon <n>(onto, into)</n> the earth; and there  were voices and thunderings and lightnings, and an  earthquake. 


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First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck<br/>The first angel sounded, and there followed hail  and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast  upon the earth; and a third  part of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. 


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Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck<br/>And the second angel sounded, and as  it were, a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and a third  part of the sea became blood; 


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and a third part of the creatures  which were in the sea and had life, died, and a third part of the ships  were destroyed. 


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Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck<br/>And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great  star from heaven, burning as if it were a lamp, and it fell upon a third part of the rivers and upon the fountains  of waters; 


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and the name of the star is called Wormwood . And a third part of the waters became wormwood; and many  men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. 


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Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck<br/>And the fourth angel sounded, and a third part of the sun  was smitten, and a third part of the moon and a third part of the stars, so that a third part of them was darkened; and a third of the day  shone not, and the night likewise. 


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And I beheld, and heard an angel flying  through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe , woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three other angels, which are yet to sound!" 


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Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit <br/>And the fifth  angel sounded, and I saw a star  fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him  was given the key to the bottomless  pit. 


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And he opened the bottomless pit, and there  arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun  and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 


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And there came out of the smoke locusts  upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as  the scorpions of the earth have power. 


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And it was commanded to them that they  should not hurt  the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those  men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 


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And to them it was  given that they should  not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their  torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he strikes a man. 


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And in those days shall men  seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 


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And the shapes  of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold, and their faces  were as the faces of men. 


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


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And they had tails  like unto scorpions, and there were stingers in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. 


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And they had  a king over them, the angel  of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon  <n>(a destroyer)</n>, but in the Greek tongue his name is Apollyon. 


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Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates<br/>And the sixth  angel sounded, and I heard a voice  from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God , 


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saying to the  sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Loose  the four angels who are bound in the great  river Euphrates." 


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And the four angels were loosed, who had been prepared for <n>(at)</n> an hour  and a day and a month and a year, to slay  a third part of men. 


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And the number  of the army of horsemen  was two hundred thousand thousand, and I heard  the number of them. 


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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and they that sat on them had breastplates of fire and of jacinth  and brimstone ; and the heads of the horses were as the  heads of lions, and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 


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By these three was a third  part of men killed by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 


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For their power is in their mouth and in their tails ; for their tails were like unto serpents and had heads, and with them they cause hurt. 


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And the rest of the men, who were not killed by these plagues, yet  repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship  devils, and idols  of gold and silver, and brass and stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 


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neither repented they of their murders , nor of their sorceries , nor of their fornication , nor of their thefts. 


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The Mighty Angel with the Little Book<br/>And I saw another  mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed  with a cloud; and a rainbow  was upon his head, and his face  was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars  of fire. 


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And he had in his hand a little  book open. And he set  his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 


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and cried with a loud  voice, as when a lion roars. And when he had cried, seven  thunders uttered their voices. 


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And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was  about to write, and I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, "Seal up  those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not." 


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And the angel, whom I saw standing  upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted  up his hand to heaven. 


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And he swore by Him that lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer, 


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but that in the  days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery  of God should be finished, as He  has declared to His servants the prophets. 


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John Eats the Little Book<br/>And the voice  which I heard from Heaven spoke unto me again and said, "Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the earth." 


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And I went unto the angel and said unto him, "Give me the little book." And he said unto me, "Take  it and eat it up, and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey." 


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And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up, and it was in my mouth sweet  as honey; and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly  was bitter. 


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And he said unto me, "You  must prophesy again before many peoples and nations, and tongues and kings." 


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The Two Witnesses and the Seventh Trumpet <br/>And there was given me a reed  like unto a rod; and the  angel stood, saying, "Rise , and measure the temple of God and the altar, and them that worship therein. 


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But the court  which is outside the temple, leave <n>(cast)</n> out , and measure it not, for it is  given unto the Gentiles; and the  Holy City shall they tread  under foot for forty  and two months. 


