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For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.


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


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Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, to which you are also called and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.


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I charge you before God (who makes all things alive) and [in the sight of] Christ Jesus (who witnessed the good confession to Pontius Pilate),


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that you keep the commandment without spot and without blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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


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who alone has immortality, dwelling in light which cannot be approached, whom no one of men have seen, nor can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.


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Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,


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


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O Timothy, guard the Deposit, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of falsely-named science,


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


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to Timothy, [my] dearly beloved child. Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.


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I thank God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,


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taking recollection of the unfeigned faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice. And I am persuaded that it is in you also.


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Therefore I remind you to inflame anew the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.


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Therefore you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor [of] me His prisoner. But be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to [the] power of God,


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who has saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.


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But it is now having been manifested by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has made death of no effect, bringing life and immortality to light through the gospel;


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For this cause I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard My deposit unto that Day.


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Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love [which is] in Christ Jesus.


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


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May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed [of] my chain.


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May the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from [the] Lord in that Day. And in what things he ministered [to me] at Ephesus, you know very well.


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


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No one who wars tangles with the affairs of [this] life, that he may please him who chose [him] to be a soldier.


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


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Put [them] in memory of these things, charging them before the Lord not to dispute about words to no profit, to the subverting of the hearers.


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[Study] earnestly to present yourself approved to God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.


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who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and who overthrow the faith of some.


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Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal: The] Lord knew those who are His. And, Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity!


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


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Therefore if anyone purges himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.


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


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in meekness instructing those who oppose, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of [the] truth,


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and [that] they awake out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him, so as to do the will of that one.


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For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,


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without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good,


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For of these are those who creep into houses and lead captive silly women loaded with sins, led away with different kinds of lusts,


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But as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so these also resist the truth, men of corrupt mind, reprobate concerning the faith.


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But they shall proceed no further. For their foolishness shall be plain to all, as theirs also became.


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But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience,


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persecutions, afflictions, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra. What persecutions I endured! But the Lord delivered me out of all.


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


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


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All Scripture [is] God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,


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Therefore I solemnly witness before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is going to judge [the] living and [the] dead according to His appearance and His kingdom,


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preach the Word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.


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For a time will be when they will not endure sound doctrine, but they will heap up teachers to themselves according to their own lusts, tickling the ear.


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But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do [the] work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.


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Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.


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For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and [he] has departed to Thessalonica. Crescens [went] to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.


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Only Luke is with me. Take Mark [and] bring [him] with you, for he is profitable to me for [the] ministry.


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When you come, bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.


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Alexander the coppersmith showed many evil things to me. The Lord will give back to him according to his works.


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


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And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve [me] to His heavenly kingdom, to whom [be] glory forever and ever. Amen.


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Try to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brothers.


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Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ (according to [the] faith of God's elect, in the acknowledging of [the] truth which is according to godliness


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but revealed His word in its own times in a proclamation, with which I was entrusted by [the] command of God our Savior,)


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to Titus, a true child according to [our] common faith. Grace mercy and peace from God [the] Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.


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For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you,


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if anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having believing children, not accused of loose behavior, or disobedient.


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For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not full of passion, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for ill gain;


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holding fast the faithful word according to the doctrine, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convict the gainsayers.


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For there are indeed many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of [the] circumcision,


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whose mouth [you] must stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things not right for the sake of ill gain.


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


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They profess that they know God, but in [their] works they deny [Him], being abominable and disobedient and reprobate to every good work.


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Let the aged women likewise [be] in reverent behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved by much wine, teachers of good;


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[to be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, subject to [their] own husbands, that the Word of God may not be blasphemed.


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In all things having shown yourself a pattern of good works: in the doctrine, purity, sensibleness, without corruption,


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[in] sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.


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Slaves [are] to be obedient to [their] masters, to please them well in all [things], not talking against,


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not stealing, but showing all good faith, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.


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teaching us that having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live discreetly, righteously and godly, in this present world,


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looking for the blessed hope, and the appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,


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who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.


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Put them in mind to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to every good work,


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For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.


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


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Faithful [is] the Word, and as to these things, I desire that you strongly affirm that those believing God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.


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


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When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, hasten to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.


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And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, so that they may not be unfruitful.


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All those with me greet you. Greet those who love us in [the] faith. May grace [be] with you all. Amen.


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


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that the fellowship of your faith may operate in a full knowledge of every good thing in you in Christ Jesus.


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


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rather through love I entreat, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.


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whom I resolved to retain with myself, so that for you he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel.


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But without your consent I was willing to do nothing, that your good should not be of necessity, but willingly.


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For perhaps because of this he was separated from you for an hour, that you should receive him eternally,


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not now as a slave, but beyond a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the] flesh and in the] Lord.


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I, Paul, wrote it] with my own] hand; I will repay, that I do not say to you that you owe even yourself to me also.


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


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who being the shining splendor of [His] glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the word of His power, through Himself cleansing of our sins, [He] sat down on [the] right of the Majesty on high,


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being made so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.


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For to which of the angels did He say at any time, You are My Son, this day I have begotten You? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?


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And again, when He brings in the First-born into the world, He says, And let all [the] angels of God worship Him.


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But to the Son [He says], Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of Your kingdom.


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You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.


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


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and as a covering You shall fold them up, and [they] shall be changed. But You are the same, and Your years shall not fail.


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But to which of the angels, did He say at any time, Sit on My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool?


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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?


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Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.


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For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and if every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward,


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


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God [also] bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with different kinds of miracles and gifts [of the] Holy Spirit, according to His own will?


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


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You have made him a little lower than [the] angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands.


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You subjected all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to Him, He did not leave anything not subjected to Him. But now we do not see all things having been subjected to him.


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But we see Jesus, who [was] made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by [the] grace of God should taste death for every [son].


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For it became Him, for whom [are] all things and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to perfect the Captain of their salvation through sufferings.


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For both He who sanctifies and they who are sanctified [are] all of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brothers,


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


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Since then the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise partook of the same; that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death (that is, the Devil),


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Therefore in all things it behoved him to be made like [His] brothers, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of [His] people.


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For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to rescue those who are being tempted.


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Therefore, holy brothers, called [to be] partakers of the heavenly [calling], consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,


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For He was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house.


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And Moses truly [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken afterward.


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But Christ [was faithful] as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.


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Therefore I was grieved with that generation and said, They always err in [their] heart, and they have not known My ways.


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Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from [the] living God.


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But exhort one another daily, while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through [the] deceitfulness of sin.


