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Because of this, having left the discourse of the beginning of Christ, let us be borne on to full growth, not laying down again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,


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of baptisms, of doctrine, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of dead ones, and of eternal judgment.


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For it is impossible for those once having been enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and becoming sharers of the Holy Spirit,


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and having fallen away, it is impossible for them again to renew to repentance, crucifying again for themselves the Son of God, and putting Him to open shame.


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(For the earth drinking in the rain often coming upon it, and producing vegetation suitable for those for whom it is also worked, receives blessing from God;


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"but bearing thorns and thistles," it is deemed unfit and near a curse, of which the end is for burning.) Gen.:,


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But, loved ones, even if we indeed speak so, we have been persuaded better things concerning you, even holding fast salvation.


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For God is not unjust, to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed to His name, ministering to the saints, and now are ministering.


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that you not become dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsuffering are inheriting the promises.


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For God having made promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, "He swore by Himself,"


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For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath to make things sure is to them the end of all gainsaying.


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


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that through two unchangeable things, in which it was not possible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, those having fled to lay hold on the hope set before us,


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which we have as an anchor of the soul, both certain and sure, and entering into the inner side of the veil, Lev.:


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


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For this "Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God," the one meeting Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, "and blessing him;"


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to whom also Abraham "divided a tenth from all" (first being interpreted, king of righteousness; and then also king of Salem, which is, king of peace, Gen.:-


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without father, without mother, without genealogy, nor beginning of days, nor having end of life, but having been made like the Son of God, he remains a priest in perpetuity).


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and indeed those of the sons of Levi receiving the priesthood have a command to tithe the people according to Law, (that is, from their brothers, though coming forth out of Abraham's loins),


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but he not counting his genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and has blessed the one having the promises.


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Truly, then, if perfection was through the Levitical priestly office (for the people had been given Law under it), why yet was there need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?


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For the One of whom these things are said has partaken of another tribe, from which no one has given devotion at the altar.


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For it is clear that our Lord has risen out of Judah, as to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.


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And it is still more abundantly clear that if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,


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who has not become so according to a law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an indissoluble life.


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For, indeed, an annulment of the preceding command comes about because of its weakness and unprofitableness.


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


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for they truly becoming priests are without oath-taking, but He with oath-taking, through the One saying to Him, The Lord swore, and will not care to change, "You are a priest to the age according to the order of Melchizedek;" Psalm:


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And from this He is able to save to the end completely the ones drawing near to God through Him, forever living to intercede on their behalf.


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For such a High Priest was fitting for us: holy, harmless, undefiled, and separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens;


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who has no need, as do the high priests, to offer sacrifices day by day, first for His own sins, then for those of the people. For He did this once for all, offering up Himself.


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For the Law makes men high priests who have infirmity, but the word of the oath-taking after the Law appoints the Son to the age, having been perfected.


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Now a summary over the things being said: We have such a High Priest, who sat down on the right of the throne of the Majesty in Heaven, Psa.:


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For every high priest is set in place to offer both gifts and sacrifices; from which it is necessary for this One also to have something which He may offer.


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For if indeed He were on earth, He would not even be a priest, there being those priests offering gifts according to the Law,


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who serve the pattern of and shadow of heavenly things, even as Moses was divinely warned, being about to make the tabernacle: For He says, "See that you make all things according to the pattern being shown to you in the mount." Exodus:


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But now He has gotten a more excellent ministry, also by so much as He is a Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.


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For finding fault, 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 which I made with their fathers in the day of My taking 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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Because this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, giving My Laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."


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"And they shall no more teach each one their neighbor, and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know Me, from the least of them to their great ones.


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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and I will not at all remember their sins and their lawless deeds." LXX-Jer.:-; MT-Jer.:-


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In the saying, New, He has made the first old. And the thing being made old and growing aged is near disappearing.


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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 holy.


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having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant covered around on all sides with gold, in which was the golden pot having the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;


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and above it the cherubs of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat (about which now is not enough time to speak piece by piece).


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And these having been prepared thus, the priests go into the first tabernacle through all, completing the services.


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But into the second the high priest goes alone once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and the ignorances of the people;


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the Holy Spirit signifying by this that the way of the Holy of Holies has not yet been made manifest, the first tabernacle still having been standing;


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which was a parable for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, but as regards conscience, not being able to perfect the one serving,


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but only on foods and drinks, and various washings, and fleshly ordinances, until the time of setting things right has been imposed.


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But Christ having appeared as a High Priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,


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nor through the blood of goats and of calves, but through His own blood, He entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, having procured everlasting redemption.


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For if the blood of bulls and goats, and ashes of a heifer sprinkling those having been defiled, sanctifies to the purity of the flesh,


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by how much more the blood of Christ (who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God), will purify your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God!


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And because of this He is Mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having occurred for redemption of transgressions under the first covenant, those being called might receive the promise of the everlasting inheritance.


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For a covenant is affirmed over those dead, since it never has force when he who has covenanted is living.


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For when every command had been spoken according to Law by Moses to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and he sprinkled both the scroll and all the people,


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And almost all things are purified by blood according to the Law; and apart from shedding of blood no remission occurs.


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Then it was needful for the figures of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these.


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For Christ did not enter into the Holy of Holies made by hands, types of the true things, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,


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


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since He must often have suffered from the foundation of the world. But now once for all, at the completion of the ages, He has been manifested for putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.


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so Christ having been once offered "to bear the sins of many," Christ shall appear a second time without sin to those expecting Him for salvation. Isa.:


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For the Law had a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of those things. Appearing year by year with the same sacrifices, which they offer continually, they never are able to perfect the ones drawing near.


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Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered? Because those serving did not still have conscience of sins, having once been cleansed.


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For this reason, coming into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me.


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"Then I said, Lo, I come, in the heading of the Book it was written concerning Me, to do Your will, O God." LXX-Psa.: -; MT-Psa.: -


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Above, saying, "You did not desire nor were pleased with sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and sacrifices concerning sins," (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 in order that He may set up the second;


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


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"This is the covenant which I will covenant to them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My Laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds;"


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Therefore, brothers, having confidence for the entering of the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus,


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


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


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For if we are willfully sinning after receiving the full knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice concerning sins,


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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and "zealous fire being about to consume the adversaries." Isa.:


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If anyone did not regard the Law of Moses, that one dies without pities on "the word of two or three witnesses," Deut.:


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how much worse punishment do you think will be thought worthy to receive, the one trampling the Son of God, and having counted common the blood of the covenant in which he was sanctified, and having 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 will judge His people." Deut.:,


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But call to mind the former days in which having been enlightened you endured much conflict of sufferings;


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indeed being exposed both to reproaches and to afflictions; and having become partners of those so living.


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For also you suffered together in my bonds; and you accepted the seizure of your possessions with joy, knowing yourselves to have a better and abiding possession in Heaven.


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"But the just shall live by faith;" "and if he draws back," "My soul is not pleased in him." Hab.:; Zeph.:; Mal.:


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By faith we understand the ages to have been framed by the Word of God, so that the things seen should not come into being out of things that appear.


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By faith Abel offered a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he obtained witness to be righteous, God testifying over his gifts; and through it, having died, he yet speaks.


