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For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;


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knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.


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knowing that Messiah, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!


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In the same way, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Messiah Yeshua <n>6:11 Some mss add “our Lord” </n>.


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Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.


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Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?


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But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.


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I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.


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What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.


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But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.


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Or do you not know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?


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For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.


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So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.


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Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Messiah, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.


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For when we were in the flesh, <n>7:5 Or, “were living according to the sinful nature”</n> the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.


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But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.


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What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I would not have known sin, except through the law. For I would not have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” <n>7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21</n>


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But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.


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Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.


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For I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.


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For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, <n>7:18 Or, “in my sinful nature”</n> dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.


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but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.


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Thanks be to <n>7:25 Some mss read “I thank God” instead of “Thanks be to God”</n> God through Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, the sin’s law.


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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah Yeshua. <n>8:1 Some mss add “who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit”. See verse 4</n>


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For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua made you <n>8:2 Some mss read “me” instead of “you” </n> free from the law of sin and of death.


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For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;


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that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.


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For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.


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because the mind set on the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.


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But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Messiah, he is not his.


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If Messiah is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.


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But if the Spirit of him who raised up Yeshua from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Messiah Yeshua from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.


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For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.


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For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”


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and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Messiah; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.


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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.


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For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope


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that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.


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Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.


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In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we do not know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.


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He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.


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We know that all things work together for good <n>8:28 Or, “We know that he works all things together for good”. Other mss read “We know that God works all things together for good for those who love God” </n> for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.


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For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.


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Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.


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He who did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?


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Who is he who condemns? It is Messiah who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.


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Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?


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Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” <n>8:36 Psalm 44:22</n>


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


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nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.


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For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Messiah for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,


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who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;


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of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Messiah as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.


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But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.


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Neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children. But, “In Isaac will your seed be called.” <n>9:7 Genesis 21:12</n>


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That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.


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For this is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.” <n>9:9 Genesis 18:10,14</n>


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For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,


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For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” <n>9:15 Exodus 33:19</n>


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For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” <n>9:17 Exodus 9:16</n>


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But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” <n>9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9</n>


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Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?


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What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,


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and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,


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As he says also in Hosea,“I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” <n>9:25 Hosea 2:23. P Vg read “mercy/pity” instead of “beloved/loved”</n>


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“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ There they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” <n>9:26 Hosea 1:10</n>


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Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,“If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;


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for the Lord will fulfill his word completely and without delay <n>9:28 Some mss add “in righteousness”</n> upon the earth.” <n>9:28 Isaiah 10:22-23 </n>


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As Isaiah has said before,“Unless the Lord of hosts <n>9:29 Greek: Sabaoth, for Hebrew: Tzevaot/Tsvaot</n> had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.” <n>9:29 Isaiah 1:9</n>


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What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;


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but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law <n>9:31 Some mss add “of righteousness” </n>.


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Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works <n>9:32 Some mss add “of the law” </n>. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;


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even as it is written,“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock that will make them fall; and no one who believes in him will be put to shame.” <n>9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16</n>


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Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for them <n>10:1 Some mss read “Israel” instead of “them” </n>, that they may be saved.


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For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.


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For Messiah is the end <n>10:4 Or, “fulfillment,” “goal,” “aim,” “completion”</n> of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.


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For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.” <n>10:5 Leviticus 18:5</n>


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But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ <n>10:6 Deuteronomy 30:12</n> (that is, to bring Messiah down);


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or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ <n>10:7 Deuteronomy 30:13</n> (that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead.)”


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But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” <n>10:8 Deuteronomy 30:14</n> that is, the word of faith, which we proclaim:


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that if you will confess with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.


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For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made, resulting in salvation.


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For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” <n>10:11 Isaiah 28:16</n>


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For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on him.


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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a proclaimer?


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And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written:“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news <n>10:15 Some mss add “of peace, who bring good news”</n> of good things!” <n>10:15 Isaiah 52:7</n>


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But they did not all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” <n>10:16 Isaiah 53:1</n>


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So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. <n>10:17 Some mss read “Messiah” instead of “God” </n>


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But I say, did they not hear? Yes, truly,“Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” <n>10:18 Psalm 19:4</n>


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But I ask, did not Israel know? First Moses says,“I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.” <n>10:19 Deuteronomy 32:31</n>


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Isaiah is very bold, and says,“I was found by those who did not seek me. I was revealed to those who did not ask for me.” <n>10:20 Isaiah 65:1</n>


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But as to Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” <n>10:21 Isaiah 65:2</n>


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I ask then, did God reject his inheritance he foreknew? <n>11:1 Some mss read “people” instead of “inheritance”. See Psalm 94:14 (LXX). JBL, Vol. 118, No.1</n> May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.


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God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:


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“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.” <n>11:3 1 Kings 19:10,14</n>


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But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” <n>11:4 1 Kings 19:18</n>


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And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. <n>11:6 Some mss add “But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work” </n>


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What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.


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According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.” <n>11:8 Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10</n>


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David says,“Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.


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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always.” <n>11:10 Psalm 69:22,23</n>


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I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.


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Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?


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For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an emissary to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;


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For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?


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But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree; <n>11:17 Some mss read “root and the richness” instead of “rich root”</n>


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do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.


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True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;


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See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.


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They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.


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For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?


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For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,


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and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written,“There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.


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This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.” <n>11:27 Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34</n>


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Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers’ sake.


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even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.


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Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!


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Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.


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And do not <n>12:2 Some mss read “You are not to” instead of “And do not”</n> be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.


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For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.


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Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;


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or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.


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In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; outdo one another in showing honor;


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Be of the same mind one toward another. Do not be arrogant, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own conceits.


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Do not seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.” <n>12:19 Deuteronomy 32:35</n>


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Therefore“If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.” <n>12:20 Proverbs 25:21-22</n>


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Let every person <n>13:1 Some mss read “Be subject to all governing authorities” rather than “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities”</n> be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are appointed by God.


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Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.


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For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,


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for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.


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Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.


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For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing.


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Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.


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Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.


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For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” <n>13:9 Some mss add “You shall not give false testimony” </n> <n>13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21</n> and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” <n>13:9 Leviticus 19:18</n>


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Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.


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The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let us therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.


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Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.


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Do not let him who eats despise him who does not eat. Do not let him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.


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Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for the Lord <n>14:4 Some mss read “God” instead of “the Lord” </n> has power to make him stand.


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One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind.


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He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord. <n>14:6 Some mss add “and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it” </n> He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.


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For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.


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For to this end Messiah died, <n>14:9 Some mss add “rose”</n> and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.


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But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God <n>14:10 Some mss read “Messiah” instead of “God” </n>.


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For it is written,“‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’” <n>14:11 Isaiah 45:23</n>


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Therefore let us not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.


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I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Yeshua, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.


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Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Messiah died.


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for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.


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So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.


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Do not overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.


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It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles <n>14:21 Some mss add “is offended or is made weak”</n>.


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The faith you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in that which he approves.


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But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.


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For even Messiah did not please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” <n>15:3 Psalm 69:9</n>


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For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.


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Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Messiah Yeshua,


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that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.


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Therefore accept one another, even as Messiah also accepted you, <n>15:7 Some mss read “us” instead of “you”</n> to the glory of God.


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Now I say that Messiah has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,


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and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,“Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.” <n>15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49</n>


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Again, Isaiah says,“There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.” <n>15:12 Isaiah 11:10</n>


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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.


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I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.


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But I write the more boldly to you <n>15:15 Some mss add “brothers” </n> in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,


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that I should be a servant of Messiah Yeshua to the Gentiles, serving as a cohen the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.


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For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Messiah worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,


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in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Messiah;


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yes, making it my aim to proclaim the Good News, not where Messiah was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.


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But, as it is written,“They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who have not heard will understand.” <n>15:21 Isaiah 52:15</n>


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but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,


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whenever I journey to Spain <n>15:24 Some mss add “I will come to you” </n>. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.


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For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.


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Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.


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When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.


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I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of <n>15:29 Some mss add “Good News of the” </n> the Messiah.


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Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,


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that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;


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that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.


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who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles.


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Greet the congregation that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Asia <n>16:5 Some mss read “Achaia” instead of “Asia” </n> to Messiah.


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Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the emissaries, who also were in Messiah before me.


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Greet Ampliatus <n>16:8 Some mss read “Amplias” instead of “Ampliatus” </n>, my beloved in the Lord.


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Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.


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Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.


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Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.


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For those who are such do not serve our Lord <n>16:18 Some mss add “Yeshua”</n> the Messiah, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.


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For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.


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And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you.


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Gaius, my host and host of the whole congregation, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.


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<n>16:24 Some mss omit. Some mss add “The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you all! Amen.” Cf. v. 20</n>


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Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the proclaiming of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages,


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but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations;


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to the only wise God, through Yeshua the Messiah, to whom be the glory forever! Amen. <n>16:27 M places verses 25-27 after 14:23 as verses 24-26</n>


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Paul, called to be an emissary of Messiah Yeshua <n>1:1 Some mss have the order “Yeshua Messiah”</n> through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,


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to the congregation of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Messiah Yeshua, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah in every place, both theirs and ours:


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Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our <n>1:3 Some mss read “our Father and the”</n> Lord Yeshua the Messiah.


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so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah;


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God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord.


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Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.


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For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.


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Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Messiah.”


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so that no one should say that you had been immersed <n>1:15 Some mss read “that I had immersed you” instead of “you had been immersed” </n> into my own name.


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(I also immersed the household of Stephanas; besides them, I do not know whether I immersed any other.)


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For Messiah sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Messiah would not be made void.


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For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.


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For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.” <n>1:19 Isaiah 29:14</n>


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Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?


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For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.


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but we preach Messiah crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles <n>1:23 Some mss read “Greeks” instead of “Gentiles” </n>,


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but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Messiah is the power of God and the wisdom of God.


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For consider your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, and not many noble.


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But God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise. And God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong.


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And God chose the lowly of the world, and the despised, what is considered to be nothing, to bring to nothing what is considered to be something,


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And because of him you are in Messiah Yeshua, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,


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When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery <n>2:1 Some mss read “testimony” instead of “mystery” </n> of God. <n>2:1 Some mss read “testimony of Messiah”</n>


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My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of <n>2:4 Some mss add “human”</n> wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,


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We speak wisdom, however, among those who are mature, but a wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who will pass away.


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But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the ages for our glory,


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which none of the rulers of this age has understood. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.


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But as it is written,No eye has seen, and no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things which God has prepared for those who love him. <n>2:9 Isaiah 64:4; James 1:12</n>


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But to us God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.


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For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.


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But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.


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And we speak of these things, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the <n>2:13 Some mss add “Holy”</n> Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.


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Now the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.


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For “who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” <n>2:16 Isaiah 40:13</n> But we have the mind of Messiah.


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I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. And even now you are still not ready,


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for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not walk in the ways of men?


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For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not men <n>3:4 Some mss read “fleshly” instead of “men”</n>?


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Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?


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Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.


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According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.


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each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.


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If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.


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If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.


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Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.


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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.” <n>3:19 Job 5:13</n>


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And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.” <n>3:20 Psalm 94:11</n>


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whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,


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But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment. Yes, I do not judge my own self.