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For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to [the] end,


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But with whom was He grieved forty years? [Was it] not with those who had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?


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And to whom did He swear [that they should] not enter into His rest, but to those who did not believe?


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Therefore, a promise being left to enter into His rest, let us fear lest any of you should seem to come short of it.


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For also we have had the gospel preached, as well as them. But the word [preached] did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard [it].


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For we who have believed do enter into the rest, as He said, I have sworn in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.


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For He spoke in a certain place of the seventh [day] in this way: And God rested the seventh day from all His works.


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Since then it remains that some must enter into it, and since they to whom it was first preached did not enter in because of unbelief,


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He again marks out a certain day, saying in David, Today, (after so long a time). Even as it is said, Today, if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.


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Therefore let us labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.


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For the word of God [is] living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to [the] dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.


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Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight, but all things [are] naked and opened to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.


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Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession.


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For we do not have a high priest who cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted just as [we are, yet] without sin.


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


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For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in the things [pertaining] to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,


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who can have compassion on the ignorant and on those who are out of the way. For he himself also is compassed with weakness.


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So also Christ did not glorify Himself to be made a high priest, but He who said to Him, You are My Son, today I have begotten You.


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[For Jesus], in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong cryings and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared,


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For indeed because of the time, you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again what [are] the first principles of the oracles of God. And you have become [in] need of milk, and not of solid food.


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But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, [even] those who because of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.


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Therefore, having left the discourse of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to full growth, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,


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of [the] baptisms, of doctrine, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.


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For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of [the] Holy Spirit,


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and who have fallen away; it is impossible, I say, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify the Son of God afresh to themselves and put [Him] to an open shame.


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(For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth plants fit for those by whom it is dressed, receives blessing from God.


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But [that which] bears thorns and briers [is] rejected and [is] a curse, whose end [is] to be burned.)


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But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you and things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this way.


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


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And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness to the full assurance of hope to [the] end,


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that you be not slothful, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.


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In this way desiring to declare more fully to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, God interposed by an oath,


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so that by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible [for] God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before [us],


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which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil,


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where the Forerunner has entered for us, even] Jesus, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.


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


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To him Abraham also gave a tenth of all. [He was] first by interpretation king of righteousness, and after that also king of Salem, which is king of peace,


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


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Now consider how great this man [was], to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.


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And truly they [who are] of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priest, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the Law, that is, from their brothers, though they come out of the loins of Abraham.


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But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.


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And here men who die receive tithes; but there he [receives them], of whom it is witnessed that he lives.


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


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


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For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.


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And it is still far more evident, since there arises another priest after the likeness of Melchizedek,


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


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For truly there] is a putting away of the commandment which went before, because of the weakness and unprofitableness of it.


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


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(for those priests were made without an oath, but this one was made with an oath by Him who said to Him, The Lord swore and will not repent, You [are] a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek,)


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Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who come unto God by Him, [since He] ever lives to make intercession for them.


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For such a high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens,


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who does not need, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice daily, first for his own [sins] and then for the people's sins. For He did this once for all, when He offered up Himself.


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For the Law appoints men high priests who have infirmity, but the word of the swearing of an oath, after the Law, [has consecrated] the Son forever, having been perfected.


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Now the sum of the things which we have spoken [is this]: We have such a High Priest, who has sat down on [the] right of the throne of the Majesty in Heaven,


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


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


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who serve the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned of God when he was about to make the tabernacle. For, He says See [that] you make all things according to the pattern shown to you in the mountain.


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But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much He is also the Mediator of a better covenant, which was built upon better promises.


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For if that first [covenant] had been without fault, [then] no place would have been sought for the] second.


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For finding fault with them, He said to them, Behold, days are coming, says [the] Lord, and I will make an end on the house of Israel and on the house of Judah; a new covenant shall be,


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


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For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their mind and write them in their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.


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And they shall not each man teach his neighbor, and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest.


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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.


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In that He says, A new [covenant], He has made the first one old. Now that which decays and becomes old [is] ready to vanish away.


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For the first tabernacle was prepared, in which [was] both the lampstand, and the table, and the setting out of the loaves, which is called Holies.


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having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid all around with gold, in which [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.


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And over it were the cherubs of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat (about which we cannot now speak piece by piece.


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Now when these things were ordained in this way, the priests always went into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of God].


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But once [in] the year into the second the high priest [goes] alone, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people)


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


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For it [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him who did the service perfect as regards the conscience,


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[which stood] only in meats and drinks, and different kinds of washings and fleshly ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.


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But when Christ had become a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building


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nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by [His] own blood [He] entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].


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For if the blood of bulls and of goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean 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 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 covenant, so that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first covenant, those who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.


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For a covenant [is] affirmed over [those] dead, since it never has force when The one covenanting is living.


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


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


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Therefore [it was] necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified [with] these, but the heavenly things themselves were purified] with better sacrifices than these.


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For Christ has not entered into the [Holy of] Holies made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.


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Nor yet that He should offer Himself often, even as the high priest enters into the [Holy of] Holies every year with the blood of others


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(for then He must have suffered often since [the] foundation of the world), but now once in the end of the world He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.


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so Christ was once offered to bear [the] sins of many. And to those who look for Him He shall appear the second [time] without sin to salvation.


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For the Law which has a shadow of good things to come, not the very image of the things, [appearing] year by year with the same sacrifices, which they offer continually, they are never able to perfect those drawing near.


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For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, when they had been once for all purged, would have had no more conscience of sin.


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


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Above, when He said, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin You did not desire, neither did You have pleasure in them (which are offered according to the Law),


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


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And indeed every priest stands daily ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.


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


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by a new and living way which He has consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, His flesh;


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


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


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


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but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.


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Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy of punishment, the [one] who has trampled the Son of God, and who has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?


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For we know Him who has said, Vengeance [belongs] to Me, I will repay, says [the] Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His people.


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


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indeed being exposed both by reproaches and afflictions, and while you became companions of those who lived so.


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For you both sympathized with my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling 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, so that after you have done the will of God you might receive the promise.


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But we are not of those] withdrawing to destruction, but of those who believe to [the] preserving of [the] soul.


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By faith we understand that] the ages were] framed by a word of God, so that the things being seen not to have come into being out of the things that appear.


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By faith Abel offered to 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.


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By faith Enoch was translated [so as] not to see death, and he 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 who comes to God must believe that He is and [that] He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.


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By faith Noah, having been warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark to [the] saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness [which is] according to faith.