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By faith "Enoch" was translated so as not to see death, and "was not found, because God translated him." For before his translation, he had obtained witness to have been pleasing to God. Gen.:


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But without faith it is impossible to please God. For it is right that the one drawing near to God should believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to the ones seeking Him out.


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Being divinely warned by God about the things not yet having been seen, moved with fear, by faith Noah prepared an ark for the salvation of his house; through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness according to faith.


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Having been called out by faith, Abraham obeyed to go forth to a place which he was going to receive for an inheritance; and he went out not understanding where he went.


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By faith he resided as a foreigner in a land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;


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Also by faith Sarah herself received power for conceiving seed even beyond the time of age, and gave birth; since she deemed the One having promised to be faithful.


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Because of this came into being from one man, they who were generated, and these of one having died, seed even "as the stars of the heaven" in multitude and countless "as sand by the seaside." Gen.:


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These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them from afar, and being persuaded, and having embraced and confessed that they are aliens and tenants on the earth.


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But now they stretch forth to a better, that is, a heavenly land. Therefore, God is not ashamed of them, for Him to be called their God; for He prepared a city for them.


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By faith, being tested, Abraham offered up Isaac; and he receiving the promises was offering up the only begotten,


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reckoning that God was able to raise even from the dead; from where indeed he obtained him in a parable.


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By faith when dying, Jacob blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and "worshiped on the top of his staff." LXX-:


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When dying, Joseph by faith made mention of the Exodus of the sons of Israel, and he gave orders concerning his bones.


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Being born, Moses was by faith hidden by his parents three months, because they saw the child was fair; and they did not fear the king's decree.


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having chosen rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than for a time to have enjoyment of sin;


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


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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king; for he kept on as seeing the Invisible One.


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By faith he made the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, that the one destroying the first-born might not touch them.


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By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as through dry land; by which, the Egyptians taking the attempt, were swallowed up.


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By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those disobeying, having received the spies with peace.


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And what more may I say? For the time will fail me telling about Gideon, Barak, and also Samson and Jephthah, and also David and Samuel, and the prophets,


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


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quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouths of the sword, acquired power from weakness, became strong in war; made armies of foreigners to yield.


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Women received their dead by resurrection; but others were beaten to death, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.


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they were stoned; they were tried; they were sawn in two; they died by murder of sword; they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins, being in need, being afflicted, being ill-treated;


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of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts, and mountains, and caves, and the holes of the earth.


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God having foreseen something better concerning us, that they should not be perfected apart from us.


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So therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, having laid aside every weight and the easily surrounding sin, through patience let us also run the race set before us,


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


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For consider Him who had endured such gainsaying of sinners against Himself, that you do not grow weary, fainting in your souls.


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And you have forgotten the exhortation which He speaks with you, as with sons, "My sons, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor faint while being corrected by Him.


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If you endure discipline, God is dealing with you as with sons; for who is the son whom a father does not discipline?


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But if you are without discipline, of which all have become sharers, then you are bastards, and not sons.


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Furthermore, indeed we have had fathers of our flesh as correctors, and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?


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For they truly disciplined us for a few days according to the thing seeming good to them; but He for our profit, in order for us to partake of His holiness.


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And all discipline for the present indeed does not seem to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it gives back peaceable fruit of righteousness to the ones having been exercised by it.


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"and make straight tracks for your feet," that the lame not be turned aside, but rather healed. Isa.:; Prov.:


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watching diligently that not any lack from the grace of God, that "no root of bitterness growing up" may crowd "in on you", and through this many be defiled; Deut.:


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for you know also that afterwards desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, although seeking it out with tears. Gen.:-


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For you have not drawn near to the mountain being touched, and having been lit with fire, and to gloom, and darkness, and tempest,


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and to a sound of trumpet, and to a voice of words, which those hearing begged that not a word be added to them;


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for they could not bear the thing enjoined: "Even" "if a beast" "touches the mountain, it will be stoned, or shot through" with a dart. Ex.:,


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But you have drawn near Mount Zion, even the city of the living God, to a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,


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and to a gathering, an assembly of the first-born ones having been enrolled in Heaven; and to God the Judge of all, and to spirits of just ones who have been perfected;


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


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Watch that you do not refuse the One speaking; for if these did not escape, who refused Him who divinely warned them on earth, much rather we, those turning away from Heaven;


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


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Now the words "Yet once" make clear the removal of the things being shaken, as having been made, so that the things not being shaken may remain.


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For this reason, receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, by which we may serve God pleasingly, with reverence and awe;


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Be mindful of the prisoners, as having been bound with them; of those ill-treated, as also being in the body yourselves.


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Set your way of life without money-loving, being satisfied with present things; for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you," never! Deut.:


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So that we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?" LXX-Psa.:; MT-Psa.:


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Remember your leaders who spoke the Word of God to you, considering the issue of their conduct, imitate their faith:


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Do not be carried away by various and strange doctrine; for it is good that the heart be confirmed by grace, not by food, in which those walking in them were not profited.


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For of the animals whose "blood is brought" by the high priest "into the Holy of Holies" concerning sins, of these the bodies "are burned outside the camp." Lev.:,


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Indeed, because of this, in order that He might sanctify the people by His own blood, Jesus suffered outside the gate.


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Then through Him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God always, that is, the fruit of the lips, confessing to His name.


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Yield to those taking the lead of you, and submit, for they watch for your souls, giving an account, that they may do this with joy, and not with grieving; for this would be unprofitable to you.


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Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, in all things wishing to behave well.


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Now the God of Peace, He leading up out of the dead, the great Shepherd of the sheep, in the blood of the everlasting covenant, our Lord Jesus,


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perfect you in every good work, in order to do His will, doing in you that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.


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And, brothers, I exhort you, endure the word of exhortation, for I indeed wrote to you by a few words.


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James, a slave 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 from God, who gives to all freely and with no reproach, and it will be given to him.


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


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and the rich one rejoice in his humiliation, because he will pass away like 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. Isa.:,


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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 promised to the ones loving Him.


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


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every act of good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no change or shadow of turning.


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Having purposed, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a certain firstfruit of His creatures.


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On account of this, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of evil, in meekness receive the implanted Word being able to save your souls.


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Because if anyone is a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, this one is like a man studying his natural face in a mirror;


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But the one looking into the perfect Law of liberty, and continuing in it, this one not having become a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in his doing.


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If anyone thinks to be religious among you, yet not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this one's religion is vain.


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


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For if a gold-fingered man in splendid clothing comes into your synagogue, and a poor one in shabby clothing also comes in;


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and you look on the one wearing the splendid clothing, and say to him, You sit here comfortably; and to the poor one you say, You stand there, or, Sit here under my footstool;


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Hear, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to the ones loving Him?


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But you dishonored the poor one. Do not the rich ones oppress you, and they drag you to judgment seats?


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


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For He who said, "You shall not commit adultery," also said, "You shall not murder." Ex.:,; Deut.:, But if you do not commit adultery, but commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the Law.


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My brothers, what is the gain if anyone says he has faith, but he does not have works? Is the faith able to save him?