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For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.


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Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.


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Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to go <n>4:6 Some mss read “think” </n> beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.


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For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?


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You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.


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For, I think that God has displayed us, the emissaries, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.


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We are fools for Messiah’s sake, but you are wise in Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.


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Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.


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Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.


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For though you have ten thousand tutors in Messiah, yet not many fathers. For in Messiah Yeshua, I became your father through the Good News.


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Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Messiah, even as I teach everywhere in every congregation.


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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.


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It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even <n>5:1 Some mss add “named” </n> among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.


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You are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.


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For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.


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In the name of our Lord Yeshua, <n>5:4 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Yeshua, <n>5:4 Some mss add “Messiah”</n>


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are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, <n>5:5 Or, “destruction of the carnal nature”</n> that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. <n>5:5 Some mss add “Yeshua”. P Vg read “our Lord Yeshua Messiah”</n>


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Purge out the old hametz, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Messiah, our Passover, has been sacrificed <n>5:7 Some mss add “for us” </n>.


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Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the hametz of malice and wickedness, but with the matzah of sincerity and truth.


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yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.


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But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Do not even eat with such a person.


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For what have I to do with also judging those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are within?


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But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.” <n>5:13 Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7</n>


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Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?


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Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?


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If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the congregation?


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I say this to move you to shame. Is not there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?


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Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?


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Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor men who have sexual relations with men, <n>6:9 Lit. “man-lier”.Gk arsenokoites, poss. from LXX Leviticus 18:22 20:13 where God forbids men/males (arsenos) to lie/have sex (koiten) as with a woman. See also Romans 1:26-27</n>


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nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers, will inherit the Kingdom of God.


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Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, <n>6:11 Some mss omit “Messiah”</n> and in the Spirit of our God.


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“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.


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“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.


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Do you not know that your bodies are members of Messiah? Shall I then take the members of Messiah, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!


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Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two,” says he, “will become one flesh.” <n>6:16 Genesis 2:24</n>


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Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.


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Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,


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for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body <n>6:20 Some mss add “and in your spirit, which are God’s” </n>.


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Now concerning the things about which you wrote <n>7:1 Some mss add “to me” </n>: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.


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But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.


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Let the husband fulfill his marital duty <n>7:3 Some mss read “affection” instead of “duty” </n> to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.


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The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.


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Do not deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to <n>7:5 Some mss add “fasting and”</n> prayer, and may be together again, that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.


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Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.


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(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.


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But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.


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The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband <n>7:13 Some mss read “him” instead of “her husband” </n>.


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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother <n>7:14 Or, “believing husband.” Some mss read “in the husband” instead of “by the brother” </n>. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.


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Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us <n>7:15 Some mss read “you” instead of “us”</n> to peace.


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For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?


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Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God <n>7:17 Some mss read “God…Lord” instead of “Lord…God”</n> has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the congregations.


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Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.


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Were you called being a bondservant? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.


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For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Messiah’s bondservant.


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Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.


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I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.


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But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.


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But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;


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and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;


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and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.


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But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;


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There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.


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This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.


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But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He does not sin. Let them marry.


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But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.


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So then both he who gives his own virgin <n>7:38 Some mss omit “his own virgin” </n> in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage does better.


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A wife is bound <n>7:39 Some mss add “by law” </n> to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.


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But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.


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Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.


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Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no <n>8:4 Some mss add “other” </n> God but one.


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For though there are things that are called “gods,” whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords;”


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yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, through whom are all things, and we live through him.


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However, that knowledge is not in all men. But some, being so accustomed <n>8:7 Some mss read “having consciousness” instead of “being so accustomed” </n> to idols until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.


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But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.


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For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?


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Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Messiah.


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Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I do not cause my brother to stumble.


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Am I not free? Am I not an emissary? Have I not seen Yeshua <n>9:1 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?


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If to others I am not an emissary, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my office of emissary in the Lord.


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Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the emissaries, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?


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What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and does not drink from the flock’s milk?


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For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” <n>9:9 Deuteronomy 25:4</n> Is it for the oxen that God cares,


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or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in the hope of having a share <n>9:11 Some mss add “of his hope” </n>.


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If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Messiah.


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Do you not know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?


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But I have used none of these things, and I do not write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.


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For if I proclaim the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I do not proclaim the Good News.


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For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.


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What then is my reward? That, when I proclaim the Good News, I may present the Good News <n>9:18 Some mss add “of Messiah” </n> without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.


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To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law <n>9:20 Some mss omit “not being myself under the law” </n>, that I might gain those who are under the law;


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to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Messiah), that I might win those who are without law.


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To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.


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Now I do all things <n>9:23 Some mss read “this” instead of “all things” </n> for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.


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Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.


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Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.


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but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.


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Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;


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and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Messiah.


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Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.


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Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” <n>10:7 Exodus 32:6</n>


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


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Neither let us test the Messiah, <n>10:9 Some mss read “Lord” instead of “Messiah”</n> as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.


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Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.


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No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.


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The cup of blessing which we bless, is not it a sharing of the blood of Messiah? The bread which we break, is not it a sharing of the body of Messiah?


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Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.


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Consider Israel according to the flesh. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?


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But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I do not desire that you would have fellowship with demons.


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You cannot both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.


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“All things are lawful, <n>10:23 Some mss add “for me”</n>” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful, <n>10:23 Ibid</n>” but not all things build up.


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But if one of those who do not believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.


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But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. <n>10:28 Some mss add “For the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness”</n>


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Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?


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


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Now I praise you, <n>11:2 Some mss add “brothers” </n> that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.


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But I would have you know that the head of every man is Messiah, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Messiah is God.


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But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.


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For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.


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For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.


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Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.


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But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her <n>11:15 Some mss omit “to her” </n> for a covering.


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But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.


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For first of all, when you come together in the congregation, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.


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What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s congregation, and put them to shame who do not have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.


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For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Yeshua on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.


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When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, <J>“</J> <n>11:24 Some mss add “Take, eat”</n><J>This is my body, which is</J> <n>11:24 Some mss add “broken” </n><J> for you. Do this in memory of me.”</J>


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In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, <J>“This cup is the New Covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”</J>


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For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.


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Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a manner unworthy <n>11:27 Some mss add “of the Lord” </n> will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.


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For he who eats and drinks <n>11:29 Some mss add “in an unworthy manner” </n> eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not discern the <n>11:29 Some mss add “Lord’s” </n> body.


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But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.


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You know that when you were heathen <n>12:2 or Gentiles</n>, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.


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Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Yeshua is accursed.” No one can say, “Yeshua is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.


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Now there are various kinds of gifts <n>12:4 Or, “spiritual empowerments,” “spiritual enablements”</n>, but the same Spirit.


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For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;


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to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the one <n>12:9 Some mss read “same” instead of “one” </n> Spirit;


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and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; to another different kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues.


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But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.


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For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Messiah.


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For in one Spirit we were all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink of <n> 12:13 Some mss read “into” instead of “of” </n> one Spirit.


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If the foot would say, “Because I’m not the hand, I’m not part of the body,” it is not therefore not part of the body.


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If the ear would say, “Because I’m not the eye, I’m not part of the body,” it’s not therefore not part of the body.


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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?


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The eye cannot tell the hand, “I have no need for you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need for you.”


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Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;


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whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,


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


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When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.


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God has set some in the congregation: first emissaries, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.


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But earnestly desire the greater <n>12:31 Some mss read “best” instead of “greater” </n> gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.


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


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If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.


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If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body so that I may boast <n>13:3 Some mss read “to be burned” instead of “so that I may boast” </n>, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.


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does not behave itself inappropriately, does not seek its own way, is not irritable, does not keep a record of wrongs;


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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.


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When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.


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For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.


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Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts <n>14:1 Or, “desire the spiritual.” Greek lacks the word “gifts”</n>, but especially that you may prophesy.


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For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.


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Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy, and <n>14:5 Some mss read “for” instead of “and”</n> he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the congregation may be built up.


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But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?


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Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they did not give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?


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So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.


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There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none <n>14:10 Some mss add “of them” </n> is without meaning.


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If then I do not know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.


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So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the congregation.


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


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Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he does not know what you say?


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However in the congregation I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.


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In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord.” <n>14:21 Isaiah 28:11-12</n>


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Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.


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If therefore the whole congregation is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?


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But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.


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And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.


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What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.


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If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.


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But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the congregation, and let him speak to himself, and to God.


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let the women <n>14:34 Some mss read “your” instead of “the”</n> keep silent in the congregations, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the Law also says.


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If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the congregation.


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If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.


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But if someone does not recognize this <n>14:38 Some mss read “is ignorant” instead of “does not recognize this” </n>, he is not recognized.


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Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,


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by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.


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For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,


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After that he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.


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For I am the least of the emissaries, who is not worthy to be called an emissary, because I persecuted the congregation of God.


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But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.


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Now if Messiah is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?


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Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Messiah, whom he did not raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.


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But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, <n>15:20 Some mss add “he became” </n> the first fruits of those who are asleep.


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Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.


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For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” <n>15:27 Psalm 8:6</n> But when he says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.


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When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.


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Or else what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they immersed for them <n>15:29 Some mss read “the dead” instead of “them” </n>?


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If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” <n>15:32 Isaiah 22:13</n>


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That which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.


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All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.


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There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.


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There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.


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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.


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So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” <n>15:45 Genesis 2:7</n> The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.


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However that which is spiritual is not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.


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The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is <n>15:47 Some mss add “the Lord” </n> from heaven.


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As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.


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As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let us <n>15:49 Some mss read “we will” instead of “let us” </n> also bear the image of the heavenly.


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Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.


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in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.


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But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” <n>15:54 Isaiah 25:8</n>


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“Death, where is your victory? Death <n>15:55 Some mss read “Hades/Sheol” instead of “Death” </n>, where is your sting?” <n>15:55 Hosea 13:14</n>


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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.


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Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the congregations of Galatia, you do likewise.


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On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.


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When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.


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But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.


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For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.


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Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.


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Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.


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Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.


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Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints),


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I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.


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The congregations of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the congregation that is in their house.


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If any man does not love the Lord, <n>16:22 Some mss add “Yeshua Messiah”</n> let him be accursed <n>16:22 Greek: anathema</n>. Come, Lord! <n>16:22 Aramaic: Maranatha!</n>


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Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the congregation of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:


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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;


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who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.


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But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.


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Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.


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For we do not desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened <n>1:8 Some mss add “to us” </n> in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.


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Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,


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who delivered us out of so great a death, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will also deliver us again;


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you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our <n>1:11 Some mss read “your” instead of “our”</n> behalf.


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For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives <n>1:12 The two variants, “pure motives” and “holiness” have only a two letter difference. The former, “pure motives” seems to fit the context better and is a Pauline word while the other Greek variant is not </n> and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.


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For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end;


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as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Yeshua.


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and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.


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When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”


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But as God is faithful, our word toward you is <n>1:18 Some mss read “was” instead of “is” </n> not “Yes and no.”


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For the Son of God, Yeshua the Messiah, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”


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For however many are the promises of God, in him <n>1:20 Some mss read “Messiah” instead of “him”</n> they are “Yes.” Therefore also through him they are “Amen,” to the glory of God through us.


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Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.