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By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out into a place which he was afterward going to receive for an inheritance. And [he] went out, not knowing where he went.


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By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.


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


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Because of this came into being [from] one, and that of one] having died, even as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.


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These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of [them] and embraced [them] and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.


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


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But now they stretch forth to a better [fatherland], that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.


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By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. And he who had received the promises offered up his only-begotten [son],


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concluding that God [was] able to raise him up, even from [the] dead, from where he even received him, in a figure.


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


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By faith, Joseph dying remembered concerning the Exodus of the sons of Israel and gave orders concerning his bones.


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By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw [he was] a beautiful child. And they were not afraid of the king's commandments.


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


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esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.


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By faith he left 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 who destroyed the first-born should touch them.


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By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry [land], which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned.


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


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


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who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped [the] mouths of lions,


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quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the strangers.


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


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They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.


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


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Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,


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looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured [the] cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right of the throne of God.


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For consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest you be weary and faint in your minds.


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And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons, My son, despise not 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 does not chasten?


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But if you are without chastisement, of which all are partakers, then you are bastards and not sons.


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Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?


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For truly 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 chastening for the present does not seem to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it.


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And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.


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looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God, or lest any root of bitterness springing up disturb [you], and by it many are defiled,


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(lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.


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For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he did not find any place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears).


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For you have not come to the mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, nor to blackness and darkness and tempest,


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and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words (which [voice] they who heard begged that a word should not be spoken to them any more,


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for they could not endure the thing commanded, And if so much as a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned or thrust through with a dart,


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


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to the [general] assembly and church of the first-born who are written in Heaven, and to God [the] judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,


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


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See [that] you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape, those who refused him that spoke on earth, much more we [shall not escape] if we turn away from Him who speaks from Heaven,


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


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And this [word], Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, so that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.


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


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Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with [them], 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 fornicators and adulterers God will judge.


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[Let your] way of life [be] without the love of money, [and be] content with such things as you have, for He has said, Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!


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Remember those leading you, who have spoken to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conduct:


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Do not be carried about with different and strange doctrines, for [it is] good for the heart to be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who have walked [in them] were not helped.


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


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


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By Him, then, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, [the] fruit of [our] lips, confessing His name.


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Yield to those leading you, and be submissive, for they watch for your souls, [as those who must] give account, that they may do it with joy and not with grief; for that [is] unprofitable for you.


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Now may the God of peace (who brought again our Lord Jesus from [the] dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through [the] blood of the everlasting covenant)


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make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working 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, brothers, allow the word of exhortation. For I have written a letter to you in few words.


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Know that [our] brother Timothy has been set at liberty, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.


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James, a servant of God and of [the] Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greeting:


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But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, [who] gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.


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


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and the rich one [rejoice] in his humiliation, because he shall pass away as the flower of the grass.


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For the sun rose with the hot wind and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also the rich one will fade away in his ways.


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Blessed [is] the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.


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Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one.


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Then when lust has conceived, [it] brings forth sin. And sin, when it is fully formed, 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 nor shadow of turning.


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Of [His own] will He brought us forth with [the] Word of truth, for us to be a certain firstfruit of His creatures.


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Therefore putting aside all filthiness and overflowing of evil, receive in meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls.


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For if anyone is a hearer of [the] Word and not a doer, he is like a man studying his natural face in a mirror.


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But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [in it], he is not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of [the] work. This one shall be blessed in his doing.


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If anyone thinks to be religious among you, [yet] does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this one's religion [is] vain.


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Pure religion and undefiled before God and [the] Father [is] this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.


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My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respecter of faces.


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For if there comes a gold-fingered man in fancy clothing into your assembly, and if there also comes in a poor man in shabby clothing,


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and if you have respect to him who has the fancy clothing and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, You stand there, or sit here under my footstool;


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Listen, my beloved brothers, 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 dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw 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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For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. But if you do not commit adultery, yet if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.


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My brothers, what profit [is it] if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him?


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and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them those things which are needful to the body, what good [is it] ?


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


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


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And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she had received the messengers and had [sent] them out another way?


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For [in] many [things] we all offend. If anyone does not offend in word, the same [is] a full-grown man, able also to bridle the whole body.


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


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Behold also the ships being so great, and driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small rudder, where the impulse of him steering desires.


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


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And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.


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For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of sea-animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.


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By this we bless God, even [the] Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.


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


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Who [is] wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by [his] good conduct with meekness of wisdom.


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


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From where do wars and fightings among you [come]? [Is it] not from this, from your lusts which war in your members?


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You desire, and do not have. You murder, and are jealous, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you have not because you ask not.


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Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity [with] God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.


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But He gives more grace. Therefore He says, God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.


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


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


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Come now, those saying, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, and we will trade and will make a profit,


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who do not know of the morrow. For what [is] your life? For it is a vapor, which appears for a little time, and then disappears.


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


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Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of [the] Lord of hosts.


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You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived wantonly. You have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.


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Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and has long patience for it, until he receives [the] early and the latter rain.


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Do not grudge against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned. Behold, [the] Judge stands before the door.


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My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of [the] Lord, [for] an example of suffering ill, and of patience.


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Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.


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But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and [your] no, no, lest you fall into condemnation.


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


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


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


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Elijah was a man of like passion as we are. And he prayed earnestly [that it] might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for the time of three years and six months.


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know that he who turns back 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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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to [the] elect sojourners of [the] Dispersion of Pontus, of Galatia, of Cappadocia, of Asia, and of Bithynia,


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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of [the] Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.


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


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by [the] power of God, having been kept through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;


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so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,


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whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified,


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About which salvation the prophets sought out and searched out, prophesying concerning the grace for you;


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searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ made clear within them, testifying beforehand of the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow.


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


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Therefore girding up the loins of your mind, being sober, perfectly hope for the grace being brought to you at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ,


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And if you call on [the] Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your [earthly] residence in fear,


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knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from [your] fathers,


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indeed having been foreknown before [the] foundation of [the] world, but revealed in [the] last times for you,


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those believing in God through Him, He who raised Him up from [the] dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.


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Purifying your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,


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having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living word of God, and abiding forever.


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For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of men as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls out,


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Therefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings, and all evil speakings,


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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 through Jesus Christ.


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Therefore also it is contained in the Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner Stone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him shall never be ashamed.


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Therefore to you who believe [is] the honor. But to those who are disobedient, [He is the] Stone which the builders rejected; this One came to be [the] Head of the corner,


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and a Stone-of-stumbling and a Rock-of-offense to those disobeying, who stumble at the word, to which they also were appointed.