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and any one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but does not give them the things the body needs, what gain is it?


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But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith out of my works.


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And the Scripture was fulfilled, saying, "And Abraham believed God, and it was counted for righteousness to him;" and he was called, Friend of God. Gen.:; Isa.:


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But in the same way Rahab the harlot was also justified out of works, having received the messengers, and sending them out by another way.


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For we all stumble in many ways. If any one does not stumble in word, this one is a mature man, able also to bridle the whole body.


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Behold, we put bits in the mouths of the horses, for them to obey us; and we turn about their whole body.


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Behold, the ships also, being so great, and being driven by violent winds, they are directed by a very small rudder, where the impulse of the one steering purposes.


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So also 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, the 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 species of beasts, both indeed of birds, of creeping things, and of sea animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species;


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but no one of men is able to tame the tongue; it is an unrestrainable evil, full of death-dealing poison.


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By this we bless God and the Father; and by this we curse men having come into being according to the image of God. Gen.:


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Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not fitting for these things to be so.


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My brothers, a fig tree is not able to produce olives, or a vine figs. So neither can a fountain produce both salt and sweet water.


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Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good behavior, in meekness of wisdom.


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But if you have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.


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But the wisdom from above is firstly truly pure, then peaceable, forbearing, yielding, full of mercy and of good fruits, not partial and not pretended.


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


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


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Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever, then, purposes to be a friend of the world is put down as hostile to God.


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Or do you think that vainly the Scripture says, The spirit which has dwelt in us yearns to envy? No OT passage


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But He gives greater grace. Because of this it says, "God sets Himself against proud ones, but He gives grace to humble ones." Prov.:


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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 distressed, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy into shame.


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Do not speak against one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother, and is judging a brother, he speaks against Law, and judges Law. But if you judge Law, you are not a doer of Law, but a judge.


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Come now, those saying, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and we will spend one 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 mist, which for a little while appears, and then disappears.


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Your gold and silver have rusted over, and their poison will be a testimony to you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You heaped treasure in the last days.


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Behold, the wages of the workmen who have reaped your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of the ones who have reaped have entered "into the ears of the Lord of Hosts." Isa.:


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You lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived for self-pleasure; you nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter;


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Therefore, brothers, be long-suffering until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being long-suffering over it until it may receive the early and the latter rain.


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Do not murmur against one another, brothers, that you not be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands before the door.


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My brothers, as an example of suffering ill, and of longsuffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.


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Behold, we call those blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you saw the end of the Lord, "that the Lord is full of tender mercy and pity." Psa.:


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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 the no, no, that you may not fall under judgment.


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


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And the prayer of faith will save those being sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he may have committed sin, it will be forgiven him.


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Confess to one another the deviations from the Law, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. Very strong is a righteous petition, being made effective.


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Elijah was a man of like feeling to us, and he prayed in prayer for it not to rain; and it did not rain on the earth three years and six months.


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know that the one turning a sinner from the error of his way will save the soul from death, and will 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: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.


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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, He according to His great mercy having regenerated us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


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the ones in the power of God being guarded through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;


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so that the proving of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, but having been proved through fire, may 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, you exult with joy unspeakable and being 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 sort of time the Spirit of Christ made clear within them; testifying beforehand of the sufferings belonging to Christ, and the glories after these.


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To whom it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they ministered the same things, which now were announced to you by those having preached the gospel to you in the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven; into which things angels long to look into.


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Because of this, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, perfectly hope on the grace being brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ,


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And if you call on the Father, the One judging according to the work of each one without respect of faces pass the time of your sojourning in fear,


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knowing that not with corruptible things, silver or gold, were you redeemed from your worthless way 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 because of you,


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the ones believing in God through Him, He raising Him from the dead, and giving glory to Him so that your faith and hope may be in God.


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Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unpretended brotherly love, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,


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being regenerated, not by corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the living Word of God, and remaining forever.


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Because "all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of men as the flower of grass; the grass was dried, and its flower fell out,


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but the Word of the Lord remains forever." And this is the Word announced as gospel to you. Isaiah:-


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to whom having drawn near, a living Stone, indeed having been rejected by men, but chosen by God, precious;


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


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Because of this, it is also contained in the Scripture: "Behold," I lay in Zion" an elect, "precious Stone," "a Corner-foundation;" "and the one believing in Him shall not be ashamed, never!" Isa.:


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Then to you who believe belongs the preciousness. But to disobeying ones, He is the "Stone which those building rejected; this One became the Head of the Corner," Psa.:


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and a Stone-of-stumbling, and a Rock-of-offense" to the ones stumbling, being disobedient to the Word, to which they were also appointed. Isa.:


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But you are "an elect race," "a royal priesthood," "a holy nation," "a people for possession," so that "you may openly speak of the virtues" of the One who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; LXX-Ex.:; MT-Ex.:,


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you who then were "not a people, but now are the people" of God; "the one not pitied then but now pitied." Hos.:,:,


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Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;


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having your behavior good among the nations, in that which they speak against you as evildoers; by observing your good works, they may glorify God in a day of visitation.


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Then be in obedience to every creation of men because of the Lord; whether to a king, as being supreme;


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or to governors, as through Him having indeed being sent for vengeance on evildoers, but praise on well doers,


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Servants, be obedient to your masters in 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 are suffering while doing good, and patiently endure, this is a grace from God.


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For you were called to this, for even Christ suffered on our behalf, leaving behind an example for us, that you should follow His steps;


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who, having been reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, He did not threaten, but gave Himself up to Him who was judging righteously;


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who "Himself carried up in His body our sins" onto the tree; that dying to sins, we might live to righteousness, of whom "by His wound you were healed."


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For you were "as sheep going astray," but now you turned back to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. Isa.:-


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Likewise, wives, submitting yourselves to your own husbands, that even if any disobey the Word, through the behavior of the wives, without a word they will be won,


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Of whom let it not be the outward act of braiding of hairs, and of putting gold around, or of clothing, garments of adornment,


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but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of the meek and quiet spirit, which is of great value before God.


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For so once indeed the holy women who were hoping on God adorned themselves, submitting themselves 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. Gen.:


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Likewise, husbands, dwelling together according to knowledge, as with a weaker vessel, the female, bestowing honor, as truly being co-heirs of the grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.


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not giving back evil for evil, or reviling against reviling; but, on the contrary, give blessing; knowing that you were called to this in order that you might inherit blessing.


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"For the one desiring to love life, and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, even his lips not to speak guile.


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because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against any doing evil things." LXX-Psa.:-; MT-Psa.:-


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But if you truly suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. "But do not fear their fear, nor be disturbed.


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But sanctify" Isa.:, the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give an answer to everyone asking you a reason concerning 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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Because even Christ once suffered concerning 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, an ark having been prepared, into which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.


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Which antitype now also saves us, baptism (not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;


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who going into Heaven is at the right of God, the angels, and authorities, and powers 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, because he having suffered in the flesh has been made to rest from sin,


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for him no longer to live in the lusts of men, but to live the remaining time in the flesh in the will of God.