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And I wrote this very thing <n>2:3 Some mss add “to you” </n>, so that, when I came, I would not have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.


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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.


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But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.


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so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.


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For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.


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Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Messiah,


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I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.


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Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Messiah, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.


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to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?


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For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Messiah.


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Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? We do not need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or <n>3:1 Some mss add “of recommendation” </n> from you, do we?


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being revealed that you are a letter of Messiah, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.


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not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;


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who also made us sufficient as servants of a New Covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.


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But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:


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For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.


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For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.


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and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.


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But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Messiah it passes away.


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But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.


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But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.


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in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to prevent the light shining from the Good News of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of God.


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For we do not preach ourselves, but Messiah Yeshua as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Yeshua’s sake;


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seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” <n>4:6 Genesis 1:3</n> who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Yeshua the Messiah.


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But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.


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always carrying in the body the death of <n>4:10 Some mss add “the Lord”</n> Yeshua, that the life of Yeshua may also be revealed in our body.


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For we who live are always delivered to death for Yeshua’s sake, that the life also of Yeshua may be revealed in our mortal flesh.


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But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” <n>4:13 Psalm 116:10</n> We also believe, and therefore also we speak;


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knowing that he who raised Yeshua <n>4:14 Some mss read “the Lord Yeshua”</n> will raise us also with Yeshua, and will present us with you.


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For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.


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Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is wearing away, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.


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For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;


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while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.


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For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.


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For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.


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Therefore, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;


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We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.


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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Messiah; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.


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Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.


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For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.


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For the love of Messiah constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.


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He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.


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Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Messiah after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.


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Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, new things have come. <n>5:17 Some mss read “all things have become new” instead of “new things have come” </n>


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But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Yeshua the Messiah, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;


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namely, that God was in Messiah reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.


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We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Messiah, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Messiah, be reconciled to God.


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For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.


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for he says,“At an acceptable time I listened to you,in a day of salvation I helped you.” <n>6:2 Isaiah 49:8</n> Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.


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but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,


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in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,


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as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.


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Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?


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What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For we <n>6:16 Some mss read “you” instead of “we” </n> are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” <n>6:16 Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27</n>


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Therefore,“‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord.‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. <n>6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41</n>


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I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.” <n>6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8</n>


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Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.


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I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.


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Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.


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For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.


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and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.


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For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.


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I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.


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For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.


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For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.


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So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.


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Therefore we have been comforted. In our <n>7:13 Some mss read “your” instead of “our” </n> comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.


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For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.


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His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.


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Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the congregations of Macedonia;


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how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.


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begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.


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This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.


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But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love from us that is in you, <n>8:7 Some mss read “your love to us”</n> see that you also abound in this grace.


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I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.


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For you know the grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.


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I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.


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But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.


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For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you do not have.


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but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.


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As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.” <n>8:15 Exodus 16:8</n>


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For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.


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We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the congregations.


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Not only so, but who was also appointed by the congregations to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.


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We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.


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Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.


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We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.


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As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the emissaries of the congregations, the glory of Messiah.


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Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the congregations, and of our boasting on your behalf.


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for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.


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But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,


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so that I won’t by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confidence <n>9:4 Some mss add “of boasting” </n>.


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I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.


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Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.


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Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.


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And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.


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As it is written,“He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.” <n>9:9 Psalm 112:9</n>


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Now <n>9:10 Some mss add “may” </n> he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;


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For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many thanksgivings to God;


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seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Messiah, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;


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while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.


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Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Messiah; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.


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But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.


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for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,


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throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Messiah;


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Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Messiah’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Messiah’s, so also we are Messiah’s.


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For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,


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For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”


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Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.


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For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.


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But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.


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For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Messiah,


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not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,


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so as to proclaim the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.


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For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Messiah.


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But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve <n>11:3 Greek for Hebrew “Havah”</n> in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from a sincere and pure <n>11:3 Some mss omit “pure” </n> devotion to Messiah.


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For if he who comes preaches another Yeshua, whom we did not proclaim, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different “good news”, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.


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Even though I am unskilled in speech, I am not unskilled in knowledge. But in every way we have made this known <n>11:6 Some mss read “we have been made known” instead of “we have made this known” </n> to you in all things.


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Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?


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When I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.


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But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.


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It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.


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I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.


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That which I speak, I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.


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For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.


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I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.


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Are they servants of Messiah? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.


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Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.


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I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;


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in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.


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Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the congregations.


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The God and Father of the Lord Yeshua, <n>11:31 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I do not lie.


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In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes <n>11:32 Some mss add “desiring”</n> to arrest me.


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It is necessary to boast <n>12:1 Some mss read “It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast” instead of “It is necessary for me to boast” </n>, though it is not profitable. But I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.


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I know a man in Messiah, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.


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I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart <n>12:3 Some mss read “outside of” instead of “apart from” </n> from the body, I do not know; God knows),


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how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.


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On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.


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For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.


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By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.


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He has said to me, <J>“My grace is sufficient for you, for</J> <n>12:9 Some mss add “my” </n><J> power is made perfect in weakness.”</J> Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Messiah may rest on me.


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Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Messiah’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.


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I have become foolish <n>12:11 Some mss add “in boasting” </n>. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best emissaries, though I am nothing.


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Truly the signs of an emissary were worked among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty works.


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For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the congregations, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.


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Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not what is yours, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.


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I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?


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I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Did not we walk in the same spirit? Did not we walk in the same steps?


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Have you been thinking all this time <n>12:19 Some mss read “Again” instead of “all this time” </n> that we have been defending ourselves before you? In the sight of God we speak in Messiah; and all things, beloved, are for your edifying.


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For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you do not desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;


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that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.


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This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” <n>13:1 Deuteronomy 19:15</n>


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I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, <n>13:2 Some mss add “I write”</n> to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;


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seeing that you seek a proof of Messiah who speaks in me; who toward you is not weak, but is powerful in you.


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For indeed <n>13:4 Some mss read “even since” instead of “indeed” </n> he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.


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Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or do you not know as to your own selves, that Yeshua the Messiah is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.


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Now we <n>13:7 Some mss read “I” instead of “we” </n> pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.


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For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.


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For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.


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Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.


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The grace of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. <n>13:14 Some mss add “Amen” </n>


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Paul, an emissary (not from men, neither through man, but through Yeshua the Messiah, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),


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Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the <n>1:3 Some mss read “the Father and our” instead of “our Father and the” </n> Lord Yeshua the Messiah,


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who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—


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I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you by the grace of Messiah <n>1:6 Some Western mss lack “Messiah”</n> to a different “good news”;


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and there is not another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Messiah.


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But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.


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As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you a “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.


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For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Messiah.


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But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.


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For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Yeshua the Messiah.


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For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, <n>1:13 Or, “traditional Judaism”</n> how I severely persecuted the congregation of God, and tried to destroy it.


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I advanced in Judaism <n>1:14 Or, “traditional Judaism”</n> beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.


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But when it was the good pleasure of God, <n>1:15 Some mss read “he” instead of “God”</n> who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,


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to reveal his Son to me, that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,


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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were emissaries before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.


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Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas <n>1:18 Some mss read “Peter” instead of “Cephas”</n>, and stayed with him fifteen days.


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but they only heard: “He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.”


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Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.


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I went up by revelation, and I explained to them the Good News which I proclaim among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.


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This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Messiah Yeshua, that they might bring us into bondage;


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to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.


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But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God does not show partiality to man)—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,


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but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcision


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(for he who appointed Peter to be an emissary of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);


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and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, Jacob and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.


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But when Cephas <n>2:11 Some mss read “Peter” instead of “Cephas”</n> came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.


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For before some people came from Jacob, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.


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And the rest of the Jewish believers joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.


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But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Cephas <n>2:14 Cf. 2:11</n> before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, how can you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?


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yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Yeshua the Messiah, even we believed in Messiah Yeshua, that we might be justified by faith in Messiah, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.


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But if, while we sought to be justified in Messiah, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Messiah a servant of sin? Certainly not!


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I have been crucified with Messiah, and it is no longer I that live, but Messiah living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.


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I do not make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Messiah died for nothing!”


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Foolish Galatians, who has cunningly deceived <n>3:1 Figuratively. Or, “bewitched”</n> you <n>3:1 Some mss add “not to obey the truth”</n>, before whose eyes Yeshua the Messiah was openly set forth <n>3:1 Some mss add “among you” </n> as crucified?


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I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?


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He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?


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The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.” <n>3:8 Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18</n>


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For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things that are written in the book of the Law, to do them.” <n>3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26</n>


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Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.” <n>3:11 Habakkuk 2:4</n>


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that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Messiah Yeshua; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.


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Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.


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Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “To seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “To your seed,” <n>3:16 Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7</n> which is Messiah.


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Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God <n>3:17 Some mss add “in Messiah” </n>, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.


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For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.


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What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.


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Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.


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But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Yeshua the Messiah might be given to those who believe.


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But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.


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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua.


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But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;


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So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.


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And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our <n>4:6 Some mss read “your” instead of “our” </n> hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”


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So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God <n>4:7 Some mss add “through Messiah.” P adds “through Yeshua the Messiah” </n>.


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But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?


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and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Messiah Yeshua.


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Where was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.


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They zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.


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My <n>4:19 Some mss add “little” </n> children, of whom I am again in travail until Messiah is formed in you—


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However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.


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These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to slavery, which is Hagar.


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For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in slavery with her children.


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But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. <n>4:26 Some mss read “the mother of us all” instead of “our mother” </n>


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For it is written,“Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband.” <n>4:27 Isaiah 54:1</n>


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Now you, <n>4:28 Some mss read “we” instead of “you” </n> brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.


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But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.


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However what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman.” <n>4:30 Genesis 21:10</n>


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Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.


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Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.


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You are alienated from Messiah, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.


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For in Messiah Yeshua neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.


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I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.


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But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.


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For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only do not use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.


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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” <n>5:14 Leviticus 19:18</n>


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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.


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Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: <n>5:19 Some mss add “adultery”</n> sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,


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envyings, murders, <n>5:21 Some mss omit “murders,” which appears to have dropped out in some mss by homoioteleuton</n> drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.


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Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also are not tempted.


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For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.


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So then, as we have opportunity, let us do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.


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As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Messiah.


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For even they who receive circumcision do not keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.


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But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.


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For neither <n>6:15 Some mss add “in Messiah Yeshua” </n> is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.


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From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of <n>6:17 Some mss add “the Lord”</n> Yeshua branded on my body.


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Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus who are faithful in Messiah Yeshua:


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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah;


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even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;


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having predestined us for adoption as children through Yeshua the Messiah to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,


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to the praise of the glory of his grace, <n>1:6 Some mss add “by”</n> which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved One,


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in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,


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to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Messiah, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;


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in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;


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in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,


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who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.


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For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Yeshua which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,


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that the God of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;


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having the eyes of your hearts <n>1:18 An Aramaic idiom where “heart” has the meaning of “understanding”. Some mss read “understanding”</n> enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,


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and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might


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which he worked in Messiah, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,


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far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.


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He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the congregation,


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You were made alive when you were dead in your <n>2:1 Some mss omit “your” </n> transgressions and sins,


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in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;


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among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.