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But you [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;


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[you] who then were not a people, but now the people of God, those not pitied [then], but now pitied.


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Dearly beloved, I exhort [you] as [temporary] residents and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,


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having your conduct honest among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers, they may glorify God in a day of [His] visitation, seeing [your] good works.


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Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear, not only to those good and forbearing, but also to the perverse ones.


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For what glory [is it] if you patiently endure [while] sinning and being buffeted? But if you suffer [while] doing good, and patiently endure, this [is] a grace from God.


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For you were not called to this? For Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,


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who when He was reviled did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but gave [Himself] up to Him who judges righteously.


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[He] Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that dying to sins, we might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.


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For you were as sheep going astray, but now you are turned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.


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Likewise, wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without the word by the conduct of the wives,


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Of whom let not be the adorning of garments, or outward braiding of hair and wearing of gold, or of putting on clothing,


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but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, the meek and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the sight of God.


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For so once indeed the holy women hoping in God adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands;


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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children you became, doing good and fearing no terror.


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Likewise, husbands, live together according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, the female, as truly [being] co-heirs together of [the] grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.


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And finally, all [be] of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly.


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Never give back evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, [giving] blessing, knowing that you are called to this so that you might inherit blessing.


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For he that wants to love life and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.


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For the eyes of [the] Lord [are] on the righteous, and His ears [open] to their prayers. But [the] Lord's face [is] against [those] who do evil.


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But if you also suffer for righteousness' sake, [you are] blessed. And do not fear their fear, nor be troubled,


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but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to everyone who asks you a reason of the hope in you, with meekness and fear;


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having a good conscience, that while they speak against you as evildoers they may be shamed, those falsely accusing your good behavior in Christ.


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For [it is] better, if the will of God wills [it], to suffer [for] well-doing than [for] evil-doing.


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


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to disobeying ones, when once the long-suffering of God waited in [the] days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared (in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through water);


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which figure now also saves us, baptism; not a putting away of [the] filth of [the] flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, by [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ;


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who is at [the] right [hand] of God, having gone into Heaven, where [the] angels and authorities and powers are being subjected to Him.


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Therefore, Christ having suffered for us in [the] flesh, also you arm yourselves [with] the same thought, that he suffering in [the] flesh has been made to rest from sin,


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in order no longer to [live] in [the] lusts of men, but in [the] will of God the remaining time in [the] flesh.


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For the time of life which is past is enough for us to have worked out the will of the nations, having gone on in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, parties, carousings, and abominable idolatries.


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In these things they are surprised, [that] you [are] not running with [them] into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.


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For to this [end] the gospel was preached also to [the] dead, that they might be judged according to men in [the] flesh, but live according to God in [the] Spirit.


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each one as he received a gift, ministering it to yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.


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If anyone speaks, [let it be] as [the] words of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as of the ability which God gives, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory, and the might forever and ever. Amen.


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Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as [though] a strange thing happened to you,


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


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If you are reviled for [the] name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.


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But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or a meddler in the affairs of others.


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But if [one suffers] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God because of this.


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For the time [has come] for the judgment to begin from the house of God. And if [it] first [begins] from us, what [will be] the end of those disobeying the gospel of God?


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


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I exhort the elders who are among you, I being also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.


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Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;


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Likewise, younger ones, be subject to older ones, and all being subject to one another. Put on humility. For God resists proud ones, but He gives grace to the humble.


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Be sensible [and] vigilant, because your adversary [the] Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;


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whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in [the] world are being completed in your brotherhood.


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But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, [He] will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish [you].


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I wrote to you through a few [words], by Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, exhorting and testifying this to be [the] true grace of God in which you stand.


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Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through [the] righteousness of our God and our Savior Jesus Christ,


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


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through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so 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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But also in this very thing, bringing in all diligence, filling out your faith with virtue, and with virtue, knowledge;


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and with] knowledge self-control, and [with] self-control, patience, and [with] patience, godliness,


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For if these things are in you and abound, they make you to be] neither idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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For he] in whom these things are not present is blind and cannot see afar off and has forgotten that he was purged from his sins in the past.


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Therefore, brothers, rather be diligent 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 to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.


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Therefore I will not neglect to put you always in remembrance of these things, though [you] know [them] and are established in the present truth.


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knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.


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For not having followed fables having been cunningly devised, but becoming eyewitnesses of the majesty of Jesus Christ, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord.


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For He received honor and glory from God [the] Father, when was borne to Him a voice from the excellent glory, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


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We also have a more sure word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the Daystar arises in your hearts,


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knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture came into being of [its] own private interpretation.


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For prophecy was not borne at any time by [the] will of man, but holy men of God spoke being borne along by the Holy Spirit.


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


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And many will follow their pernicious ways, and because of them the way of truth will be evil spoken of.


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And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.


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For if God did not spare sinning angels, but thrust [them] down into Tartarus, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, being reserved to judgment.


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And He did not spare [the] old world, but saved Noah [the] eighth one, 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, He condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting an example to men] intending to live ungodly.


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For that righteous one living among them, in seeing and hearing, [his] righteous soul [was] tormented from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds.


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[The] Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust for a day of judgment, to be punished,


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and especially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise dominion. They are darers, self-pleasing; not trembling [at] glories, speaking evil.


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Where angels, [who are] greater in power and might, do not bring a reproaching accusation against them before [the] Lord.


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But these, as unreasoning natural brute animals having been born for capture and corruption, speak evil of the things that they do not understand. And they will utterly perish in their own corruption,


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being about to receive [the] wages of unrighteousness, deeming indulgence [as] pleasure in [the] daytime, and reveling [in] spots and blemishes, feasting along with you in their deceits,


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having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised [with] covetousness. [They are] cursed children


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who 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 had reproof of [his] lawbreaking, a dumb ass speaking in a man's voice, held back the madness of the prophet.


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


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For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they lure through [the] lusts of the flesh, by unbridled lust, the ones who were escaping from those who live in error;


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promising them liberty, they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.


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For if [they] have escaped the pollutions of the world through the full knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and are again entangled, they have been overcome by these, [their] last things are worse [than] the first.


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


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But [the] word of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog turning to [his] own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to wallowing in the mire.


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to remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Savior by us, the apostles.


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First, knowing this, that there will come in [the] last days scoffers walking according to 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 creation.