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For the time of life having passed is sufficient for us to have worked out the will of the nations, having gone on in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, parties, carousings, and lawless idolatries;


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in which they are surprised, you not running with them into the same overflow of unsavedness, blaspheming;


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


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and above all things having fervent love to yourselves, "because love will cover a multitude of sins." Prov.:


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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, as by strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom is the glory and the might to the ages of the ages. Amen.


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Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial happening among you for your testing, as if a surprise were occurring to you;


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but according as you share the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; so that you may rejoice exultingly at the revelation of His glory.


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If you are reviled in 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. Isa.:


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For do not let any of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in the affairs of others.


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Because the time has come to begin the judgment from the house of God; and if firstly from us, what will be the end of the ones disobeying the gospel of God?


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So as indeed the ones suffering according to God's will, as to a faithful Creator, let them commit their souls in well-doing.


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I, a fellow elder, exhort the elders among you, I being also witness of the sufferings of Christ, and being sharer of the glory about to be revealed:


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Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor eagerly 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, because God sets Himself "against proud ones, but He gives grace to humble ones." Prov.:


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Be sensible, watch, because your adversary the Devil walks about as a roaring lion seeking someone he may devour;


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whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing the same sufferings are being completed in your brotherhood in the world.


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Now the God of all grace, the One calling you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, you having suffered a little, Himself will perfect, confirm, strengthen, establish you.


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I wrote to you by a few words by way of Silvanus the faithful brother, as I reckon, exhorting and witnessing this to be the true grace of God, in which you stand.


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Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those equally precious with us, having obtained faith in the righteousness of our God and our Savior, Jesus Christ:


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As His divine power has given to us all things pertaining to life and godliness through the full knowledge of the One calling us through glory and virtue,


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by which means He has given to us the very great and precious promises, so that through these you might be partakers of the divine nature, escaping from the corruption in the world by lust.


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But also in this very thing, having brought in all diligence, having fully supplied in your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,


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and with the knowledge self-control, and with the self-control patience, and with the patience godliness,


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For these things being in you, and abounding, they will make you not idle, not unfruitful in the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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For the one in whom these things are not present is blind, being shortsighted, taking on forgetfulness of the cleansing of his sins in time past.


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Therefore, brothers, rather be diligent to make sure of your calling and election; for doing these things, you will not ever fall.


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For so will be richly furnished to you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.


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For this reason I will not neglect to cause you to remember always concerning these things, though you know and have been confirmed 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 following fables which had been cleverly devised, but having become eyewitnesses of the majesty of Jesus Christ, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord.


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For receiving honor and glory from God the Father such a voice being borne to Him from the magnificent glory, "This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have been delighted," Psa.:; Gen.:; Isa.:; Matt.:


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and we have the more established prophetic Word, in which you do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a murky place, until day dawns and the Light-bearing One rises in your hearts;


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knowing this first, that every prophecy of Scripture did not come into being of its own interpretation;


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


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


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


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For if God did not spare sinning angels, but delivered them to chains of darkness, thrust down into Tartarus, having been kept to judgment;


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and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah the eighth, a herald of righteousness, bringing a flood on a world of ungodly ones;


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and covering the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with ashes, He condemned them with an overthrow, setting an example to men intending to live ungodly.


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And He delivered righteous Lot, who had been oppressed by the behavior of the lawless in lustfulness.


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For that righteous one living among them day after day, in seeing and in hearing, his righteous soul was tormented with their lawless deeds.


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But the Lord knows to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unjust for a day of judgment, being punished,


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and most of all those going after flesh in the lust of defilement, and despising rulership, darers, self-pleasing; they do not tremble at glories, speaking evil;


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where angels being greater in strength and power do not bring against them a reproaching charge before the Lord.


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But these as unreasoning natural beasts, having been born for capture and corruption, speaking evil in that of which they are ignorant, they shall utterly perish in their corruption,


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being about to receive the wages of unrighteousness, having deemed indulgence in the day to be pleasure; spots and blemishes reveling in their deceits, feasting along with you,


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having eyes full of an adulteress, and never ceasing from sin; alluring unsettled souls; having a heart being busied with covetousness; cursed children;


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forsaking a straight path, they went 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 own transgression, the dumb ass speaking in a man's voice held back the madness of the prophet.


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These are springs without water, clouds being driven by tempest, for whom the blackness of darkness has been kept to the ages.


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For speaking over-swollen words of vanity, by the lusts of the flesh, by unbridled lusts, they allure those indeed escaping, the ones walking in error,


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promising to them freedom, though themselves being slaves of corruption; for by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.


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For if by a recognition of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, they have escaped the defilements of the world, and again being entangled they have been overcome by these, then their last things have become worse than the first.


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For it was better for them not to have recognized the way of righteousness than having recognized 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;" also, the washed sow to wallowing in mud. Prov.:


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Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle, in which by reminder I stir up your sincere mind to remember


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the words having been spoken before by the holy prophets, and the command of the Lord and Savior by us, the apostles;


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first, knowing this, that during the last days scoffers will come walking according to their own lusts,


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and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For from which time the fathers fell asleep, all things remain so from the beginning of creation.


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For this is hidden from them by their willing it so, that heavens were of old, and earth by water, and through water, having subsisted by the Word of God,


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But the heavens and the earth now, having been stored up by the same Word, are being kept for fire to a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.


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


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The Lord of the promise is not slow, as some deem slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not having purposed any to perish, but all to 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 rushing sound, and having burned the elements will be dissolved, and earth and the works in it will be burned up.


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


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looking for and hastening the coming of the Day of God, through which the heavens having been set afire will be dissolved; and burning, the elements will melt?


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


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


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And think of the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation, as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him;


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


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Then beloved, you knowing beforehand, watch lest being led away by the error of the lawless you fall from your own steadfastness.


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But grow in grace and 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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What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we beheld, and what our hands touched, as regards the Word of Life.


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And the Life was revealed, and we have seen, and we bear witness, and we announce to you the everlasting Life which was with the Father, and was revealed to us.


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We announce to you what we have seen, and what we have heard, 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 we proclaim to you: God is light, and no darkness is in Him, none!


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If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and we walk in darkness, we lie and are not practicing 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 His Son Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.


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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


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


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And He Himself is the propitiation relating to our sins, and not relating to ours only, but also relating to all the world.


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The one saying, I have known Him, and not keeping His commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that one.


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But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God has been 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 is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true Light already shines.


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


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


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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 which 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 a last hour, and as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which you know that it is a 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 remained with us; but they left so that it might be revealed that they all are not of us.


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I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because every lie is not of the truth.


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Who is the liar, except the one denying, saying that Jesus is not the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one denying the Father and the Son.


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Then what you heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you will abide both in the Son and in the Father.


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


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


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If you know that He is righteous, know that everyone doing righteousness has been generated from Him.


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See what manner of love the Father has given us, that we may be called children of God. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.


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Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it was not yet revealed what we shall be. But we know that if He is revealed, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.


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Little children, let no one lead you astray; the one practicing righteousness is righteous, even as that One is righteous.


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The one practicing sin is of the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. For this the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the devil.


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Everyone who has been begotten of God does not sin, because His seed abides in him, and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.


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By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone not practicing righteousness is not of God; also the one not loving his brother.