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even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Messiah <n>2:5 Some mss read “in the Messiah”</n> (by grace you have been saved),


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that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Messiah Yeshua;


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For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yeshua for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.


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Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision,” (in the flesh, made by hands);


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that you were at that time separate from Messiah, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.


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But now in Messiah Yeshua you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Messiah.


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having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;


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and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which he put to death their enmity.


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He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace <n>2:17 Some mss omit “peace”</n> to those who were near.


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So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you <n>2:19 Some mss omit “you” </n> are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,


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being built on the foundation of the emissaries and prophets, Messiah Yeshua himself being the chief cornerstone;


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if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;


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which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy emissaries and prophets in the Spirit;


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that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the <n>3:6 Some mss read “his” instead of “the” </n> promise in Messiah Yeshua through the Good News,


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of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.


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To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Messiah,


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and to make all men see what is the administration <n>3:9 Some mss read “fellowship” instead of “administration”</n> of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things <n>3:9 Some mss add “through Yeshua the Messiah”</n>;


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to the intent that now through the congregation the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,


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For this cause, I bow my knees before the Father <n>3:14 Some mss add “of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah”</n>,


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that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;


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that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,


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may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,


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and to know Messiah’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.


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Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,


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to him be the glory in the congregation and in Messiah Yeshua to all generations forever and ever. Amen.


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I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,


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one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in <n>4:6 Some mss add “us” </n> all.


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Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” <n>4:8 Psalm 68:18</n>


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Now this, “He ascended,” what is it but that he also <n>4:9 Some mss add “first” </n> descended into the lower parts of the earth?


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He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.


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He gave some to be emissaries; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;


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for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Messiah;


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until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah;


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that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;


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from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.


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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,


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being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;


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that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;


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and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.


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Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.


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Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.


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Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.


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Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, <n>4:31 Or, shouting, violent assertiveness</n> and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.


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And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Messiah forgave you <n>4:32 Some mss read “us” instead of “you” </n>.


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Walk in love, even as Messiah also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.


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But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;


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nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.


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Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Messiah and God.


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Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.


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for the fruit of the light <n>5:9 Some mss read “Spirit” instead of “light”</n> is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,


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But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.


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speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and singing praises in your heart to the Lord;


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giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to God the Father;


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subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Messiah <n>5:21 Some mss read “God” instead of “Messiah”</n>.


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For the husband is the head of the wife, and Messiah also is the head of the congregation, being himself the savior of the body.


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But as the congregation is subject to Messiah, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.


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that he might present the congregation to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.


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Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.


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For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Messiah <n>5:29 Some mss read “the Lord” instead of “Messiah”</n> also does the congregation;


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“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.” <n>5:31 Genesis 2:24</n>


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Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.


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And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.


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Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Messiah;


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not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Messiah, doing the will of God from the heart;


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knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.


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You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours <n>6:9 Some mss read “your own master” instead of “their Master and yours” </n> is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.


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Finally, <n>6:10 Some mss add “my brothers” </n> be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.


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For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of this darkness, <n>6:12 Some mss add “of this age” </n> and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.


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Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.


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Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,


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above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.


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with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:


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on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,


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But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things;


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whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.


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Grace be with all those who love our Lord Yeshua the Messiah with incorruptible love. <n>6:24 Some mss add “Amen” </n>


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Paul and Timothy, servants of Messiah Yeshua; <n>1:1 Some mss read “Yeshua Messiah” instead of “Messiah Yeshua”</n> To all the saints in Messiah Yeshua who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:


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for your partnership <n>1:5 The word translated “partnership” (koinonia) also means “fellowship” and “sharing”</n> in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;


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being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Yeshua the Messiah.


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It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.


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so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Messiah;


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being filled with the fruit <n>1:11 Some mss read “fruits” instead of “fruit” </n> of righteousness, which are through Yeshua the Messiah, to the glory and praise of God.


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Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News;


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so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Messiah;


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and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word <n>1:14 Some mss add “of God”</n> without fear.


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The former insincerely proclaim Messiah from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;


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What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether out of false motives or in truth, Messiah is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.


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For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Yeshua the Messiah,


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according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Messiah will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.


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But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I do not make known what I will choose.


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But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Messiah, which is far better.


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Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,


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Only let your manner of life be worthy of the Good News of Messiah, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;


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and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.


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Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Messiah, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,


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If there is therefore any exhortation in Messiah, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,


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doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;


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And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.


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that at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,


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and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Messiah is Lord <n> 2:11 See Isaiah 45:23</n>, to the glory of God the Father.


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So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.


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that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,


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holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Messiah, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.


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Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.


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But I hope in the Lord Yeshua to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.


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But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.


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But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your emissary and servant of my need;


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For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.


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I have sent him all the more eagerly, therefore, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and that I may be less anxious.


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because for the work of Messiah he came near to death, risking <n>2:30 Some mss read “disregarding” instead of “risking” </n> his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.


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Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.


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For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Messiah Yeshua, and have no confidence in the flesh;


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though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:


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circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;


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concerning zeal, persecuting the congregation; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.


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More than that, I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Messiah


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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Messiah, the righteousness which is from God by faith;


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that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;


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Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Messiah Yeshua.


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Brothers, I do not regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to the things which are ahead,


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Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.


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Nevertheless, to what we have attained, to the same continue on <n>3:16 Some mss add “with the same standard, thinking the same” </n>.


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Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.


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For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Messiah,


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whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.


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For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Yeshua the Messiah;


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who will change our lowly bodies into the likeness of his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.


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Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.


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Yes, I beg you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.


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Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.


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And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Messiah Yeshua.


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Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.


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And the things you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.


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But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.


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Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.


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I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.


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I can do all things through him <n>4:13 Some mss read “Messiah” instead of “him” </n> who strengthens me.


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You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no congregation shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.


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But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.


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The grace of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with your spirit <n>4:23 Some mss read “with you all” instead of “with your spirit”</n>. <n>4:23 Some mss add “Amen” </n>


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to the saints and faithful brothers in Messiah at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father <n>1:2 Some mss add “and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah”</n>.


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because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,


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which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;


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even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Messiah on your <n>1:7 Some mss read “us” instead of “your”</n> behalf,


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For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, do not cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,


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that you may walk worthily of the Lord, <n>1:10 Some mss read “God” instead of “Lord”</n> to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;


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strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;


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giving thanks to the Father, who made you <n>1:12 Some mss read “us” instead of “you” </n> fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light;


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who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and transferred us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;


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in whom we have our redemption, <n>1:14 Some mss add “through his blood”. Cf. Eph 1:7</n> the forgiveness of our sins;


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who is the image of the invisible God, preeminent <n>1:15 Or, “supreme.” Greek prototokos </n> over all creation.


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For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created by him and in him.


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He is the head of the body, the congregation, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; <n>1:18 Or, “preeminent over all who rise from the dead”</n> that in all things he might have the preeminence.


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and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.


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yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,


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if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.


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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Messiah in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the congregation;


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of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,


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the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,


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to them God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Messiah in you, the hope of glory;


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whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Messiah Yeshua;


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For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;


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that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, <n>2:2 Some mss add “both of the Father and of”</n> namely, Messiah,


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For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Messiah.


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rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in <n>2:7 Some mss add “it in”</n> thanksgiving.


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Be careful that you do not let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Messiah.


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in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of <n>2:11 Some mss add “the sins of” </n> the flesh, in the circumcision of Messiah;


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having been buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.


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You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,


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wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;


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having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.


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Let no man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,


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Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has <n>2:18 Some mss add “not”</n> seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,


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and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.


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If you died with Messiah from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,


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Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.


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If then you were raised together with Messiah, seek the things that are above, where Messiah is, seated on the right hand of God.


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When Messiah, your <n>3:4 Some mss read “our” instead of “your” </n> life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.


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Put to death, therefore, whatever is worldly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.


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Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. <n>3:6 Some mss omit “sons of disobedience”. Cf. Eph 5:6</n>


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but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.


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where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Messiah is all, and in all.


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Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;


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bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as the Lord <n>3:13 Some mss read “Messiah” instead of “the Lord”</n> forgave you, so you also do.


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And let the peace of Messiah <n>3:15 Some mss read “God” instead of “Messiah”</n> rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.


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Let the word of the Messiah dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to God <n>3:16 Some mss read “the Lord” instead of “God”</n>.


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Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Yeshua, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.


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Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord <n>3:22 Some mss read “God” instead of “the Lord”</n>.


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knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Messiah.


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But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.


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Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.


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praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Messiah, for which I am also in bonds;


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Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.


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All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.


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I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you <n>4:8 Some mss read “he” instead of “you” </n> may know our <n>4:8 Some mss read “your” instead of “our” </n> circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts,


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together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.


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Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),


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and Yeshua who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These are my only fellow workers for the Kingdom of God, men who have been a comfort to me.


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Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Messiah, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured <n>4:12 Some mss read “complete” instead of “fully assured” </n> in all the will of God.


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For I testify about him, that he has worked hard <n>4:13 Some mss read “great zeal” instead of “worked hard” </n> for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.


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Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and to Nympha <n>4:15 Some mss read Nymphas” instead of “Nympha”</n> and the congregation that is in her <n>4:15 Some mss read “his” instead of “her” </n> house.


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When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the congregation of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.


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Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”


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The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. <n>4:18 Some mss add “Amen” </n>


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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah: Grace to you and peace <n>1:1 Some mss add “from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah”</n>.


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remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, before our God and Father.


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and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.


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You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,


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For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we do not need to say anything.


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For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,


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and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Yeshua, who delivers us from the wrath to come.


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but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.


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But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.


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For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),


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nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as emissaries of Messiah.


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But we were like children <n>2:7 Some mss read “gentle” instead of “like children” </n> among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.


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Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.


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For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.


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You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.


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we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.


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For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.


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For you, brothers, became imitators of the congregations of God which are in Judea in Messiah Yeshua; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Judeans;


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who killed both the Lord Yeshua and the <n>2:15 Some mss read “their own” instead of “the”</n> prophets, and drove us out, and did not please God, and are contrary to all men;


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forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.


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But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,


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For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is not it even you, before our Lord Yeshua <n>2:19 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> at his coming?


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Therefore, when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,


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and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker <n>3:2 Some mss read “servant” instead of “fellow worker” </n> in the Good News of Messiah, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;


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For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.


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For this cause I also, when I could not stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.


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But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;


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for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.


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For now we live, since you stand firm <n>3:8 Some mss read “if you stand firm” instead of “since you stand firm”</n> in the Lord.


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For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;


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night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?


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Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Yeshua, <n>3:11 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> direct our way to you;


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and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,


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to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Yeshua with all his saints.


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Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Yeshua, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, even as you are living <n>4:1 Some mss omit “even as you are living” </n>, that you excel more and more.


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that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.


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Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.


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But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,


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for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;


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and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;


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But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.


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For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua.


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For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.


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For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Messiah will rise first,


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then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.


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But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.


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For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.


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You are all children of light, and children of the day. We do not belong to the night, nor to darkness,


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But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.


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For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,


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But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,


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We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.


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See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.


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May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.


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I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the <n>5:27 Some mss add “holy” </n> brothers.