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For this is hidden from them [by their] willing it, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of the water, and through water, being held together by the word of God,


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But the present heavens and the earth being kept in store by the same word, are being kept for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.


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But, beloved, let not this one thing be hidden [from you], that one day [is] with [the] Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


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The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any [of us] should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in [the] night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and [the] elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up.


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Then, all these things being [about to be] dissolved, what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness,


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looking for and rushing the coming of the Day of God, on account of which [the] heavens, being on fire, will melt away, and [the] elements will melt, burning with heat?


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


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


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And think of the long-suffering of our Lord [as] salvation (as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him


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as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also [they do] the rest of the Scriptures, to [their] own destruction).


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Therefore, beloved, knowing beforehand, beware lest being led away with the error of the lawless, you fall from [your] own steadfastness.


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But grow in grace and [in] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him [be] the glory, both now and to [the] day of eternity. Amen.


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


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(for the Life was revealed, and we have seen [it] and bear witness, and show to you the everlasting Life, who was with the Father and was revealed to us),


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that which we have seen and heard we declare unto you, so 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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And this is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.


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If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.


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


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


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


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And He is [the] propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning [the sins of] all the world.


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He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.


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But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.


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Brothers, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from [the] beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from [the] beginning.


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Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true Light now shines.


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


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


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I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him [who is] from [the] beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.


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Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,


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because 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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Little children, it is the last time. And just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which we know that it is the last hour.


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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have continued with us. But [they went out] so that it might be revealed that they were not all of us.


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


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


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Everyone who denies the Son neither has the Father. The [one] confessing the Son also has the Father.


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Therefore what you heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If what you heard from [the] beginning remains in you, you will abide in both the Son and in the Father.


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But the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and no lie, and as He has taught you, abide in Him.


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And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is revealed, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him in His coming.


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If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness has been born of Him.


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


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


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Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as that [One] is righteous.


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He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the Devil.


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Everyone who has been born of God does not commit sin, because His seed remains in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.


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In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the Devil: everyone not practicing righteousness is not of God, also he who does not love his brother.


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not as Cain [who] was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And for what did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's things were righteous.


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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.


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Everyone hating his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has everlasting life abiding in him.


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By this we have known the love [of God], because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brothers.


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


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


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


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And he who keeps His commandment dwells in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He gave to us.


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Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits to see if they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.


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By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in [the] flesh is of God;


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and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in [the] flesh is not of God. And this is the antichrist you heard is coming, and even now is already in the world.


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


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We are of God. He who knows God hears us. The one who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.


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Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.


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


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


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No one 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 in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.


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In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as He is, so also we are in this world.


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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment. He who fears has not been perfected in love.


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If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if he does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?


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Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. And everyone who loves Him who begets also loves him who has been born of Him.


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


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For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.


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


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


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And there are three that bear witness on the earth:] the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are into the 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 about His Son.


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He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself. He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the record that God gave of His Son.


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I have written these things to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.


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


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


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If anyone sees his brother sin a sin not to death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those that do not sin to death. There is a sin to death, I do not say that he shall pray for it.


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We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one born of God guards himself, and the evil one does not touch him.


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And we know that the Son of God has come, and [He] has given us an understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the everlasting life.


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


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


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I rejoiced greatly that I found your children walking in truth, as we have received command from the Father.


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And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to 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, as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.


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For many deceivers have entered into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in [the] flesh. This is the deceiver and the anti-christ.


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Look to yourselves, so that we may not lose those things which we worked out, but that we may receive a full reward.


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Everyone transgressing and not abiding in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.


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If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into [your] house, nor speak a greeting to him.


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Having many things to write to you, I do not want [to say] with paper and ink. But I trust to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be full.


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Beloved, in regard to all things I pray [that] you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.


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


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who in love bore witness of you before [the] church, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God;


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


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Therefore if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, ranting against us with evil words. And not content [with] these, neither does he himself receive the brothers. And he forbids those who would, and casts [them] out of the church.


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Beloved, do not imitate the bad, but the good. He who does good is from God, but he who does evil has not seen God.


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


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but I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face. Peace [be] to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.


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Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the [ones] called in God [the] Father, having been set apart, and having been kept by Jesus Christ:


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Having made all haste to write to you about the common salvation, beloved, I had need to write to you to exhort [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.


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For certain men crept in secretly, those having been of old previously written into this condemnation, ungodly ones perverting the grace of our God for unbridled lust, and denying the only Master, God, even our Lord Jesus Christ.


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But I intend to remind you, you once knowing these things, that the Lord having delivered a people out of the land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed the ones not believing.


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And those angels not having kept their first place, but having deserted their dwelling-place, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of a great Day;


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as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, committing fornication, and going away after other flesh, laid down an example before-times, undergoing vengeance of everlasting fire.


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Likewise, indeed, also these dreaming ones even defile flesh, and despise rulership, and speak evil of glories.


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But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the Devil, he argued about the body of Moses, he dared not bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, Let the Lord rebuke you!


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But what things they do not know, they speak evil of. And what things they understand naturally, like the animals without reason, they are corrupted by these.


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Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain, and gave themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.


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These are sunken rocks in your love feasts, feasting together with you; feeding themselves without fear; waterless clouds being carried about by winds; fruitless autumn trees, having died twice, having been plucked up by the roots;


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wild waves of the sea foaming up their shames; wandering stars for whom blackness of darkness has been kept forever.


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And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied to these, saying, Behold, the Lord came with myriads of His saints,


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to do judgment against all, and to rebuke all the ungodly of them concerning all their ungodly works which they ungodly did, and concerning all the hard things ungodly sinners spoke against Him.


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These are murmurers, complainers, leading lives according to their lusts. And their mouth speaks proud things, admiring faces for the sake of gain.


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because they told you that at [the] last time there will be mockers according to their lusts, leading ungodly lives.


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keep yourselves in the love of God, eagerly awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to everlasting life.


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But save others with fear, snatching [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment having been stained from the flesh.


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Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with unspeakable joy;


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to the only wise God, our Savior, [be] glory and majesty and might and authority, even now and forever. Amen.


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A Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to declare to His servants things which must shortly come to pass. And He signified [it] by sending His angel to 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 the things that he saw.


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Blessed [is] the [one] who reads and hears the words of this prophecy, and the ones keeping the things written in it, for the time [is] near.


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John to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who [is] coming; and from the seven spirits which are before His throne;


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even from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,


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and made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him [be] glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.


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Behold, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and those who pierced Him will see Him, and all the kindreds of the earth will wail because of Him. Even so, Amen.