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And I will give power  unto my two  witnesses , and they shall  prophesy a thousand  two hundred and threescore days, clothed  in sackcloth." 


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These are the two olive  trees and the two candlesticks , standing  before the God  <n>(Lord)</n> of the earth. 


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And if any man will hurt them, fire  proceeds out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 


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These have power  to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy, and have power over  waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 


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The Witnesses Killed<br/>And when  they shall have finished their testimony, the beast  that ascends out of  the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them and kill them. 


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And their dead  bodies shall lie in the street of the great  city, which spiritually is called Sodom  and Egypt , where also our Lord  was crucified. 


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And they of the people  and kindreds, and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three  days and a half, and shall not  suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. 


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And they that dwell  upon the earth shall rejoice  over them and make  merry, and shall send gifts one to another, because these  two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 


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The Witnesses Resurrected<br/>But after three  days and a half, the Spirit  of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great  fear fellupon them that saw them. 


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And they heard a great voice from Heaven, saying unto them, "Come  up hither!" And they  ascended up to Heaven in a  cloud, and their  enemies beheld them. 


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And that same hour there was a  great earthquake, and a tenth  part of the city fell; and in the earthquake were slain seven thousand men , and the remnant  were seized with fear, and gave  glory to the God of Heaven. 


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Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed<br/>And the seventh  angel sounded, and there  were great voices in Heaven, saying, "The kingdoms  of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He  shall reign forever and ever!" 


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And the four and twenty elders, who sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces and worshiped God , 


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saying, "We give  You thanks, O Lord GOD Almighty , who is, and who was, and who is to come to come, because You have  taken to Your great power, and have reigned. 


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And the nations  were angry; and Your  wrath is come, and the time  of the dead, that they should be judged, and that  You should give reward unto Your servants the prophets, and to the saints and them  that fear Your name, small and great, and should destroy them that destroy <n>(corrupt)</n> the earth." 


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And the temple  of God was opened in Heaven; and there was seen in His temple the ark  of His testament, and there were  lightnings and voices, and thunderings and an earthquake, and great  hail. 


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The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon<br/>And there  appeared a great wonder  <n>(sign)</n> in heaven: a woman  clothed  with the sun, and the  moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown  of twelve stars. 


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And there appeared another wonder  <n>(sign)</n> in heaven: behold, a great  red dragon, having seven heads  and ten  horns, and seven crowns  upon his heads. 


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And his tail  drew a third part of the  stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon  stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered to devour her child as soon as it was born. 


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And she  brought forth a manchild, who was to rule  all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught  up unto God and to His throne. 


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And the woman  fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that  they should feed her there a thousand  two hundred and threescore days. 


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Satan Thrown Out of Heaven<br/>And there was war  in Heaven: Michael  and his  angels fought against the dragon ; and the dragon fought and his angels , 


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And the great  dragon was cast out -- that  serpent of old called the Devil  and Satan , who deceives  the whole world. He was  cast out into  <n>(onto)</n> the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 


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And I heard  a loud voice saying in Heaven, "Now have come salvation and strength, and the Kingdom  of our God, and the power  of His Christ; for the accuser  of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night. 


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And they overcame  him by the blood  of the Lamb and by the word  of their testimony, and they loved not  their lives unto the death. 


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Therefore rejoice , you heavens, and you that dwell in them! Woe  to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! For the devil has come down unto you, having great wrath, because  he knows that he has but a short time." 


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The Woman Persecuted<br/>And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the manchild. 


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And to the  woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might  fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time  and times and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 


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And the serpent cast  out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 


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And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 


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And the dragon  was angry with the woman, and he went to make  war with the remnant of her seed, who  keep the commandments of God, and have  the testimony of Jesus Christ. 


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The Beast from the Sea and the Beast from the Land<br/>And I stood upon  the sand of the sea. And I saw  a beast rise up out of the sea, having  seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns , and upon his heads the name <n>(s)</n> of blasphemy . 