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not as Cain was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And for what did he kill him? Because his works were evil, but the things of his brother were righteous.


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We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers. The one not loving the brother remains in death.


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Everyone hating the brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have everlasting life abiding in him.


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By this we have known the love of God, because that One laid down His life for us; and on behalf of the brothers we ought to lay down our lives.


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Whoever has the means of life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and shuts up his heart of compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?


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And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments, and we do the things pleasing before Him.


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


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And the one keeping His commandments abides 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 test the spirits, whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world.


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By this know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.


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


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


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We are of God; the one knowing God hears us. Whoever is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.


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Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God, and everyone who loves has been generated from God, and knows God.


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By this the love of God was revealed in us, because His Son, the Only begotten, God has sent 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 a propitiation relating to our sins.


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


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And we have known and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and the one abiding in love abides in God, and God in him.


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By this, love has been perfected with us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment, that as He is, we are also in this world.


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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment; and the one fearing 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 the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love God whom he has not seen?


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Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been generated from God. And everyone who loves Him who begets also loves the one who has been born of Him.


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Because everything having been born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory overcoming the world, our faith.


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This is the One coming through water and blood, Jesus Christ; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the One witnessing, because the Spirit is the truth.


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


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And there are three who bear witness on the earth: The Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are to the one.


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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; because this is the witness of God which He has witnessed about His Son:


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The one believing in the Son of God has the witness in himself. The one not believing God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning His Son.


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I wrote these things to you, the ones believing in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.


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And this is the confidence 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 requests which we have asked from Him.


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If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask; and He shall give life to him, to the ones not sinning unto death. There is a sin unto death. I do not say that he should ask about that.


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We know that everyone being generated from God does not sin, but the one having been generated from God keeps 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 to us an understanding that we may know the true One, and we are in the true One, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and the life everlasting.


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


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


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


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And I now request you, lady, not writing as a new commandment, but one which we had from the beginning, that we should love one another.


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


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Because many deceivers went out into the world, those not confessing Jesus Christ to have come in the flesh, this is the deceiver and the antichrist.


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Watch yourselves, that we may not lose the things 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. The one abiding in the doctrine of Christ, this one has the Father and the Son.


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If anyone comes to you and does not bear this doctrine, do not receive him into the house, and do not speak a greeting to him.


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Having many things to write to you, I do not intend to speak by means of paper and ink, but I am hoping to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full.


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Beloved, in regard to all things, I pray for you to prosper and to be in health, as your soul prospers.


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For I rejoiced greatly at the coming of the brothers, also bearing witness of you in the truth, as you walk in truth.


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who in love bore witness of you before the assembly, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God.


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Because of this, if I come, I will recall his works which he does, ranting against us with evil words. And not being satisfied with these, neither does he receive the brothers; and those intending it he prevents, and thrusts them out from the assembly.


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Beloved, do not imitate the bad, but the good. The one doing good is of God; but the one doing bad has not seen God.


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Witness has been borne to Demetrius 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 am hoping to see you at once, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.


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Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the ones called in God the Father, having been set apart, and having been kept to 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 stole in, those of old having been written before to this judgment, ungodly ones perverting the grace of our God into 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 saved 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!" Zech.:


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


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Woe to them, because they went the way of Cain, and gave themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the speaking against 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 to the age.


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And "the seventh from Adam," Enoch, also prophesied to these men, 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." I Enoch:;:;:


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These are murmurers, complainers, going 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 following ungodlinesses according to their lusts.


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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 being 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 show to His slaves things which must occur quickly. And He signified by sending through His angel to His slave, John,


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Blessed is the one reading, and those hearing the Words of this prophecy, and keeping the things having been written; for the time is near.


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John to the seven assemblies in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from the One 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 out of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him loving us and washing us from our sins by His blood,


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and made us kings and priests to God, even His Father. To Him is the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.


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"Behold, He comes with the clouds," and "every eye will see Him, and the ones who pierced" Him, and all the tribes of the earth "will wail on account of Him." Yes, Amen. Dan.:; Zech.:


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


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I, even your brother John, and co-sharer in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, came to be in the island being called Patmos because of the Word of God, and because of the witness of Jesus Christ.


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saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last; also, What you see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies of 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 One like the Son of Man, having been clothed to the feet, and having been girded with a golden girdle at the breasts.


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and His feet like burnished brass having been fired in a furnace; and His voice as a sound of many waters;


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and having in His right hand seven stars; and a sharp, two-edged sword proceeding out of His mouth, and His face shining as the sun in its power.


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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet, as dead. And He put His right hand on 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 living forever and ever. Amen. And I have the keys to hell, and of death.


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Write what things you saw, and what things are, and what things are about to occur after these things.


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The mystery of the seven stars which you saw on My right, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands you saw are seven assemblies.


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To the angel of the Ephesian assembly, write: These things says the One holding the seven stars in His right hand, He walking in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:


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I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you cannot bear evil ones; and you tried those pretending to be apostles and are not, and found them to be liars.


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Then remember from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works. And if not, I am coming to you quickly, and will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.


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The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one overcoming, I will give to him 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 assembly of Smyrna, write: These things says the First and the Last, Who became dead, and lived:


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I know your works, and the affliction, and the poverty; but you are rich. And I know the evil speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.


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Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.


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The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. The one overcoming will not at all be hurt by the second death.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamos, write: These things says the One having the sharp, two-edged sword:


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I know your works, and where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is. And you hold My name, and did not deny My Faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful witness; who was killed alongside you, where Satan dwells.


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But I have a few things against you, that you have there those holding the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol sacrifices, and to commit fornication.


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


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The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one overcoming, I will give him to eat from the hidden manna. And I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name having been written, which no one knows except the one receiving it.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira, write: These things says the Son of God, the One having His eyes as a flame of fire, and His feet like burnished brass:


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


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But I have a few things against you, that you allow the woman Jezebel to teach, she saying herself to be a prophetess, and to cause My slaves 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 into great affliction those committing adultery with her, unless they repent of their works.


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And I will kill her children with death; and all the assemblies will know that I am the One searching the inner parts and hearts. And I will give to each of you according to your works.


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But I say to you and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, and who did not know the deep things of Satan, as they say: I am not casting another burden on you;


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And the one overcoming, and the one keeping My works until the end, "I will give to him authority over the nations,"


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and "He will shepherd them with an iron staff" (they are "broken to pieces like clay vessels"), as I also have received from My Father. Psa.:,


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And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis, write: These things says the One having the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have the name that you live, and are dead.


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Be watching, and establish the things left, which are about to die. For I have not found your works being fulfilled before God.


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Then remember how you received and heard, and keep, and repent. If, then, you do not watch, I will come upon you like a thief and you will not at all know what hour I come upon you.


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You also have a few names in Sardis which did not defile their robes, and they shall walk with Me in white because they are worthy.


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The one overcoming, this one shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not at all blot his name out of the Book of Life; and I will acknowledge his name before My Father, and before His angels.