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I am the 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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I, John, [who] also [am] your brother and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island that is called Patmos, for the Word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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


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And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. And in the midst of the seven lampstands I saw [One] like [the] Son of man, clothed with a garment down to [the] feet, and tied around the breast with a golden band.


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His head and hair [were] white like wool, as white as snow. And His eyes [were] like a flame of fire.


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And His feet were like burnished brass having been fired in a furnace. And His voice was like the sound of many waters.


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


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


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and the Living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen. And I 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 after this,


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


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


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I know your works and your labor and your patience, and how you cannot bear those who are evil. And [you] tried those pretending to be apostles, and are not, and have found them liars.


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And [you] have borne, and have patience, and for My name's sake you have labored and have not fainted.


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Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and will remove your lampstand out of its place unless you repent.


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


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And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The First and the Last, who became dead and lived, says these things:


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I know your works and tribulation and poverty (but you are rich), and [I know] the blasphemy of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan.


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Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil will cast [some] of you into prison, so that you may be tried. And you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.


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And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write: He who has the sharp sword with two edges says these things.


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I know your works, and where you live, [even] where Satan's seat [is]. And you hold fast My name and have not denied My faith, even in those days in which 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 those who hold the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication.


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


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And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, He who has His eyes like a flame of fire and His feet like burnished metal, says these things:


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I know your works and love and service and faith and your patience, and your works; and the last [to be] more than the first.


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But I have a few things against you because you allow that woman Jezebel to teach, she saying herself [to be] a prophetess, and to cause My servants to go astray, and to commit fornication, and to eat idol-sacrifices.


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Behold, I am throwing her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of their deeds.


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


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


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And he will rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels [of a potter] they will be broken to pieces, even as I received from My Father.


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


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


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Remember then how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will 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 will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.


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The one who overcomes, this one will be clothed in white clothing. And I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.


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


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I know your works. Behold, I have given before you an open door, and no one 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 give out of those of the synagogue of Satan, those saying themselves to be Jews and are not, but lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.


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


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


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And to the angel of the church of the Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of God, says these things:


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


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I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and [so that] the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.


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


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


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After these things 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, saying, Come up here, and I will show you what must occur after these things.


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And immediately I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and [One] sat upon the throne.


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And He who sat there looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. And a rainbow [was] around the throne, looking like an emerald.


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And around the throne [I saw] twenty-four thrones. And on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white clothing. And they had crowns of gold on their heads.


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And out of the throne came lightnings and thunderings and voices. And seven lamps of fire [were] burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.


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And a sea of glass [was] in front of the throne, like crystal. And in [the] midst of the throne, and around the throne, [were] four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.


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


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And each one of the four living creatures had six wings about [him], and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and [is] to come.


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And whenever the living creatures gave glory and honor and thanks to Him who sat on the throne, who lives forever and ever,


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the twenty-four elders fell down before the One sitting on the throne. And they worshiped Him who lives for ever and ever, and threw their crowns before the throne, saying,


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


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And I saw a book on the right of Him sitting on the throne, written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.


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And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loosen its seals?


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And no one in Heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, was able to open the book or to look at it.


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And I wept very much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, nor to look at it.


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And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.


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And I looked, and lo, in [the] midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, amidst the elders, a Lamb stood, as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.


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And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having harps and golden vials full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.


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And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation.


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And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And the number of them was myriads and myriads, and thousands of thousands,


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


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


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And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped [the] One living forever and ever.


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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures like a sound of thunder, saying, Come and see.


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And I saw. And behold a white horse! And he sitting on it had a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer.


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


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And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I looked, and lo, a black horse. And he sitting on it had a balance in his hand.


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And I heard a voice in [the] midst of the four living creatures say, A choenix of wheat [for] a denarius, and three choenixes of barley [for] a denarius. And do not hurt the oil and the wine.


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


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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him sitting on it [was] Death, and Hell followed with him. And authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword and with hunger and with death and by the beasts of the earth.


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


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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, Until when, Master, holy and true, do You not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?


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And white robes were given to each one of them. And it was said to them that they should rest yet for a little time, until both their fellow servants and their brothers (those about to be killed as they [were] ) should have their number made complete.


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


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And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, 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 like 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, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, 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 sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;


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And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so 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, Do not hurt the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.


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And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred [and] forty-four thousands, having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.


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Out of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand had been sealed.


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Out of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand had been sealed.


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Out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand had been sealed.


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Out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand had been sealed. Out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand had been sealed.


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After these things I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palms in their hands.


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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb.


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And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne on their faces and worshiped God,


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


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


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And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes, and have whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.


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Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His temple. And He sitting on the throne will dwell among them.


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For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will feed them and will lead them to [the] fountains of living waters. And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.


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And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And many incenses were given to him, so that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints on the golden altar 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 from 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] into the earth. And voices and thunderings and lightnings and an earthquake occurred.


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The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were cast on the earth. And the third [part] of trees was burned up, and all green grass was burned up.


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And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea. And the third [part] of the sea became blood.


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And the third [part] of the creatures in the sea, those having souls, died; and the third [part] of the ships was destroyed.


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And the third angel sounded, and a great star burning like a lamp fell from the heaven, and it fell on the third [part] of the rivers and on 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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And the fourth angel sounded, and the third [part] of the sun was stricken, and the third [part] of the moon, and the third [part] of the stars, so that the third [part] of them was darkened, and the day did not appear for a third [part] of it, and the night also.


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And I saw and I heard one angel flying in mid-heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, from the rest of the voices of the trumpet of the three angels being about to sound!


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And the fifth angel sounded. And I saw a star fall from the heaven to the earth, and it was given the key of the abyss.


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


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


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And they were commanded not to hurt the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have 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] like a scorpion's torment when he stings a man.


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


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


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And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron. And the sound of their wings [was] like the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.


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And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. And their authority [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, but in Greek his name [is] Apollyon.


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And the sixth angel sounded his trumpet. And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,


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


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And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, in order to slay the third [part] of men.


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And the number of the armies of the horsemen [was] two myriads of myriads. And I heard their number.


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And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, having breastplates of fire, even dusky red and brimstone. And the heads of the horses [were] like the heads of lions. And out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.


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


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For their authority is in their mouth and in their tails. For their tails [were] like serpents with heads, and with them they do harm.


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And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues [still] did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and golden, and silver, and bronze, and stone, and wooden idols (which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk).


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And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.


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And I saw another mighty angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow [was] on his head, and his face [was] as the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.