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And the beast which I saw was like  unto a leopard, and his feet  were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth  as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon  gave  him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 


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And I saw that one  of his heads was, as it were, wounded <n>(slain)</n> to death, and his  deadly wound was healed. And all  the world wondered after the beast. 


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And they  worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast, and they  worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like  unto the beast? Who is able  to make war with him?" 


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And there was given unto him a mouth , speaking great things and blasphemies, and power  was given unto him to continue  <n>(to make war)</n> forty and two months. 


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And he opened  his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme His name, and His  tabernacle, and them  that dwell in Heaven. 


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And it was given unto him to make  war with the saints and to overcome them; and power  was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 


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And all  that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose  names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb , slain from  the foundation of the world. 


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The Beast from the Earth <n>(Land)</n><br/>And I beheld another beast coming  up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke  as a dragon. 


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And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him; and he causes  the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 


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And he does  great wonders, so that he makes  fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 


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And he deceives  them that dwell  on the earth by means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth that they  should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword and lived. 


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And he had power to give life  <n>(breath)</n> unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak  and cause  to be killed as many as would not worship the image of the beast. 


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And he causes all, both  small and great, rich  and poor, free  and bond, to receive <n>(give them)</n> a mark  in their right hand or  in their foreheads, 


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that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark  or the name  of the beast or the number  of his name. 


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The Lamb and The 144,000; Two Harvests  <br/>And I looked  and lo, a Lamb  stood on Mount  Zion, and with Him a hundred  forty and four thousand <n>(144,000)</n>, having  His Father's name written in their foreheads. 


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And I heard a voice  from Heaven as the voice of many  waters, and as the voice of a  great thunder, and I heard the voice of harpers  harping with their harps. 


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And they sang, as it were, a new  song before the throne , and before the four living beings and the elders; and no  man could learn that song, except the hundred and forty and four thousand <n>(144,000)</n> who were redeemed  from the earth. 


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These are they that were not defiled with women, for  they are virgins. These are they that follow  the Lamb whithersoever He goes. These were  redeemed  <n>(brought)</n> from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 


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And in their  mouth was found no deceit <n>(guile)</n>, for they are without  fault before the throne of God . 


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saying with a  loud voice, "Fear  God and give  glory to Him, for the hour of His Judgment is come. Worship  Him that made heaven and earth, and the sea and the fountains of waters." 


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And there followed another angel, saying, "Babylon  is fallen! Fallen is that great city, because  she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath  of her fornication." 


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the same shall drink  of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out unmixed into  the cup of His indignation; and he shall be  tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the  presence of the Lamb. 


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And the smoke  of their torment ascends up forever  and ever; and they have no rest  day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name." 


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And I heard a voice  from Heaven, saying unto me, "Write : `Blessed  are the dead who die  in the Lord from henceforth.'" "Yea <n>(rest)</n>," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." 


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Reaping the Earth's Harvest <br/>And I looked, and behold , a white cloud; and upon the cloud sat one like  unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden  crown and in his hand a sharp  sickle. 


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And another angel came  out of the temple, crying  with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, "Thrus t in your sickle  and reap; for the time has come for you to reap, for the harvest  of the earth is ripe  <n>(dried)</n>." 


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Reaping the Grapes of Wrath<br/>And another angel came  out of the temple which is in Heaven, he also having a sharp sickle . 


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And another angel came  out from the altar, who had  power over fire, and cried  with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust  in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe." 


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And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast  it into the great wine press of the wrath of God . 


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And the wine press  was trodden outside  the city, and blood  came out of the wine press, even unto the horse bridles, for the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. 


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Prelude to the Bowl Judgments<br/>And I saw  another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels  holding the seven last  plagues, for in them is filled  up the wrath of God . 


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And I saw, as it were, a sea  of glass mingled  with fire, and them that had  gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, standing  on the sea of glass and having  the harps of God . 