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And to the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia, write: These things says the Holy One, the True One, the One having "the key of David," "the One opening, and no one shuts; and shuts, and no one opens:" Isa.:


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I know your works. Behold, I have given a door being opened before you, and no one is able to shut it, for you have a little power and have kept My Word, and have not denied My name.


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Behold, I give out of the synagogue of Satan those saying themselves to be Jews, and they are not, but they lie. Behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they shall know that I loved you.


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Because you kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep you out of the hour of trial which is going to come on all the habitable world in order to try those dwelling on the earth.


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The one overcoming, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall not go out any more. And I will write the name of My God on him, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem which comes down out of Heaven from My God, and My new name.


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And to the angel of the assembly of Laodicea, write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of God:


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Because you say, I am rich, and I am made rich, and I 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 advise you to buy from Me gold having been fired by fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, and your shame and nakedness may not be revealed. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.


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


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The one overcoming, I will give to him to sit with Me in My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father in His throne.


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After these things I saw. And behold, a door being opened in Heaven! And I heard the first voice as a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you what needs to happen after these things.


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And at once I became in spirit. And, behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sitting on the throne.


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And the One sitting was in appearance like a jasper stone, and a sardius; and a rainbow was around the throne, in appearance 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, having been clothed in white garments. And they had golden crowns on their heads.


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And out of the throne come forth lightnings and thunders and voices. And seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;


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and a glassy sea before the throne, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures, full of eyes before 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 having a face like a man; and the fourth living creature like an eagle flying.


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And the four living creatures each one had six wings around, and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty," the One who was, and is, and is coming! Isa.:


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And whenever the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to the One sitting on the throne, to the One living to the ages of the ages,


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the twenty four elders fall down before Him sitting on the throne; and they will worship the One living to the ages of the ages, and will throw their crowns before the throne, saying,


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


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And I saw on the right of the One sitting on the throne a scroll having been written within and on the back, having been sealed with seven seals.


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


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And no one in Heaven was able to open the scroll nor to see it, neither on the earth, nor underneath the earth.


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And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion being of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame so as to open the scroll, and to loose its seven seals.


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


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And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having harps, and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.


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And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy are You to receive the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood purchased us to God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,


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And I saw, and I heard a sound of many angels around the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders, and their number was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,


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


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And every creature which is in Heaven, and in the earth, and underneath the earth, and the things that are on the sea, and the things in all of them, I heard saying: To Him sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might 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 the one sitting on it had a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he went out overcoming, and that he might overcome.


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


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And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and the one sitting on it having a balance in his hand.


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


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


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And I saw, and behold, a pale green horse, and the name of the one sitting on it was Death; and Hades followed after him. And authority was given to them to kill over the fourth of the earth with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.


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And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those having been slain for the Word of God, and for the witness which they had.


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And they cried with a great voice, saying, Until when, holy and true Master, do You not judge and take vengeance for our blood, from those dwelling on the earth?


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And there was given to each one a white robe. And it was said to them that they should rest yet a little time, until might be fulfilled also the number of their fellow-slaves and their brothers, those being about to be killed, even as they.


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And I saw when He opened the sixth seal. And behold, a great earthquake occurred. And the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair; and the moon became as blood;


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and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree being shaken by a great wind casts its unripe figs.


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And the heaven departed like a scroll being rolled up. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places.


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And the kings of the earth, and the great ones, and the rich ones, and the commanders, and the powerful ones, and every slave, and every freeman hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.


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And "they said to the mountains" and to the rocks, "Fall on us," and hide us from the face of the One sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, Hos.:


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


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And I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God. And he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to them to harm the earth and the sea, saying,


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Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads.


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And I heard the number of those having been sealed: one hundred 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 having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand having been sealed.


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


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


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


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After these things I saw, and behold, a great crowd which no one was able to number them, out of every nation, even tribes and peoples and tongues, standing in front of the throne, and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and in their hands palm branches.


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


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And all the angels and of the elders and of the four living creatures stood around the throne. 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 strength to our God forever and ever. Amen.


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And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These, the ones having been clothed in the white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?


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And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation; and they washed their robes and whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.


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Because of this they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His sanctuary. And He sitting on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.


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And they will not hunger still, nor will they thirst still, nor at all shall fall on them the sun, nor any kind of heat.


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Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will shepherd them, and will lead them on living springs of waters; and God will wipe off every tear from their eyes.


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And another angel came and stood on the altar, having a golden censer. And many incenses were given to him, that he should give them with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne.


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And the smoke of the incenses went up with the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the angel before God.


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And the angel has taken the censer, and has filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth; and sounds and thunders and lightnings and earthquakes occurred.


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And the first angel trumpeted. And hail and fire mixed with blood occurred. And it was cast onto the earth; and the third part of the trees was burned down; and all green grass was burned down.


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And the second angel trumpeted. And as a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood;


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and the third part of the creatures having souls died in the sea; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.


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And the third angel trumpeted. And a great burning star, like a lamp, fell out of the heaven. And it fell onto the third part of the rivers, and onto the springs of waters.


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And the name of the star is said to be Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became changed into wormwood. And many men died from the waters, because they were bitter.


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And the fourth angel trumpeted. And the third part of the sun, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, was struck, that the third part of them might be darkened, and the third part of the day might not appear; and in the same way the night.


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


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And the fifth angel trumpeted. And I saw a star out of the heaven falling onto the earth. And the key to the pit of the abyss was given to it.


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And he opened the pit of the abyss. And smoke went up out of the pit, like smoke of a great furnace. And the sun was darkened, and the air, by the smoke of the pit.


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


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And it was said to them that they should not harm the grass of the earth, nor every green thing, nor every tree, except only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.


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


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


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And the likenesses of the locusts were like horses having been prepared for war; and on their heads as crowns, like gold; and their faces like the faces of men.


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


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And they have tails like scorpions, and their stings were in their tails; and their authority is to harm men five months.


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And they have a king over them, the angel of the abyss. In Hebrew his name was Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.


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And the sixth angel trumpeted. And I heard one voice out of the four horns of the golden altar before God,


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saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels, those having been bound at the great river Euphrates.


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And the four angels were released, those having been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.


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And so I saw in the vision the horses, and those sitting on them, having fire-colored breastplates, even dusky red and brimstone-like; and the heads of the horses as heads of lions; and out of their mouths come fire and smoke and brimstone.


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By these three were killed the third part of men, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone coming out of their mouths.


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For their authority is in their mouth, and in their tails; for their tails are like snakes, having heads, and they do harm with them.


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And the rest of men, those not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they will not worship demons, and "golden idols, and silver, and bronze, and stone, and wooden idols, which neither are able to see, nor to hear," nor to walk. Dan.:; Psa.: -;:-


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


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And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, having been clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow on the head; and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire.


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And he had in his hand a little scroll having been opened. And he placed his right foot on the sea, and the left on the land,


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and cried with a great voice, as a lion roars. And when he cried, the 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 out of Heaven saying to me, Seal what things the seven thunders spoke, and do not write these things.


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and swore by Him living to the ages of the ages, "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 time shall no longer be; Ex.:


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but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, whenever he is about to trumpet, was even ended the mystery of God, as He preached to His slaves, the prophets.