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


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And he cried with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. And when he had cried, seven thunders spoke their sounds.


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And when the seven thunders spoke their sounds, I was about to write. And I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me, Seal up what things the seven thunders spoke, and do not write these things.


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and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there should no longer be time.


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


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And the voice which I heard from Heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.


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


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


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And a reed like a rod was given to me. And the angel stood, saying, Rise up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it.


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But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it was given to the nations. And they will trample the holy city forty-two months.


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And I will give [power] to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed [in] sackcloth.


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And if anyone will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone will hurt them, so it is right for him to be killed.


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These have authority to shut up the heaven, that it may not rain in the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.


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And when they complete their testimony, the beast coming up out of the abyss will make war against them and will overcome them and kill them.


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


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And many of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three days and a half, and they will not allow their dead bodies to be put in tombs.


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And the ones who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will make merry, and will send one another gifts, because these two prophets tormented those living on the earth.


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And after three days and a half, a spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. And great fear fell on those seeing them.


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And they heard a great voice from Heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they went up to Heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.


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And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and the tenth [part] of the city fell. And seven thousand names of men were slain in the earthquake. And the rest were frightened and gave glory to the God of Heaven.


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And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever.


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And the twenty-four elders sitting before God on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshiped God,


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saying, We thank You, O Lord God Almighty, who are, and who was, and who is coming, because You took Your great power and reigned.


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And the nations were full of wrath, and Your wrath came, and the time of the judging of the dead, and to give the reward to Your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to the ones fearing Your name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those destroying the earth.


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And the temple of God was opened in Heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His covenant, and there occurred lightnings and voices, and thunders and an earthquake, and a great hail.


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And there appeared a great sign in the heavens, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head,


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And another sign was seen in the heavens. And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads!


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And his tail drew the third [part] of the stars of heaven, and cast them onto the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman being about to bear, so that when she bears he might devour her child.


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And she bore a son, a male, who is going to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her child was caught up to God and [to] His throne.


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And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, so that they might nourish her there a thousand, two hundred [and] sixty days.


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And there was war in Heaven. Michael and his angels warring against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels warred,


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And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.


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And I heard a great voice saying in Heaven, Now has come the salvation and power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.


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And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death.


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Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and those tabernacling in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and in the sea! For the Devil came down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a little time.


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And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who bore the man [child].


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And two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, so 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 serpent's face.


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


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And the earth helped the woman. And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.


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


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And I stood on the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. And on its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads was the name of blasphemy.


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And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet like [those] of a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him its power and its seat and great authority.


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And I saw one of its heads as having been slain to death, and its deadly wound was healed. And all the earth marveled after the beast.


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And they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, Who [is] like the beast? Who is able to make war with it?


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And a mouth speaking great things was given to it, and blasphemies. And authority was given to it to continue forty-two months.


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And it opened its mouth in blasphemy toward God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, and those dwelling in Heaven.


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And it was given to it to war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given to it over every tribe and tongue and nation.


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And all dwelling on the earth will worship it, those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain, from the foundation of the world.


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He who leads into captivity will go into captivity. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed by a sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.


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And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. And it had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.


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And it exercises all the authority of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and those dwelling in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.


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


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And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, because of the miracles which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the wound by a sword and lived.


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And there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might both speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.


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And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads,


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even that not any might buy or sell except those having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.


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Here is the wisdom. Let him having reason count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And its number [is] six hundred [and] sixty-six.


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And I looked, and lo, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion. And with Him were a hundred [and] forty-four thousands, having His Father's name written in their foreheads.


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And I heard a voice from Heaven, like the voice of many waters and like 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 creatures and the elders. And no one could learn that song except the hundred [and] forty-four thousands who were redeemed from the earth.


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These are those who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, [as a] firstfruit to God and to the Lamb.


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And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those dwelling on the earth, even to every nation and kindred and tongue and people,


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saying with a great voice, Fear God and give glory to Him! For the hour of His judgment has come. And worship Him who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.


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And another angel followed, saying, The great city, Babylon, has fallen, has fallen; because of the wine of the anger of her fornication; she has made all nations to drink.


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And a third angel followed them, saying with a great voice, If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark in his forehead or in his hand,


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he also will drink of the wine of the anger of God, having been mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented by fire and brimstone before the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.


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And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And they have no rest day or night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.


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Here is the patience of the saints. Here [are] the ones who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.


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And I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they shall rest from their labors, and their works follow them.


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And I looked, and behold, a white cloud. And on the cloud sat one like the Son of man, having a golden crown on His head, and a sharp sickle in His hand.


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And another angel came out of the temple, crying in a great voice to Him sitting on the cloud, Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth was dried.


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


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And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the anger of God.


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And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, for the space of a thousand, six hundred stadia.


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And I saw another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels with 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 those who had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.


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And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous [are] Your works, Lord God Almighty, just and true [are] Your ways, O King of saints.


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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 righteousnesses were made known.


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And after these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony was opened in Heaven.


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And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and were tied at the breasts with golden bands.


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And one of the four living creatures gave to 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 authority. And no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.


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And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the vials of the anger of God on the earth.


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And the first went and poured out his vial on the earth. And a bad and grievous sore fell on the men who had the mark of the beast, and [on] those who worshiped his image.


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And the second angel poured out his vial on the sea. And it became like the blood of a dead one, and every living soul died in the sea.


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And the third angel poured out his vial on the rivers and fountains of waters, and they became blood.


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And I heard the angel of the waters say, Righteous is the Lord, who is, and was, and who will be, because You have judged these things,


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since they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets; and You gave them blood to drink, for they were deserving.


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And I heard another out of the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] Your judgments.


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And the fourth angel poured out his vial onto the sun. And it was given to him to burn men with fire.


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And men were burned with great heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, He having authority over these plagues. And they did not repent in order to give Him glory.


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And the fifth angel poured out his vial on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened. And they gnawed their tongues from the pain.


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And they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores. And they did not repent of their deeds.


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And the sixth angel poured out his vial on the great river Euphrates. And its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from [the] rising of [the] sun 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 spirits of demons, working miracles, [which] go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that day, the great day of God Almighty.


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Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed [is] the [one] who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.


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And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air. And a great voice came out of the temple of Heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done!


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


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And the great city came to be into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the anger of His wrath.


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And a great hail, as the size of a talent, came down out of the heaven on men. And men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague of it was exceedingly great.


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And one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came and talked with me, saying to me, Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot sitting on many waters,


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with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and became drunk with the wine of her fornication, those inhabiting the earth.