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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah:


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We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;


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so that we ourselves boast about you in the congregations of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.


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This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.


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and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Yeshua is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,


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giving vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the Good News of our Lord Yeshua,


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who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,


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when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.


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To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;


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that the name of our Lord Yeshua <n>1:12 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.


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Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and our gathering together to him, we ask you


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not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of the Lord <n>2:2 Some mss read “Messiah” instead of “the Lord”</n> had come.


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Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of lawlessness <n>2:3 Some mss read “sin” instead of “lawlessness” </n> is revealed, the son of destruction,


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he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits <n>2:4 Some mss add “as God”</n> in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.


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For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.


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Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;


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even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,


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and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


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But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you as first fruits <n>2:13 Some mss read “from the beginning” instead of “first fruits” </n> for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;


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to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.


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So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.


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Now our Lord Yeshua the Messiah himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,


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Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;


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Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.


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neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;


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not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.


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For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”


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Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the <n>3:12 Some mss read “by our” instead of “in the”</n> Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.


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If any man does not obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.


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Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.


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Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Messiah Yeshua our hope;


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to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the <n>1:2 Some mss read “our” instead of “the” </n> Father and Messiah Yeshua our Lord.


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As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,


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neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause speculation, <n>1:4 Some mss read “disputes” instead of “speculations”</n> rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—


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but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;


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desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.


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as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,


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for the sexually immoral, for men who have sexual relations with men, <n>6:9 See Leviticus 18:22, 20:13</n> for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;


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And I thank him who enabled me, Messiah Yeshua our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;


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although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.


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The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Messiah Yeshua came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.


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However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Yeshua the Messiah might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.


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Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God <n>1:17 Some mss add “who alone is wise” </n>, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.


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This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;


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holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;


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of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.


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I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings, be made for all men:


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for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.


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to which I was appointed a proclaimer and an emissary (I am telling the truth <n>2:7 Some mss add “in Messiah”</n>, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.


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I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.


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In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;


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but she will be delivered <n>2:15 Or, "preserved," "rescued," "saved." Greek: sothesetai</n> through <n>2:15 Or, "in," "in spite of"</n> childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with good judgment.


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The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;


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not a drunkard, not violent, <n>3:3 Some mss add “not greedy for dishonest gain”</n> but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;


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


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Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.


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Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;


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For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.


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but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.


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Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great:He <n>3:16 Some mss read “God” instead of “He” </n> was revealed in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.


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But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,


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


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


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If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Messiah Yeshua, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.


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For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.


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For to this end we both labor and strive <n>4:10 Some mss read “suffer reproach” instead of “strive” </n>, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.


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Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, <n>4:12 Some mss add “in spirit” </n> in faith, and in purity.


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


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Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.


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Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.


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But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is <n>5:4 Some mss add “good and”</n> acceptable in the sight of God.


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Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.


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


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being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.


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But refuse younger widows, for whenever their passions lead them away from Messiah, they desire to marry;


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Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.


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I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.


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If any <n> 5:16 Some mss add “man or”</n> woman who believes has widows, let her assist them, and do not let the congregation be burdened; that it might help those widows who are truly in need.


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Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.


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For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” <n>5:18 Deuteronomy 25:4</n> And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.” <n>5:18 Luke 10:7; Leviticus 19:13</n>


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I command you in the sight of God, and Messiah Yeshua, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.


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Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.


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In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden.


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


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Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.


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If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and does not consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,


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he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,


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constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. <n>6:5 Some mss add “Withdraw yourself from such.”</n>


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For we brought nothing into the world, so neither can we <n>6:7 Some mss read “and we certainly can not” instead of “so neither can we”</n> carry anything out.


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But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.


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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.


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


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Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.


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I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Messiah Yeshua, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession, <n>6:13 John 18:34-37</n>


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that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah;


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which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;


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who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.


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Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on <n>6:17 Some mss add “the living” </n>God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;


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that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;


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laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of that which is truly life <n>6:19 Some mss read “eternal” instead of “that which is truly” </n>.


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Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;


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which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. <n>6:21 Some mss add “Amen” </n>


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Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua <n>1:1 Some mss read “Yeshua the Messiah”</n> through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Messiah Yeshua,


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to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua our Lord.


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I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day


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having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice <n>1:5 Literal Greek:”Eunikay.” Aramaic “Unika.” Latin “Eunice”</n>, and, I am persuaded, in you also.


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For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.


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Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,


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who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Messiah Yeshua before times eternal,


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but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Messiah Yeshua, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.


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For this, I was appointed as a proclaimer, an emissary, and a teacher <n>1:11 Some mss add “of the Gentiles” </n>.


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For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.


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Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Messiah Yeshua.


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


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(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.


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


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No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.


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Consider what I say, for the Lord will give <n>2:7 Some mss read “and may the Lord give” instead of “for the Lord will give”</n> you understanding in all things.


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Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Messiah Yeshua with eternal glory.


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Remind them of these things, charging them in the presence of God, <n>2:14 Some mss read “the Lord” instead of “God” </n> that they do not argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.


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Do your best to present yourself approved by God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.


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


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However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” <n>2:19 Numbers 16:5</n> and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord <n>2:19 Some mss read “Messiah” instead of “the Lord”</n> depart from unrighteousness.”


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


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If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.


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


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in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,


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and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.


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For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,


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For of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,


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Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.


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But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.


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persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.


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


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From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Messiah Yeshua.


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All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,


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I command you therefore before God and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who will judge the living and the dead, and by <n>4:1 Some mss read “at” instead of “and by”</n> his appearing and his Kingdom:


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proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.


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For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;


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But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.


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From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.


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for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.


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


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Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will <n>4:14 Some mss read “May the Lord” instead of “The Lord will” </n> repay him according to his works,


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But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.


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And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.


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Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.


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The Lord <n>4:22 Some mss add “Yeshua the Messiah”</n> be with your spirit. Grace be with you. <n>4:22 Some mss add “Amen” </n>


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Paul, a servant of God, and an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,


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but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;


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to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace <n>1:4 Some mss add “mercy” </n> and peace from God the Father and Messiah Yeshua <n>1:4 Some mss read “Lord Yeshua Messiah” instead of “Messiah Yeshua”</n> our Savior.


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I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;


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if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.


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For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;


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holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.


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


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whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.


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One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”


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


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They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.


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that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:


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and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;


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to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.


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in all things showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness, <n>2:7 Some mss add “incorruptibility”</n>


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and a sound message that cannot be condemned; that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us <n>2:8 Some mss read “you” instead of “us”</n>.


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Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;


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


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instructing us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly desires, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;


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looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah;


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who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.


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Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,


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


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not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the mikveh of rebirth and renewing by the Holy Spirit,


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This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;


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but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.


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


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Send Zenas, the Law scholar, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.


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Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.


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All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all. <n>3:15 Some mss add “Amen”</n>


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Paul, a prisoner of Messiah Yeshua, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,


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and to Apphia our sister <n>1:2 Some mss read “to the beloved Apphia” instead of “and to Apphia our sister”</n>, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the congregation in your house:


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hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Yeshua, and toward all the saints;


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that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Messiah <n>1:6 Some mss add "Yeshua"</n>.


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For I have much joy <n>1:7 Some mss read “thankfulness” instead of “joy”</n> and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.


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yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Yeshua the Messiah.


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I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus, <n>1:10 Onesimus means “useful”</n>


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whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.


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But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.


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


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I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).


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Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Messiah <n>1:20 Some mss read “the Lord” instead of “Messiah” </n>.


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Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.


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The grace of the <n>1:25 Some mss read “our” instead of “the”</n> Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with your spirit. <n>1:25 Some mss add “Amen” </n>


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God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,


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in these last days has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.


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His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made <n>1:3 Some mss add “of himself” </n> purification for <n>1:3 Some mss add “our”</n> sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;


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having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.


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For to which of the angels did he say at any time,“You are my Son. Today have I become your father?” <n>1:5 Psalm 2:7</n> and again,“I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?” <n>1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13</n>


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Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.” <n>1:6 Deuteronomy 32:43</n>


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Of the angels he says,“Who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire.” <n>1:7 Psalm 104:4</n>


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But of the Son he says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.


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You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.” <n>1:9 Psalm 45:6-7</n>


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And,“You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.


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As a cloak, you will roll them up, and like a garment <n>1:12 Some mss omit “like a garment”</n> they will be changed.But you remain the same, and your years will have no end.” <n>1:12 Psalm 102:25-27</n>


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But which of the angels has he told at any time,“Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?” <n>1:13 Psalm 110:1</n>


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Are not they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?


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Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, so that we will not drift away.


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


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how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;


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God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?


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But one has somewhere testified, saying,“What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?


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You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor. <n>2:7 Some mss add “and set him over the works of your hands”</n>


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 You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not see all things subjected to him, yet.


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But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Yeshua, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.


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For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.


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For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,


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saying,“I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.” <n>2:12 Psalm 22:22</n>


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Again, “I will put my trust in him.” <n>2:13 Isaiah 8:17</n> Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.” <n>2:13 Isaiah 8:18</n>


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Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,


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Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful cohen gadol in things pertaining to God, to make atonement <n>2:17 Greek hilaskomai</n> for the sins of the people.


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Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the emissary and cohen gadol of our confession, Yeshua;


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who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all <n>3:2 Some mss omit “all”</n> his house.


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


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Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,


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but Messiah is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope. <n>3:6 Some mss adds “firm to the end”. Cf. 3:14</n>


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do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation <n>3:9 I.e., “as in Meribah.” See Psalm 95:8</n>, like as in the day of the trial <n>3:9 I.e., “of Massah.” See Psalm 95:8</n> in the wilderness,


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Therefore I was displeased with this <n>3:10 Some mss read “that” instead of “this” </n> generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, but they did not know my ways;’


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Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;


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but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today;” lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.


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For we have become partakers of Messiah, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:


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while it is said,“Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.” <n>3:15 Psalm 95:7-8</n>


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With whom was he displeased forty years? Was not it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?


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Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.


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For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard did not profit them, because they <n> 4:2 Some mss read “it was not” instead of “they were not” </n> were not united by faith with those who heard.


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For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” <n>4:3 Psalm 95:11</n> although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.


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For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works;” <n>4:4 Genesis 2:2</n>


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Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,


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he again defines a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said),“Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” <n>4:7 Psalm 95:7-8</n>


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Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.


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For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.


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There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.


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Having then a great cohen gadol, who has passed through the heavens, Yeshua, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.


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For we do not have a cohen gadol who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted <n>4:15 Some mss read “tried” instead of “tempted”</n> like we are, yet without sin.


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Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.


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


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The cohen gadol can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.


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So also Messiah did not glorify himself to be made a cohen gadol, but it was he who said to him,“You are my Son. Today I have become your father.” <n>5:5 Psalm 2:7</n>


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As he says also in another place,“You are a cohen forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” <n>5:6 Psalm 110:4</n>


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In the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.


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For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.


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But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.


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Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Messiah, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,


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of the teaching of washings, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.


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For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,


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and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.


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For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;


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but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.


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But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.


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For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the <n>6:10 Some mss add “labor of”</n> love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.


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that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.