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And the voice which I heard out of the Heaven was again speaking to me, and saying, Go, take the little scroll having been opened in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.


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And I went away toward the angel, saying to him, Give the little scroll to me. And he said to me, Take 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 scroll out of the angel's hand, and devoured it. And it was sweet like honey in my mouth; and when I ate it, my belly was made bitter.


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


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And cast aside the outside court of 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 to My two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, dressed in sackcloth.


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And if anyone desires to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone desires to harm them, so it is right for him to be killed.


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These have the authority to shut up the heaven, that no rain may rain in the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.


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


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And their bodies will be on the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom, and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified.


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And some from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three days and a half; and they do not allow their dead bodies to be put in tombs.


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And those living on the earth will rejoice over them, and will make merry. And they 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 the ones beholding them.


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And they heard a great voice out of Heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into the heaven in the cloud. And their enemies saw them.


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And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and the tenth part of the city fell. And there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand names of men. And the rest became terrified, and gave glory to the God of Heaven.


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And the seventh angel trumpeted. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world became our Lord's, even of His Christ; and He shall reign to the ages of the ages.


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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, Lord God Almighty, the One who is, 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 slaves, to 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 in Heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple, and lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and a great hail occurred.


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And a great sign was seen in the heavens, a woman having been clothed with the sun, and the moon was underneath her feet; and on her head a crown of twelve stars;


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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 on his heads were seven diadems,


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and his tail drew the third part of the stars of the heaven, and he throws them to 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 shepherd all the nations with an iron staff. And her child was caught away to God, and to His throne.


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And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place, it having been prepared from God, that there they might nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days.


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And war occurred in Heaven, Michael and his angels making war against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels made war,


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And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent being called devil, and, Satan; he deceiving the whole habitable world was cast out onto 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, because the accuser of our brothers is thrown down, the one accusing 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 even until death.


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Because of this, be glad, the heavens and those tabernacling in them. Woe to the ones dwelling on the earth, and in the sea, because the devil came down to you having great anger, knowing that he has a little time!


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And when the dragon saw that he was cast out onto the earth, he pursued the woman who bore the male.


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


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


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


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And the dragon was enraged over the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commandments of God, and having 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 his horns ten diadems, and on its heads names of blasphemy.


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And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as a lion's mouth. And the dragon gave its power to it, and its throne, 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 wondered 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 and blasphemies was given to it. And authority to act forty two months was given to it.


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And it opened its mouth in blasphemy toward God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, and those tabernacling 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. Dan.:


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


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If anyone gathers captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill by a sword, by a sword he must be killed. 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, but spoke like a dragon.


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And it executes all the authority of the first beast before it. And it causes that the earth and those dwelling in it should worship the first beast, of which was healed its deadly wound.


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And it does great signs, that it even causes fire to come down out of the heaven onto the earth before men.


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And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, because of the signs which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast who has the wound of the sword, and lived.


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


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And the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the freemen and the slaves, it causes that they give to them all a mark on their right hand, or on their foreheads,


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


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Here is wisdom: Let the one 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 saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion! And with Him were a hundred and forty four thousands, with the name of His Father having been written on their foreheads.


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And I heard a sound out of Heaven, as a sound of many waters, and as a sound of great thunder. Also I heard a sound of harpers harping on their harps.


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And they sing as a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one was able to learn the song except the hundred and forty four thousands, those having been redeemed from the earth.


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These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones following the Lamb wherever He may go. 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 an everlasting gospel to proclaim to those dwelling on the earth, even to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,


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saying in a great voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him, because the hour of His judgment has come; also, Worship "Him who has made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea," and the springs of waters. Ex.:


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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 made all nations to drink.


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


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he also shall 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 before the Lamb.


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And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And those worshiping the beast and its image have no rest night and day, even if anyone receives the mark of its name.


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Here is the patience of the saints; here are the ones keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.


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And I heard a voice out of Heaven saying to me, Write: Blessed are the dead, the ones dying in the Lord from now. Yes, says the Spirit, they shall rest from their labors, and their works follow with them.


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And I saw; and behold, a white cloud and on the cloud One sitting like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.


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And another angel went forth out of the temple, crying in a great voice to the One sitting on the cloud, Send Your sickle and reap, because Your hour to reap came, because the harvest of the earth was dried.


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And another angel went forth from the altar having authority over the fire. And he spoke with a great cry to the one having the sharp sickle, saying, Send your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripened.


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And the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw into the winepress of the great anger of God.


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And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood went out of the winepress as far as the bridles of the horses, from a thousand six hundred stadia.


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And I saw another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the last seven plagues, because the anger of God was completed in them.


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And I saw, as a glassy sea having been mixed with fire. And the ones overcoming the beast, and its image, and its mark, of the number of its name, were standing on the glassy sea, having harps of God.


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And they sing the song of Moses the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty, righteous and true are Your ways, King of the saints.


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Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You only are holy. For all the nations will come and will worship before You, because Your righteousnesses were made known.


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And after these things I saw; and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in Heaven was opened!


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And the seven angels having the seven plagues came forth out of the temple, having been clothed in clean and bright linen, and golden bands having been girded around the breasts.


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And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the anger of God living to the ages of the ages.


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And the temple was filled with the smoke of the glory of God, and with His power. And no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels should be 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 bowls of the anger of God onto the earth.


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And the first went away and poured out his bowl onto the earth. And it came to be a bad and evil sore onto the men, the ones having the mark of the beast, and the ones worshiping its image.


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And the second angel poured out his bowl onto the sea. And it became blood, as of a dead one, and every soul of life died in the sea.


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And the third angel poured out his bowl onto the rivers, and onto the springs of the waters; and it became blood.


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And I heard the angel of the waters saying, You are righteous, Lord, the One who is, and who was, and who will be, because You judged these things,


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


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


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And the fourth angel poured out his bowl 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, the One having authority over these plagues and they did not repent to give Him glory.


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And the fifth angel poured out his bowl onto the throne of the beast. And its kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues from the pain.


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And they blasphemed the God of Heaven, from their pains and from their sores. And they did not repent of their works.


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And the sixth angel poured out his bowl onto the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up so that the way of the kings from the 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 doing signs, which go forth to the kings of the earth, even of the whole habitable world to assemble them to the war of that day, the great day of God Almighty.


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Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is the one watching and keeping his garments, that he does not walk naked, and they may see his shame.


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And the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a great voice came from the throne from the temple of Heaven, saying, It has happened!


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And voices and thunders and lightnings occurred. And a great earthquake occurred, such as did not occur since man came into being on the earth, such a huge earthquake, so great!


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And the great city came to be into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great 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 upon men. And men blasphemed God from the plague of the hail, because its plague is exceedingly great.


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And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot sitting on the many waters,


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


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


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And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and being gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominations and unclean things of her fornication.


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And on her forehead was a name having been written: Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth.


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And I saw the woman being drunk from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I marveled, seeing her, 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 supporting her, the one having the seven heads and the ten horns.


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The beast which you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss, and goes to perdition. And those dwelling on the earth will marvel, the ones whose names have not been written on the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, seeing the beast, that it was a thing, and is not, yet now is.