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And they sing the song  of Moses, the servant  of God, and the song  of the Lamb, saying, "Great  and marvelous are Your works, Lord GOD Almighty!  Just  and true are Your ways, You  King of saints!  <n>(nations ages)</n> 


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Who  shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify  Your name? For You only  are holy. For all  nations shall come and worship before You, for Your  judgments are made manifest." 


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And after that I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in Heaven was opened; 


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and the seven angels , having the seven plagues, came out of the temple, clothed  in pure and white linen and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 


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And one  of the four living beings gave unto the seven  angels seven golden vials 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  man was able to enter into the temple till  the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. 


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The Seven Bowls<br/>And I heard  a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven  angels, "Go your ways, and pour  out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth." 


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First Bowl: Loathsome Sores<br/>And the first went and poured out his vial upon  the earth; and there fell a noisome  and grievous sore upon the men who had  the mark of the beast and upon them that worshiped his image.


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Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood<br/>And the second angel poured out his vial upon  the sea; and it became  as the blood of a dead man, and every  living soul died in the sea. 


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Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood<br/>And the third angel poured out his vial upon  the rivers and fountains of waters; and they  became blood.


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And I heard the angel  of the waters say, "You are  righteous, O Lord, who are , and was, and shall be, because You have judged thus; 


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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  worthy." 


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And I heard another out  of the altar say, "Even  so, Lord GOD Almighty; true  and righteous are Your judgments." 


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Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched<br/>And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon  the sun; and power  was given unto him to scorch men with fire.


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And men were scorched <n>(burned)</n> with great heat, and they blasphemed  the name of God, who has power over these plagues; and they  repented not to give  Him glory. 


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Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain <br/>And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon  the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full  of darkness, and they  gnawed their tongues from pain; 


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and they blasphemed  the God  of Heaven because  of their pains and their sores, and repented not  of their deeds. 


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Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up<br/>And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon  the great river Euphrates; and the water  thereof was dried up, that the  way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 


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And I saw three  unclean spirits like  frogs come out of  the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false  prophet. 


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For they are the spirits  of devils working  miracles, which  go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole  world to gather  them for the battle of that great Day of God Almighty . 


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"Behold, I come  as a thief. Blessed  is he that watches and keeps his garments, lest  he walk naked, and they see his shame." 


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Seventh Bowl: The Earth Utterly Shaken<br/>And the seventh angel poured out his vial into  the air; and there  came a great voice out of the temple of Heaven from the throne, saying, "IT IS  DONE!" 


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And there were  voices and thunders and lightnings; and there was a great  earthquake, such as has not been since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great. 


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And the great  city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and great  Babylon came to  remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. 


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And there fell  upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent. And men blasphemed  God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague thereof was exceeding great. 


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The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast<br/>And there came one  of the seven angels, who had the seven vials, and talked  with me, saying unto me, "Come here; I will  show unto you the judgment upon the great  whore who sits  upon many waters, 


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with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." 


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So he carried  me away in the Spirit into  the wilderness; and I saw a woman  sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full  of names of blasphemy, and having  seven heads and ten horns. 


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And the woman was arrayed  in purple and scarlet color, and adorned  with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden  cup in her hand full of abominations  and filthiness  of her fornication; 


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and upon  her forehead was a name written: Mystery , Babylon  The Great, Mother  Of Harlots <n>(Fornication)</n> And Abominations Of The Earth. 


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And I saw that the woman was drunk  with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs  of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered  with great amazement. 


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The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast <n>(Explained)</n><br/>And the angel said unto me, "Why do you marvel? I will  tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns. 


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The beast that you  saw was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go  into perdition; and they that dwell on the earth, whose  names were not written in the Book of Life from  the foundation of the world, shall wonder  when they behold the beast that was , and is not, and yet is. 


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"And here  is the mind which has wisdom: The seven  heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 


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And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 


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And the beast that was , and is not, even he is the eighth, yet is one of the seven and goes into perdition. 