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saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” <n>6:14 Genesis 22:17</n>


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For men <n>6:16 Some mss add “indeed”</n> swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.


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In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;


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


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This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;


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where as a forerunner Yeshua entered for us, having become a cohen gadol forever after the order of Melchizedek.


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


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to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;


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


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Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.


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They indeed of the sons of Levi who became cohanim have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the Law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,


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but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.


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Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.


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Now if there was perfection through the Levitical system of cohanim (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another cohen to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?


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For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.


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For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning cohanim <n>7:14 Some mss read “King’s cohanim” instead of “cohanim” </n>.


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This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another cohen,


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who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:


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for it is testified <n>7:17 Some mss read “””He testifies” instead of “it is testified”</n>,“You are a cohen forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” <n>7:17 Psalm 110:4</n>


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(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.


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(for they indeed have been made cohanim without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him,“The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a cohen forever <n>7:21 Some mss add “according to the order of Melchizedek” </n>.’” <n>7:21 Psalm 110:4</n>


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Therefore he is also able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.


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For such a cohen gadol was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;


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who does not need, like those cohanim gedolim, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.


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For the Law appoints men as cohanim gedolim who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the Law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.


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Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a cohen gadol, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,


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For every cohen gadol is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this cohen gadol also have something to offer.


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Now if he were on earth, he would not be a cohen at all, seeing there are cohanim who offer the gifts according to the Law;


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who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.” <n>8:5 Exodus 25:40</n>


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But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Law.


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For finding fault with them, he said,“Behold, the days come,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;


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not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;for they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.


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“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord;“I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart.I will be their God, and they will be my people.


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They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, <n>8:11 Some mss read “neighbor” instead of “fellow citizen”</n> and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.


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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins <n>8:12 Some mss add “and lawless deeds” </n> no more.” <n>8:12 Jeremiah 31:31-34</n>


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In that he says, “A New Covenant,” he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.


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For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lampstand <n>9:2 Or, “Menorah”</n>, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.


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


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and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we cannot speak now in detail.


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Now these things having been thus prepared, the cohanim go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,


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but into the second the cohen gadol alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.


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which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect,


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but deal only with foods and drinks and various washings; they are regulations for the flesh imposed until the time of setting things right.


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But the Messiah having come as a cohen gadol of the good things that have come, <n>9:11 Some mss read “things to come” instead of “things that have come”</n> through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,


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nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.


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how much more will the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our <n>9:14 Some mss read “your” instead of “our” </n> conscience from dead works to serve the living God?


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For this reason he is the mediator of a New Covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.


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For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.


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For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, <n>9:19 Some mss omit “and the goats.”</n> with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,


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Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in like manner with the blood.


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According to the Law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.


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It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.


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For Messiah hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;


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nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the cohen gadol enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,


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or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.


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so Messiah also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.


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For the Law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, <n>10:1 Some mss add “they”</n>can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.


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Or else would not they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed <n>10:2 Some mss read “purified” instead of “cleansed” </n>, would have had no more consciousness of sins?


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then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will <n>10:9 Some mss add “O God”</n>.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,


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by which will we have been sanctified <n>10:10 Some mss add “those”</n> through the offering of the body of Yeshua the Messiah once for all.


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Every cohen indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,


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by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;


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


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not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.


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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.


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A man who disregards the Law of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.


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How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?


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For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay <n>10:30 Some mss add “says the Lord”</n>.” <n>10:30 Deuteronomy 32:35</n> Again, “The Lord will judge his people.” <n>10:30 Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14</n>


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But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;


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partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.


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For you both had compassion on them that were in <n>10:34 Some mss read “me in my” instead of “them that were in”</n> chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, since you knew that you yourselves had a better <n>10:34 Some mss read “since you know that you had for yourselves better” rather than “since you knew that you yourselves had a better”</n> possession and an enduring one <n>10:34 Some mss add “in the heavens” </n>.


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But my <n>10:38 Some mss read “the” instead of “my” </n> righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” <n>10:38 Habakkuk 2:3-4</n>


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But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.


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By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.


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By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.


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By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he would not see death, and he was not found, because God took him away. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.


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Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.


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By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.


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By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to a <n>11:8 Some mss read “the” instead of “a” </n> place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.


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By faith, he lived as a foreigner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.


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By faith he received power to procreate when he was past age, and Sarah herself was barren. He regarded him faithful who had promised. <n>11:11 Or, “By faith even Sarah herself, when she was barren, received power to conceive when she was past age, since she regarded him faithful who had promised.”</n>


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Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.


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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen <n>11:13 Some mss add “and being convinced of”</n> them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.


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If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.


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


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By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;


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concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.


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By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. <n>11:21 Genesis 47:31</n>


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By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones.


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By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.


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choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;


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accounting the reproach of Messiah <n>11:26 Or, “his anointing,” “his Messiahship”</n> greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.


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


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


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By faith, they passed through the Red Sea <n>10:19 Greek. Hebrew “Sea of Suf” or “Sea of Extinction”, “Sea at the End” , “Sea of Reeds” </n> as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.


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By faith, Rahab the prostitute, did not perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.


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What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;


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who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, <n>11:33 Daniel 6:22-23</n>


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quenched the power of fire, <n>11:34 Daniel 3:1-30</n> escaped the edge of the sword, <n>11:34 1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20</n> from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.


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Women received their dead by resurrection. <n>11:35 1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20</n> Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.


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They were stoned. <n>11:37 2 Chronicles 24:20-21</n> They were sawed apart. <n>11:37 Some mss add “They were tempted” </n> They were killed with the sword. <n>11:37 Jeremiah 26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10</n> They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, mistreated


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


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God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.


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


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looking to Yeshua, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


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For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you do not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.


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and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,“My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are reproved by him;


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For whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and scourges every son whom he receives.” <n>12:6 Proverbs 3:11-12</n>


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It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?


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But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.


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Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?


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For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.


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All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.


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and make straight paths for your feet, <n>12:13 Proverbs 4:26</n> so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.


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looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;


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lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his own <n>12:16 Some mss omit “own” </n> birthright for one meal.


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For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.


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For you have not come to something <n>12:18 Some mss add “a mountain” </n> that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and darkness, gloom, and storm,


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the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,


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for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned <n>12:20 Some mss add “or shot with an arrow” </n>;” <n>12:20 Exodus 19:12-13</n>


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and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.” <n>12:21 Deuteronomy 9:19</n>


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


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to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,


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to Yeshua, the mediator of a New Covenant, <n>12:24 Jeremiah 31:31</n> and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.


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See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,


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whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake <n>12:26 Some mss read “I am shaking” instead of “I will shake” </n> not only the earth, but also the heavens.” <n>12:26 Haggai 2:6</n>


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So since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks <n>12:26 Or, “let us have grace”</n>, through which we may offer service pleasing to God, with reverence and awe,


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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.


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Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.


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Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for <n>13:4 Some mss read “but” instead of “for” </n> God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.


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Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you." <n>13:5 Deuteronomy 31:6</n>


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So that with good courage we say,“The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?” <n>13:6 Psalm 118:6-7</n>


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Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.


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Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.


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For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the cohen gadol as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp. <n>13:11 Leviticus 16:27</n>


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Therefore Yeshua also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.


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Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God <n>13:15 Psalm 50:23</n> continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.


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Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.


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Pray for us, for we are persuaded <n>13:18 Some mss read “confident” instead of “persuaded” </n> that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.


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Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Yeshua,


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make you complete in every good thing <n>13:21 Some mss read “work” instead of “thing”</n> to do his will, working in us <n>13:21 Some mss read “in you” instead of “in us”</n> that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Yeshua the Messiah, to whom be the glory forever <n>13:21 Some mss add “and ever”</n>. Amen.


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Jacob <n>1:1 Greek “Iakobos” for Hebrew “Jacob”</n>, a servant of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to the twelve tribes which are in the Diaspora: Greetings.


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


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But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.


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For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.


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Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he <n>1:12 Some mss read “the Lord” instead of “he.” Some mss read “God”</n> promised to those who love him.


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Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.


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Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.


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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.


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Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.


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This you know <n>1:19 Some mss read “So then” instead of “This you know”</n>, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;


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for the anger of man does not accomplish <n>1:20 Some mss read “produce” instead of “accomplish” </n> the righteousness of God.


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Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls <n>1:21 Or, “preserve your life”</n>.


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


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But he who looks into the perfect Law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.


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If anyone <n>1:26 Some mss add “among you” </n> thinks himself to be religious while he does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.


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Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.


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and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say <n>2:3 Some mss add “to him”</n>, “Sit here in a good place;” but you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool;”


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Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?


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But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?


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However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” <n>2:8 Leviticus 19:18</n> you do well.


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and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled;” and yet you did not give them the things the body needs, what good is it?


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Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.


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But do you want to know, foolish man, that faith apart from works is useless? <n>2:20 Some mss read “dead” instead of “useless”</n>


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and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, And Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness, <n>2:23 Genesis 15:16</n> and he was called the friend of God.


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You see that a man is justified <n>2:24 Or, declared righteous</n> by works and not by faith alone. <n>2:24 To the brothers (v.1) a person that has been justified is revealed by their works</n>


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In like manner was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?


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


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Now if <n>3:3 Some mss read “Behold” instead of “Now if”</n> we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, we guide their whole body.


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Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.


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So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!


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And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehinnom. <n>3:6 Greek: “Gehenna”</n>


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But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless <n>3:8 Some mss read “uncontrollable” instead of “restless”</n> evil, full of deadly poison.


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With it we bless our Lord <n>3:9 Some mss read “God” instead of “Lord”</n> and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.


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


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Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Nor is salt water able to produce sweet <n>3:12 Some mss read “Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water” instead of “Nor is salt water able to produce sweet” </n>.


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Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.


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


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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, <n>3:17 Some mss add “and” </n> without hypocrisy.


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Where do conflicts and quarrels among you come from? Do they not come from your passions that war in your members?


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You lust, and do not have. You kill, covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and make war. You do not have, because you do not ask.


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You ask, and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.


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You adulteresses <n>4:4 Some mss add “and adulterers”</n>, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.


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Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit which he made to dwell <n>4:5 Some mss read “who dwells” instead of “which He made to dwell”</n> in us yearns jealously”?


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But He gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” <n>4:6 Proverbs 3:34</n>


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


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Do not speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother or <n>4:11 Some mss read “and” instead of “or” </n> judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.


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Only one is the lawgiver and judge, <n>4:12 Some mss omit “and judge”</n> who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor <n>4:12 Some mss read “another” instead of “your neighbor”</n>?


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Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”


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Whereas you do not know what tomorrow will be like. What is your life? For you are <n>4:14 Some mss read “it will be” instead of “you are”</n> a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.


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


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Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts <n>5:4 Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot)</n>.


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You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts <n>5:5 Some mss add “as”</n> in a day of slaughter.


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Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.


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Do not grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. <n>5:9 Some mss read “condemned” instead of “judged” </n> Behold, the judge stands at the door.


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Take, <n>5:11 Some mss add “my”</n> brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.


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Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord <n>5:11 Some mss omit “the Lord” in the second instance</n> is full of compassion and mercy.