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And he carried me away into a desert by [the] Spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet. And she was gilded 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 on her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.


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And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with a great marveling.


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And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, that has the seven heads and ten horns.


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The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the abyss and go into perdition. And those dwelling on the earth will marvel, those whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.


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[And] here [is] the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.


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And there are seven kings; five have fallen, and one is, [and] the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.


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And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is 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 yet, but will receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.


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These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them. For He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with Him [are] the called and elect and faithful ones.


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And he says to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues,


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and the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked. And they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.


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For God gave into their hearts to do His mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God will be fulfilled.


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And after these things I saw another angel come down from Heaven, having great authority. And the earth was lighted up from his glory.


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And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen! And it has become the dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a cage of every unclean bird which has been hated,


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because of the wine of the anger of her fornication which all the nations have drunk. And the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her. And the merchants of the earth became rich from the power of her luxury.


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And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that you may not be partakers of her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues.


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Reward her as she has rewarded you, and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix double to her.


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As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.


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Therefore her plagues will come in one day, death and mourning and famine. And she will be consumed with fire, for the Lord God who judges her [is] strong.


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And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived in luxury with her will weep for her, and will wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;


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standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Woe! Woe to the great city, Babylon, that strong city! For in one hour your judgment came.


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the cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of very precious wood, and of bronze, and of iron, and of marble,


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and cinnamon, and incenses, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.


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And the fruits of the lust of your soul have departed from you, and all the fat things and the bright things departed from you, and you will find them no more, not at all.


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The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand afar off because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning


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and saying, Woe! Woe to the great city which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!


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For in one hour such great riches was desolated. And every ship-pilot, and all the company on the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, stood afar off.


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And they threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe! Woe to the great city, by which all who had ships in the sea were rich out of her costliness! For in one hour she was ruined.


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Rejoice over her, Heaven, and the holy apostles, and the prophets, since God judged your judgment on her.


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And one strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw [it] into the sea, saying, So on an impulse the great city, Babylon, will be thrown down and not at all will be found any more.


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And the voice of harpers, and of musicians. and flutists, and of trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. And every craftsman of any craft will not be found any more in you. And the sound of a mill will never more be heard at all in you.


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And the light of a lamp will never more shine at all in you. And the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will never more be heard at all in you. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by your sorceries all nations were deceived.


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And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all those who were slain on the earth.


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And after these things I heard a great sound of a numerous crowd in Heaven, saying, Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and honor and the power to the Lord our God!


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For true and righteous [are] His judgments. For He has judged the great harlot who defiled the earth with her fornication, and He has avenged the blood of His servants out of her hand.


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And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God sitting on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah!


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And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all His servants, and the ones fearing Him, the small and great.


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And I heard as the sound of a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah! For the Lord God omnipotent reigns!


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Let us be glad and rejoice and we will give glory to Him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself.


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And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white. For the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.


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And he said to me, Write, Blessed [are] those who have been called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God.


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And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See, do not do it! I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.


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And I saw Heaven opened. And behold, a white horse! And He sitting on him [was] called Faithful and True. And in righteousness He judges and makes war.


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And His eyes [were] like a flame of fire, and on His head many crowns. And He had a name written, one that no one knew except Himself.


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And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, so that with it He should strike the nations. And He will shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the anger and of the wrath of Almighty God.


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And I saw one angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a great voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come and gather together to the supper of the great God,


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so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and [the] flesh of commanders, and [the] flesh of strong ones, and [the] flesh of horses, and those sitting on them, and [the] flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.


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


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And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet doing signs before it, (by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast), and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.


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And the rest were slain by the sword of Him who sat on the horse, it proceeding out of His mouth. And all the birds were filled from their flesh.


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And I saw an angel come down from Heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.


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And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.


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And he cast him into the abyss and shut him up and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years should be fulfilled. And after that he must be loosed a little time.


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And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who 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 on their foreheads, nor in their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.


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But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.


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Blessed and holy [is] he who has part in the first resurrection. The second death has no authority over these, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.


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And he will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of them [is] as the sand of the sea.


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And they went up over the breadth of the earth and circled around the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of Heaven and devoured them.


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And the Devil who deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [were]. And he will be tormented day and night forever and ever.


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And I saw a great white throne, and Him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And a place was not found for them.


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And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before God. And 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 in it. And death and hell delivered up the dead in them. And each one of them was judged according to their works.


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And if anyone was not found having been written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the Lake of Fire.


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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And the sea no longer is.


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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 will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.


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And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying out, nor will there be any more pain; for the first things passed away.


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And He sitting on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, Write, for these words are true and faithful.


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And He said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who thirsts I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely.


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But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.


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And one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, Come here, 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 its light [was] like a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.


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And it] had a great and high wall, with twelve gates. And on the gates were twelve angels, and having names inscribed, which are the names] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:


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From the east three gates, from the north three gates, from the south three gates, and from the west three gates.


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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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And the city lies four-square, and the length is as large as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand stadia. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.


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And he measured its wall, a hundred [and] forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.


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And the foundations of the wall of the city had been adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;


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the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.


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And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls. Respectively, each one of the gates was one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.


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And the city had no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp [is] the Lamb.


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And the nations of those who are saved will walk in the light of it; and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.


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And there shall in no way enter into it anything that defiles, or any making an abomination or a lie; but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.


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And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.


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In the midst of its street, and of the river, from here and from there, [was] the Tree of Life, which bore twelve fruits, each yielding its fruit according to one month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.


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And every curse will no longer be; but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him.


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And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.


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And he said to me, These sayings [are] faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show to His servants the things which must shortly be done.


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And I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel showing me these things.


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Then he said to me, Behold! See, do not do it! For I am your fellow-servant, and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this Book. Do worship to God.


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He acting unjustly, let him still act unjustly. And the filthy, let him be filthy still. And the righteous, let him be righteous still. And the holy, let him be holy still.


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And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward [is] with Me, to give to each according as his work is.


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Blessed [are] they who do His commandments, that their authority will be over the Tree of Life, and they may enter in by the gates into the city.


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But outside [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and makes a lie.


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I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify these things to you over the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and Morning Star.


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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let the [one] hearing say, Come! And let the one] who is thirsty come. And he willing, let him take of the water of life freely.


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For I testify together [to] everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this Book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add on him the plagues that have been written in this Book.


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And if anyone takes away from the words of the Book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which have been written in this Book.