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And the ten  horns which you saw are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet, but will receive power as kings for one hour with the beast. 


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These shall make  war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall  overcome them; for He is Lord  of lords and King of kings, and they  that are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful ." 


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And he says unto me, "The waters  which you saw, where the whore sits, are  peoples and multitudes, and nations and tongues. 


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And the ten  horns which you saw upon the beast, these  shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked , and shall eat  her flesh and burn  her with fire. 


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For God has  put  into their hearts to fulfill  His will and to agree, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until  the words of God shall be fulfilled. 


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The Fall of Babylon the Great Proclaimed<br/>And after these things, I saw  another angel come down from Heaven, having great power; and the  earth was lightened by his glory. 


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And he cried  mightily with a strong voice, saying, "Babylon  the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become  the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 


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For all  nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants  of the earth have waxed rich through the abundance  <n>(power)</n> of her luxuries <n>(indulgences, pleasures)</n>." 


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And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying, "Come  out of her, my people, that you be not partakers  of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues; 


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Reward  her even as she has rewarded you, and unto her double  according to her works; in the cup  which she has filled, fill to her double. 


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How much she  has glorified herself and lived voluptuously! That much torment and sorrow give back to her; for she says in her heart,`I sit  a queen and am no widow , and shall see no sorrow.' 


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Therefore shall her  plagues come in one day" death and mourning and famine, and she  shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong  is the Lord GOD who judges her. 


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The World Mourns <n>(Lament)</n> Babylon's Fall <br/>"And the kings  of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, shall wail  <n>(weep)</n> and lament for her when they shall see the smoke  of her burning, 


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standing afar  off for the fear of her torment, saying, `Alas ! Alas, that great  city Babylon, that mighty city! For in  one hour has your judgment come.' 


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"And the merchants  of the earth shall weep and mourn over her, for no man buys  their merchandise any more: 


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the merchandise  of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls; and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; all scented  <n>(citron, sweet)</n>  wood, all manner of vessels of ivory and most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble; 


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and cinnamon , and perfumes, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat; and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots; and slaves  <n>(bodies)</n>, and the souls  of men. 


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"And the fruits that your soul  lusted after have departed  from you, and all things which were dainty and goodly have departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all. 


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and saying, `Alas ! Alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and precious stones and pearls! 


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For in one  hour such great riches have come to nought!' "And every  shipmaster and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off; 


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and they cried when  they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, `What  city is like unto this great city!' 


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And they cast  dust on their heads and cried, weeping  and wailing, saying, `Alas! Alas, that great city, wherein all that had ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her extravagances! For in  one hour is she made desolate!' 


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Finality of Babylon's Fall<br/>Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus  with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be  found no more at all. 


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And the voice  of harpers and musicians, and of pipers and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you; 


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and the light  of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice  of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you. For your merchants  were the great men of the earth, for by  your sorceries were all nations deceived. 


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And in her  was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that were  slain upon the earth." 


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Heaven Exults <n>(Celebrate)</n> over Babylon Fall; The Marriage of the Lamb<br/>And after  these things I heard  a great voice of a multitude of people 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: He has judged  the great whore who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has  avenged the blood of His servants at her hand." 


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And the four  and twenty elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, "Amen!  Alleluia! " 


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And a voice  came out of the throne, saying, "Praise  our God, all you His servants, and you that fear Him, both  small and great." 


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And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, and the voice of many  waters, and the voice of mighty  thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the  Lord GOD Omnipotent reigns. 


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The Wedding of the Lamb<br/>Let us be glad  and rejoice and give honor to Him, for the  marriage of the Lamb is come, and His  wife has made herself ready." 


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And to her  was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white  <n>(bright)</n>; for the fine  linen is the righteousness of saints. 


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And he said unto me, "Write : `Blessed  are they that are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said unto me, "These  are the true sayings of God ." 