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But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes,” and your “no,” “no;” so that you do not fall under judgment. <n>5:12 Some mss read “into hypocrisy” instead of “under judgment” </n>


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


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and the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.


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Therefore <n>5:16 Some mss omit “Therefore”</n> confess your sins <n>5:16 Some mss read “transgressions” instead of “sins” </n> to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerfully effective.


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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.


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let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his <n>5:20 Some mss read “a” instead of “his”</n> soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.


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Peter, an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Diaspora in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


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according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Yeshua the Messiah and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.


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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead,


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


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Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been been grieved by various trials,


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that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Yeshua the Messiah—


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whom not having seen <n>1:8 Some mss read “known” instead of “seen” </n> you love; in whom, though now you do not see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory—


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Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,


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searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Messiah, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Messiah, and the glories that would follow them.


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To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.


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Therefore, prepare your minds for action, <n>1:13 literally, “gird up the waist of your mind”</n> be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Yeshua the Messiah—


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as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,


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because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.” <n>1:16 Some mss read “Be becoming holy” instead of “You shall be holy”</n> <n>1:16 Leviticus 11:44-45</n>


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If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:


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knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,


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who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake,


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


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Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth <n>1:22 Some mss add “through the Spirit”</n> in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:


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having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding Word of God. <n>1:23 Some mss add “forever,” reading “through the Word of God, which lives and remains forever” instead of “through the living and abiding Word of God”</n>


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For,“All flesh is like grass, and all it’s <n>1:24 Some mss read “of man’s” instead of “it’s”</n> glory like the flower in the grass.The grass withers, and its flower falls;


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but the word of the Lord endures forever.” <n>1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8</n> This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.


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as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby to salvation, <n>2:2 Some mss omit “to salvation”</n>


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You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy cohanim, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Yeshua the Messiah.


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Because it is contained in <n>2:6 Some mss add “the” </n> Scripture,“Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.” <n>2:6 Isaiah 28:16</n>


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For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who do not believe <n>2:7 Some mss read “are disobedient” instead of “do not believe” </n>,“The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,” <n>2:7 Psalm 118:22</n>


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and,“a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” <n>2:8 Isaiah 8:14</n> For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.


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But you are a chosen race, a royal cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:


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who once were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.


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


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


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For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:


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Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.


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For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.


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For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.


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For to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for you <n>2:21 Some mss read “us” instead of “you”</n>, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,


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Who, when he was cursed, did not curse back. When he suffered, did not threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;


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who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by his stripes <n>2:24 The Greek word “molopi” used here is the word used in the LXX in Isaiah 53:5 for the Hebrew word “chabburah,” which is singular with a collective meaning, referring to the welts or bruises resulting from being beaten, or from a lashing or a scourging </n> you were healed. <n>2:24 Isaiah 53:5</n>


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For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer <n>2:25 “Overseer” is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent</n> of your souls.


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In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any do not obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;


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Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;


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but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.


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For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:


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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.


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You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.


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Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble <n>3:8 Some mss read “courteous” instead of “humble” </n>,


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not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; because <n>3:9 Some mss read “knowing that” instead of “because” </n> to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.


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


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For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” <n>3:12 Psalm 34:12-16</n>


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Now who is he who will harm you, if you become zealous <n>3:13 Some mss read “imitators” instead of “zealous” </n> of that which is good?


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But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear, neither be troubled.” <n>3:14 Isaiah 8:12</n>


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But sanctify in your hearts Messiah as Lord <n>3:15 Some mss read “the Lord God in your hearts” instead of “in your hearts Messiah as Lord”</n>; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet <n>3:15 Some mss omit “yet”</n> with humility and fear:


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having a good conscience; so that when they speak evil against you, they may be put to shame who slander your good manner of life in Messiah.


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Because Messiah also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;


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who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved by means of water.


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This is a symbol of immersion, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah,


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who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.


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Forasmuch then as Messiah suffered <n>4:1 Some mss add “for you”</n> in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;


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that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.


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For enough time in the past has been spent <n>4:3 Some mss read “lifetime” instead of “time” </n> doing the will of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.


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They think it is strange that you do not run with them into the same flood of debauchery, blaspheming:


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For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.


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But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in <n>4:7 Some mss add “your”</n> prayer.


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As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.


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If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which <n>4:11 Some mss read “as” instead of “which”</n> God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Yeshua the Messiah, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.


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Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.


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But because you are partakers of Messiah’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.


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If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. <n>4:14 Some mss add “On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified”</n>


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For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.


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But if one of you suffers for being a Messianic <n>4:16 Or, “follower of Messiah,” “follower of Messiah”</n>, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name <n>4:16 Some mss read “matter” instead of “name” </n>.


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For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who do not obey the Good News of God?


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“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?” <n>4:18 Proverbs 11:31</n>


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Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.


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Therefore <n>5:1 Some mss omit “Therefore”</n>, I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Messiah, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.


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Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, as God wants; <n>5:2 Some mss omit “as God wants”</n> not for dishonest gain, but willingly;


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Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you <n>5:5 Some mss add “be subjected to one another”</n> clothe yourselves with humility, towards one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” <n>5:5 Proverbs 3:34</n>


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Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.


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Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.


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And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Messiah <n>5:10 Some mss add “Yeshua” </n>, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you.


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To him be the <n>5:11 Some mss add “glory and the” </n> power forever <n>5:11 Some mss add “and ever”</n>. Amen.


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Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it! <n>5:12 Some mss read “in which you stand” instead of “Stand firm in it” </n>


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Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Messiah. <n>5:14 Some mss add “Yeshua. Amen”</n>


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Simeon <n>1:1 Some mss read “Simon” instead of “Simeon.” Cf. Acts 15:14</n> Peter, a servant and emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah:


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seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own <n>1:3 Some mss omit “his own”</n> glory and virtue;


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by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.


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Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;


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For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.


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For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.


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Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.


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For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah.


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Therefore I will be ready always <n>1:12 Some mss read “not be negligent” instead of “be ready always”</n> to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.


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knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Yeshua the Messiah made clear to me.


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Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.


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For we did not follow cunningly devised tales, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.


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For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” <n>1:17 Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35</n>


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We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:


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For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spoke from God <n>1:21 Some mss read “holy men of God spoke” instead of “men spoke from God” </n>, being moved by the Holy Spirit.


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


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Many will follow their immoral <n>2:2 Some mss read “destructive” instead of “immoral”</n> ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.


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In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old does not linger, and their destruction is not asleep <n>2:3 Some mss read “will not sleep” instead of “is not asleep”</n>.


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For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to the lower parts of Sheol, <n>2:4 Greek: Tartarus. The lowest parts, or below, Sheol. Hebrew: sheol takh’ti</n> and committed them to chains <n>2:4 Other mss read “pits/caverns” instead of “chains”</n> of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;


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and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;


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and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;


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(for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):


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the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;


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but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;


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whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.


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But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,


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suffering the penalty as the wages of evil; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;


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having eyes full of adultery, and who cannot cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;


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forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, <n>2:15 Some mss read “Bosor”</n> who loved the wages of wrongdoing;


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but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.


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These are wells without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved <n>2:17 Some mss add “forever”</n>.


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For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who barely <n>2:18 Some mss read “actually have” instead of “barely” </n> escape from those who live in error;


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promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.


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For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of our <n>2:20 Some mss read “the” instead of “our”</n> Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.


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For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.


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It <n>2:22 Some mss read “But it” instead of “It”</n> has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” <n>2:22 Proverbs 26:11</n> and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”


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This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;


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that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your emissaries:


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knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking <n>3:3 Some mss omit “mocking” </n> and walking after their own lusts,


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and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”


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For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;


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But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same <n>3:7 Some mss read “His” instead of “the same” </n> word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.


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


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The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with you <n>3:9 Some mss read “us” instead of “you”</n>, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief <n>3:10 Some mss add “in the night” </n>; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be disclosed <n>3:10 Some mss read “burned up” instead of “disclosed” </n>.


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Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,


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looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?


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


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Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.


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Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;


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as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.


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You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.


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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. <n>3:18 Some mss omit “Amen”</n>


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That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life


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(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);


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that which we have seen and heard we declare to you also <n>1:3 Some mss omit “also” </n>, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Yeshua the Messiah.


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This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.


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If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not tell 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 Yeshua <n>1:7 Some mss add “Messiah”</n>, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.


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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


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My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an Advocate <n>2:1 Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comfortor</n> with the Father, Yeshua the Messiah, the righteous.


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One who says, “I know him,” and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.


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But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has truly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:


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Beloved <n>2:7 Some mss read “Brothers” instead of “Beloved”</n>, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard <n>2:7 Some mss add “from the beginning”</n>.


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


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I am writing <n>2:13 Some mss read “I write” instead of “I am writing”</n> to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.


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I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.


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Do not love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love is not in him.


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


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Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Anti-Messiah is coming, even now many anti-Messiahs have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.


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They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.


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You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. <n>2:20 Or, “know what is true,” “know all things”</n>


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


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Who is the liar but he who denies that Yeshua is the Messiah? This is the Anti-Messiah, he who denies the Father and the Son.


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Whoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. <n>2:23 Some mss omit “He who confesses the Son has the Father also”</n>


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As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not need for anyone to teach you. But as his <n>2:27 Some mss read “the same” instead of “his”</n> anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you <n>2:27 Some mss add “will” </n> remain in him.


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Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.


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If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone also <n>2:29 Some mss omit “also” </n> who practices righteousness is born of him.


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Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. <n>3:1 Some mss omit “and such we are” </n> For this cause the world does not know us <n>3:1 Some mss read “you” instead of “us”</n>, because it did not know him.


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Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. <n>3:2 Some mss add “But” </n>We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.


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You know that he was revealed to take away <n>3:5 Some mss add “our”</n> sins, and in him is no sin.


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Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.


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He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.


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Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.


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In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who does not love his brother.


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unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.


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We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love <n>3:14 Some mss add “his brother”</n> remains in death.


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Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him <n>3:15 Some mss read “himself” instead of “him” </n>.


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By this we know love, <n>3:16 Some mss add “of God.” Some mss read “his love toward us” instead of “know love”</n> because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.


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But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?


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And by this we will <n>3:19 Some mss omit “will” </n> know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart <n>3:19 Some mss read “hearts” </n> before him,


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and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.


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This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Yeshua the Messiah, and love one another, even as he commanded us <n>3:23 Some mss omit “us” </n>.


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He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.


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


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By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Yeshua the Messiah has come in the flesh is of God,


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and every spirit who does not confess <n>4:3 Some mss add “the Messiah has come in the flesh” </n> Yeshua is not of God; and this is that of the Anti-Messiah, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.


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


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We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.


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


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By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.


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In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.


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


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We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.


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In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.


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


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If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.


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Whoever believes that Yeshua is the Messiah is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.


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For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: our <n>5:4 Some mss read “your” instead of “our”</n> faith.


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This is he who came by water and blood, Yeshua the Messiah; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.


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For there are three who testify <n>5:7 Some mss add “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth”</n>:


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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony that he has testified concerning his Son.


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


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These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life <n>5:13 Some mss add “and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God” </n>.


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This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.


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And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.


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If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I do not say that he should make a request concerning this.