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And the kings are seven. The five fell, and the one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he does come, he must remain a little.


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And the beast which was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to perdition.


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And the ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, 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, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and the ones 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 crowds 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 desolated and naked. And they will eat her flesh, and will burn her down with fire.


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For God gave into their hearts to do His mind, and to act in one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the Words of God shall be fulfilled.


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


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And he cried in a strong, great voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen! It has fallen, and it has become a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, even having been hated,


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because of the wine of the anger of her fornication which all the nations have drunk, even 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 out of Heaven saying, My people, come out of her, that you may not share in her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues;


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Give back to her as also she gave back to you, and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.


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By what things she glorified herself, and luxuriated, by so much give back to her torment and mourning. Because 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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Because of this, in one day her plagues shall come: death, and mourning, and famine; and she will be consumed with fire, for the Lord God judging her is strong.


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And the kings of the earth will weep for her, and will wail over her, those having fornicated and having luxuriated with her, when they see the smoke of her burning;


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


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cargo of gold, and silver, and of precious stone, and of pearls, and of fine linen, and of purple, and of silk, and of 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 meal, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and of bodies and souls of men.


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


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The merchants of these things, the ones being enriched from her, will stand from afar because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;


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and saying, Woe! Woe to the great city having been clothed in linen and purple and scarlet, and having been gilded with gold and precious stone, and pearls!


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For in one hour such great wealth was desolated. And every ship-pilot and all company on the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, stood from afar,


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And they threw dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe! Woe to the great city, by which all those having ships in the sea were rich, from her costliness, because in one hour she was ruined.


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Rejoice over her, Heaven, and the holy apostles, and the prophets, because God judged your judgment on her.


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And one strong angel lifted a stone like a great millstone, and threw it into the sea, saying, This way, on a violent impulse, Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and it will never more still be found.


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And the sound of harpers, and of musicians, and flutists, and of trumpeters will not still be heard in you, never! And every craftsman of every craft will not still be found in you, never! And the sound of a mill will not still be heard in you, never!


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And the light of a lamp will not still shine in you, never! And the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you, never! For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.


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And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all the ones having been slain on the earth.


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And after these things, I heard a great voice of a large multitude in Heaven, saying, Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the honor and the power of the Lord our God!


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For true and righteous are His judgments, because He judged the great harlot who defiled the earth with her fornication. And He avenged the blood of His slaves 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 from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all His slaves, and the ones fearing Him, the small and the great.


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And I heard as a sound of a numerous crowd, and as a sound of many waters, and as a sound of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah! Because the Lord God Almighty reigned.


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Let us rejoice and let us exult, and we will give glory to Him, because the marriage of the Lamb came, and His wife prepared herself.


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And it was given to her that she be clothed in fine linen, pure and bright; for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.


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And he says to me, Write: Blessed are the ones having been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These Words of God are true.


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And I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, Behold! Stop! I am a fellow-slave of yours, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.


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And I saw Heaven being opened. And, behold! A white horse, and He sitting on it having been called Faithful and True. And He judges and wars in righteousness.


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And His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head many diadems, having a name that had been written, which no one knows except Himself;


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and having been clothed in a garment which had been dipped in blood. And His name is called The Word of God.


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And out of His mouth goes forth a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations. And He will shepherd them with an iron rod. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the anger and of the wrath of God Almighty.


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And He has on His garment and on His thigh a name having been written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.


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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 flying in mid-heaven, Come and gather together to the supper of the great God,


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that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of chiliarchs, and the flesh of strong ones, and the flesh of horses, and of the ones sitting on them, and the flesh of all, both freemen and slaves, even of the small and great.


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And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth, and their armies being assembled to make war with the One sitting on the horse, and with His army.


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And the beast was seized, and with this one the false prophet doing signs before it, by which he led astray those having received the mark of the beast, and those worshiping its image. The two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.


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And the rest were killed with the sword of the One sitting on the horse, the sword having gone forth from His mouth. And all the birds were filled from their flesh.


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And I saw an angel coming down out of Heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain on his hand.


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And he laid hold of the dragon, the old serpent who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,


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and threw him into the abyss, and shut him up, and sealed over him, that he should not still lead astray the nations, until the thousand years are fulfilled. And after these things, he must be set loose a little time.


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And I saw thrones, and they sat on them. And judgment was given to them, and the souls of the ones having been beheaded because of the witness of Jesus, and because of the Word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast nor its image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.


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Blessed and holy is the one having 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 to mislead the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to assemble them in war, whose number is as the sand of the sea.


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And they went up over the breadth of the land and encircled the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. And fire from God came down out of Heaven and burned them down.


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And the Devil leading them astray was thrown into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were. And they were tormented day and night to the ages of the ages.


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And I saw a Great White Throne, and the One sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled; and a place was not found for them.


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


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And the sea gave up the dead in it. And death and hell gave up the dead in them. And they were each 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 thrown 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 passed away, and the sea no longer is.


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


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


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And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no longer, nor mourning, nor outcry, nor will there be pain any more; for the first things passed away.


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And the One sitting on the throne said, Behold! I make all things new. And He says to me, Write, because these Words are faithful and true.


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And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending. To the one thirsting, I will freely give of the fountain of the Water of Life.


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And one of the seven angels came to me, he having the seven bowls being filled with the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.


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And he carried me in spirit onto a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,


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having the glory of God. And its light was like a very precious stone, as a jasper stone, being clear as crystal,


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and having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates and names having been inscribed, which are 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 the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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And he speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.


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And the city lies four cornered, even its length as much as the width also. And he measured the city with the reed at twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal.


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And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty four cubits, a measure of a man, which is of an angel.


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And the foundation of the wall of the city having 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 of 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, even its lamp is the Lamb.


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And the nations of the ones saved will walk in its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.


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And all profaning may not at all enter into it, or any making an abomination or a lie; but only the ones having been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb.


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And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming forth 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 a tree of life producing twelve fruits: according to one month each yielding its fruit. And the leaves of the tree were for healing of the nations.


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And every curse will no longer be. And the throne of God and the Lamb will be in it; and His slaves will serve Him.


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And night will not be there; and they have no need of a lamp or a light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them. And they shall reign to the ages of the ages.


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And he said to me, These Words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His slaves what must happen quickly.


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And I, John, was the one seeing and hearing 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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And he said to me, Behold! Stop! For I am your fellow-slave, and of your brothers the prophets, and of the ones keeping the Words of this Book. Do worship to God.


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The one acting unjustly, let him still act unjustly; and the filthy, let him still be filthy; and the righteous, let him still do righteousness; and the holy, let him still be holy.


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Blessed are the ones doing His commands, that their authority will be over the Tree of Life, and by the gates they may enter 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 loving a lie, and making it.


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I, Jesus, sent My angel to testify these things to you over the assemblies. I am the Root and Offspring of David, the bright and morning Star.


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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And the one hearing, let him say, Come! And the one thirsting, let him come; and the one desiring, let him take of the water of life freely.


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For I testify together with everyone hearing the Words of the prophecy of this Book, if anyone adds to these things, God will add upon him the plagues having 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 from the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and of the things having been written in this Book.