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And I fell  at his feet to worship him. But he said unto me, "See  that you do it not! I am  your fellow servant and one of your brethren, who hold to the testimony  of Jesus. Worship  God! For the  testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." 


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Christ on a White Horse; The Battle of Armageddon<br/>And I saw Heaven  opened, and behold, a white  horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful  and True, and in  righteousness He does judge and make war. 


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His eyes  were as a flame of fire, and on His  head were many crowns; and He had a name  written that no man knew, but He Himself. 


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And the armies  which were in Heaven, clothed  in fine linen white and clean, followed Him upon white horses . 


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And out  of His mouth goes a sharp sword  with which He shall smite the nations, and He shall  rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads   the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God . 


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The Beast and His Armies Defeated; A Feast For Vultures<br/>And I saw an angel  standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying  to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God , 


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that you  may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all  men, both free and bond, both small and great." 


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And I saw  the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against Him  that sat on the horse, and against His army. 


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And the beast  was taken, and with him the false  prophet who wrought miracles in his presence, by which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These  both were cast alive into a lake of fire, burning  with brimstone. 


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And the remnant  were slain <n>(killed)</n> with the sword of Him that sat upon the horse, whose sword proceeded out of <n>(issues from)</n> His mouth. And all  the fowls were filled with their flesh. 


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Satan Bound 1000 Years; the Thousand-Year Reign; Final Judgment <br/>And I saw  an angel come 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 on 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 upon him, that he should deceive  the nations no more till the thousand  years should be fulfilled; and after  that he must be loosed a little season. 


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The Saints Reign with Christ 1000 Years <br/>And I saw thrones  and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them. And I saw the souls  of them that had been beheaded  for the witness  of Jesus and for the Word of God, and who  had not worshiped the beast, nor his image, nor had received his mark upon their foreheads or on their hands; and they  lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 


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Blessed  and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second  death has no power, but they shall be priests  of God and of Christ, and shall  reign with Him a thousand years. 


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Satan's Final Rebellion Crushed <br/>And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 


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and shall go out to deceive  the nations to the four quarters of the earth -- Gog  and Magog -- to gather  them together for battle, the number  of whom is as the sand of the sea. 


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And they went  out over the breadth of the earth, and compassed  the camp  of the saints about, and the beloved city. And fire  came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 


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And the devil  who had deceived them was cast into the lake  of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are; and they shall be tormented  day and night forever and ever. 


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The Great White Throne Judgment<br/>And I saw  a great white throne and Him that sat on it, from whose  face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there  was found no place for them. 


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And I saw  the dead, small  and great, standing  before God, and the books  were opened; and another  book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according  to their works. 


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And the sea  gave up the dead which were in it; and death  and hell  <n>(the grave)</n> delivered up the dead which were in them; and they  were judged every man according to their works.


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All Things Made New; New Heaven and New Earth <n>(The New Jerusalem)</n><br/>And I saw a new  heaven and a new earth, for the  first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there  was no more sea. 


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And I , John, saw the holy  city, New Jerusalem, coming  down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a  bride adorned for her husband. 


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And I heard a great  voice out of Heaven, saying, "Behold , the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them; and they shall  be His people, and God Himself  shall be with them and be their God . 


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And God shall  wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more  death, neither sorrow , nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former  things are passed away." 


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And He that sat  upon the throne said, "Behold , I make all things new." And He said unto me, "Write , for these  words are true and faithful." 


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And He said unto me, "It is  done! I am  Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I wil  give unto him that is thirst of the fountain  of the Water of Life freely . 


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He that overcomes   shall inherit  all <n>(these)</n> things ; and I  will be his God, and he shall be my son. 


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But the fearful , and unbelieving, and the  abominable, and murderers,and whoremongers, and sorcerers , and 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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The New Jerusalem<br/>And there came unto me one of the seven angels, who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, "Come hither; 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 that  great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God , 


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having the glory  of God. And her  light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear  as crystal. 


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It had a wall  great and high, and had twelve gates , and at the gates twelve angels ; and names  were written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 


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on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 


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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations , and in  <n>(on)</n> them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 


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And he that talked with me had a golden  reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof and the walls thereof. 


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And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as great as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed: twelve  thousand furlongs; the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 


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And he measured the wall thereof: a hundred  and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 


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And the foundations  of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire , the third 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 separate gate was of one pearl, and the street of the city was pure  gold, as it  were, transparent glass. 


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The Glory of the New Jerusalem <br/>And I saw  no temple therein, for the Lord  God Almighty and the Lamb  are the temple of it. 


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And the city  had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; for the  glory of God gave it light, and the Lamb  is the light thereof. 


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And the nations  of them that are saved shall walk  in the light of it, and the kings  of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 


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And the gates  of it shall not be shut at all by day, for there  shall be no night <n>(existing)</n>  there, 


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And there  shall in no wise enter into it anything that defiles, neither whatsoever works  abomination, or makes  a lie, but only they  that are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 


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The River of Life<br/>And he showed me a pure  river of the Water  of Life, clear  as crystal, proceeding  out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 


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In the midst  of the street of it, and on either side of the river, there was the Tree of Life , which bore twelve kinds of fruit and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing  of the nations. 


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And there  shall be no more curse, but the  throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His  servants shall serve Him. 


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And there shall be no night  there, and they will need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord GOD gives them light. And they  shall reign forever and ever. 


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Conclusion; The Time Is Near<br/>And he said unto me, "These  sayings are faithful and true," and the Lord GOD of the holy  prophets sent  His angel to show unto His servants the things which  must shortly be done. 


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And I, John, saw these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell  down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 


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Then said he unto me, "See  that you do it not, for I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them that keep the sayings of this book. Worship God ! " 


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And he said  unto me, "Seal  not the sayings of the prophecy of this book, for the  time is at hand. 


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He that is unjust , let him be unjust still; and he that  is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still." 


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Jesus’ Final Word; Testifying to the Churches<br/>"And behold, I come  quickly, and My  reward is with Me, to give  to every man according as his work shall be. 


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Blessed  are they that do His commandments, that they may have  right to the  Tree of Life, and may  enter in through the gates into the city. 


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For outside  are dogs  and sorcerers , and whoremongers  and murderers and idolaters, and whosoever  loves and makes a lie. 


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"I, Jesus , have sent Mine angel to testify  unto you these things in the churches. I am  the Root  and the Offspring of David, and the Bright  and Morning Star." 


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And the Spirit  and the bride  say, "Come ." And let him that hears  say, "Come." And let him that is thirsty come; and whosoever will, let him take  the Water of Life freely . 


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A Serious <n>(Solemnly)</n>Warning<br/>For I testify  <n>(warn)</n> unto every man that hears  <n>(listen to)</n> the words <n>(statements)</n> of the prophecy <n>(the predictions and the consolations and admonitions pertaining to them)</n> of this book: If  any man shall adds unto these things, God  shall add unto him the plagues <n>(the afflictions and the calamities)</n> that are written in this book. 


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And if any man shall take  away <n>(remove)</n> from the words of the book of this prophecy <n>(these predictions relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions or warnings pertaining to them)</n>, God  shall take away <n>(remove)</n> his part out of the Book of Life  <n>(from the tree of life)</n> and out  of the Holy City, and from  the things which are written in this book. 


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I Am <n>(Jesus)</n> Coming Quickly <br/>He Who  testifies <n>(gives)</n> these things says <n>(yes it is true)</n>, "Surely  I am coming quickly <n>(swiftly, speedily)</n>." Amen  <n>(so let it be)</n>. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 


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The grace <n>(blessing and favor)</n> of our Lord Jesus Christ <n>(the Messiah)</n> be with you all <n>(the saints that is God's holy people, those set apart for God, to be, as it were, exclusively His)</n>. Amen.