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We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.


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We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Yeshua the Messiah. He is the true God and eternal life.


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


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Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from <n>1:3 Some mss add “the Lord”</n> Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.


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I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.


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Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we 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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For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Yeshua the Messiah came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Anti-Messiah.


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Watch yourselves, that you <n>1:8 Some mss read “we” instead of “you”</n> do not lose the things which we have accomplished, but that you <n>Ibid</n> receive a full reward.


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Whoever goes on <n>1:9 Some mss read “transgresses” instead of “goes on” </n> and does not remain in the teaching of Messiah, does not have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.


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If anyone comes to you, and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not welcome him,


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


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Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.


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For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.


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Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.


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They have testified about your love before the congregation. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,


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because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the pagans <n>1:7 Some mss read “Gentiles” instead of “pagans”</n>.


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I wrote something to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.


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Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the congregation.


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Beloved, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.


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Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.


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I had many things to write to you <n>1:13 Some mss omit “to you”</n>, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;


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but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.


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Judah, <n>1:1 Greek: “Ioudas” for Hebrew “Judah.” “Jude” has been traditionally used to distinguish him from the one who betrayed Yeshua </n> a servant of Yeshua the Messiah, and brother of Jacob, to those who are called, loved <n>1:1 Some mss read “sanctified“ instead of “loved” </n> by God the Father, and kept for Yeshua the Messiah:


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Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our <n>1:3 Some mss read “the” instead of “our”</n> common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.


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For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master <n>1:4 Some mss add “God”</n> and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.


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Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that Yeshua, <n>1:5 Some mss read “Lord” instead of “Yeshua.” Some mss read “God.” Cf. 1 Corinthians 10:4, 9 </n> having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.


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Angels who did not keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.


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Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.


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Yet in like manner these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.


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But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”


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But these speak evil of whatever things they do not know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.


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Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.


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These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;


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wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.


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About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,


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to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”


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These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.


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But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the emissaries of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.


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They said to you that “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”


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Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to eternal life.


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and some save, <n>1:23 Some mss add “with fear”</n> snatching them out of the fire, and on some have mercy with fear <n>1:23 Some mss omit “and on some have mercy with fear” </n>; hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.


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Now to him who is able to keep you <n>1:24 Some mss read “them”</n> from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,


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to the only <n>1:25 Some mss add “wise”</n> God our Savior, through Yeshua the Messiah our Lord <n>1:25 Some mss omit “through Yeshua the Messiah our Lord” </n>, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.


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This is the Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel <n>1:1 Or, “messenger” (here and wherever angel is mentioned)</n> to his servant, John,


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who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah, about everything that he saw.


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


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John, to the seven congregations that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him <n>1:4 Some mss read “God” instead of “him” </n> who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;


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and from Yeshua the Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and freed <n>1:5 Some mss read “washed” instead of “freed”</n> us from our sins by his blood;


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and he made us to be a Kingdom, <n>1:6 Some mss read “kings” instead of “Kingdom”</n> cohanim <n>1:6 Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6</n> to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.


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Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.


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<J>“I am the Alpha and the Omega,</J> <n>1:8 Some mss add “the Beginning and the End”</n><J>”</J> <J>says the Lord God</J>, <n>1:8 Some mss omit “God”</n> <J>“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”</J>


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I John, your brother and partner with you in persecution, Kingdom, and patient endurance in Yeshua, <n>1:9 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> was on the island that is called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Yeshua <n>1:9 Some mss add “Messiah”</n>.


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I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet <n>1:9 Or, “shofar” (here and wherever trumpet is mentioned)</n>


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saying, <J>“</J> <n>1:11 Some mss add “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last”</n><J>What you see, write on a scroll and send to the seven congregations</J> <n>1:11 Some mss add “which are in Asia”</n><J>: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”</J>


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I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands <n>1:12 Or, “Menorah’s” (here and wherever lampstands are mentioned)</n>.


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And among the <n>1:13 Some mss add “seven”</n> lampstands was one like a son of man, <n>1:13 Daniel 7:13</n> clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.


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His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.


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He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.


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When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, <J>“Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, </J>


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<J>and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore.</J> <n>1:18 Some mss add “Amen”</n><J> I have the keys of Death and of Sheol.</J> <n>1:18 Greek: Hades</n>


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<J>Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter; </J>


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<J>the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels</J> <n>1:20 Or, “messengers” (here and wherever angels are mentioned)</n><J> of the seven congregations. The seven lampstands are seven congregations.</J>


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<J>“To the angel of the congregation in Ephesus write:</J> <J>“He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:</J>


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<J>“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves emissaries, and they are not, and found them false. </J>


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<J>You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have</J> <n>2:3 Some mss add “have labored and”</n><J> not grown weary. </J>


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<J>Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you</J> <n>2:5 Some mss add “quickly”</n><J>, and will move your lampstand</J> <n>2:3 Or, “Menorah” (here and wherever lampstand is mentioned)</n><J> out of its place, unless you repent. </J>


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<J>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the</J> <n>2:7 Some mss add “midst of the”</n><J> Paradise of</J> <n>2:7 Some mss add “my”</n><J> God.</J>


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<J>“To the angel of the congregation in Smyrna write:</J> <J>“The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:</J>


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<J>“I know your</J> <n>2:9 Some mss add “works, and ”</n><J> afflictions and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. </J>


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<J>Do not be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. </J>


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<J>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.</J>


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<J>“To the angel of the congregation in Pergamum write:</J> <J>“He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:</J>


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<J>“I know</J> <n>2:13 Some mss add “your works and”</n><J> where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and did not deny my faith even</J> <n>2:13 Some mss omit “even”</n><J> in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. </J>


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<J>But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. </J>


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<J>So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise</J> <n>2:15 Some mss read “which I hate” instead of “likewise”</n><J>. </J>


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<J>Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. </J>


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<J>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, to him I will give</J> <n>2:17 Some mss add “to eat”</n><J> of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.</J>


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<J>“To the angel of the congregation in Thyatira write:</J> <J>“The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:</J>


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<J>“I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. </J>


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<J>But I have this against you, that you tolerate the</J> <n>2:20 Some mss read “your” instead of “the”</n><J> woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. </J>


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<J>Behold, I will throw her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her</J> <n>2:22 Some mss read “their” instead of “her”</n><J> works. </J>


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<J>I will kill her children with Death, and all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. </J>


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<J>But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, who do not know what some call ‘the deep things of Satan,’ to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you. </J>


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<J>He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. </J>


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<J>He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots;</J> <n>2:27 Psalm 2:9</n><J> as I also have received of my Father: </J>


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<J>“And to the angel of the congregation in Sardis write:</J> <J>“He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things:</J> <J>“I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. </J>


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<J>Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which were about to die</J> <n>3:2 Some mss read “which you were about to throw away” instead of “which were about to die”</n><J>, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God. </J>


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<J>Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you do not wake up, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come to you. </J>


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<J>Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. </J>


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<J>He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. </J>


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<J>“To the angel of the congregation in Philadelphia write:</J> <J>“These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens:</J>


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<J>“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and did not deny my name. </J>


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<J>Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. </J>


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<J>Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. </J>


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<J>He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. </J>


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<J>“To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write:</J> <J>“The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things:</J>


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<J>Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and do not know that you are wretched</J> <n>3:17 Some mss read “the wretched one” instead of “wretched”</n><J>, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; </J>


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<J>I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to put on your eyes, that you may see. </J>


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<J>Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. </J>


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<J>He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. </J>


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After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”


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Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne.


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And the one who sat there <n>4:3 Some mss omit “And the one who sat there”</n> looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.


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Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.


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Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the <n>4:5 Some mss read “his” instead of ”the”</n> throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.


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Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.


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The first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature <n>4:7 Some mss omit “living creature”</n> was like a flying eagle.


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The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”


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


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the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,


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“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, <n>4:11 Some mss add “the Holy One”. Some mss omit “and God”</n> to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”


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I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a scroll written inside and on the back <n>5:1 Some mss read “outside” instead of “on the back” </n>, sealed shut with seven seals.


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I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll, and to break its seals?”


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No one in heaven <n>5:3 Some mss add “above”</n>, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the scroll, or to look in it.


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One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so that he can open the scroll and <n>5:5 Some mss add “to loose”</n> its seven seals.”


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


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


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They sang a new song, saying,“You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals:for you were killed, and redeemed us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,


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and made them a kingdom <n>5:10 Some mss read “made us kings” instead of “made them to be a kingdom”</n> and cohanim to our God, and they <n>5:10 Some mss read “we” instead of “they”</n> will reign on earth.”


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I saw, and I heard <n>5:11 Some mss add “as it were”</n> the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;


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saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”


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I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! <n>5:13 Some mss add “Amen”</n>”


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The four living creatures were saying, “Amen!” The <n>5:14 Some mss add “twenty-four”</n>elders fell down and worshiped. <n>5:14 Some mss add “the one living forever and ever”</n>


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I saw when <n>6:1 Some mss read “that” instead of “when”</n> the Lamb opened one of the seven <n>6:1 Some mss omit “seven”</n> seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!” <n>6:1 Some mss add “and see”</n>


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And I looked, <n>6:2 Some mss omit “And I looked”</n> and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.


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When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come <n>6:3 Some mss add “and see”</n>!”


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Another came forth, a fiery red <n>6:4 Some mss read “firey” instead of “fiery red”</n> horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.


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When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” <n>6:5 Some mss add “and see”</n> And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.


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I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A choenix <n>6:6 A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a litre (a little more than a quart)</n> of wheat for a denarius, and three choenixes of barley for a denarius! Do not damage the oil and the wine!”


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When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” <n>6:7 Some mss add “and see” </n>


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And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Sheol <n>6:8 Greek: Hades</n> followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.


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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony <n>6:9 Some mss add “of the Lamb” </n> which they had.


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They called out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”


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A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a little longer, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.


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I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.


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The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.


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The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.


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The kings of the earth and the great ones and the commanding officers and the rich and the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.


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They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,


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for the great day of their <n>6:17 Some mss read “his” instead of “their”</n> wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”


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After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.


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I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He called out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,


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saying, “Do not harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”


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I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:


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of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand,of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand,of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,


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of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand,of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand,of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,


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of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand,of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand,of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,


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of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand,of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand <n>7:8 Some mss add “sealed” after each tribe from Reuben to Joseph</n>,of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.


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After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.


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They shouted with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”


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All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the <n>7:11 Some mss read “his” instead of “the”</n> throne, and worshiped God,


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


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One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?”


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So I said to him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.


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


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for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”


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Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar which was before the throne.


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The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.


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The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.


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The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burnt up, <n>8:7 Some mss omit “One third of the earth was burnt up”</n> and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.


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The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire <n>8:8 Some mss read “a great burning mountain” instead of “a great mountain burning with fire”</n> was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood,


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and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.


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The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters.


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The name of the star is called “Wormwood.” One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.


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The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.


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I saw, and I heard an eagle, <n>8:13 Some mss read “angel” instead of “eagle”</n> flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”


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The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.


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He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the shaft, like the smoke from a great <n>9:2 Some mss read “a burning furnace” instead of “a great furnace”</n> furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.


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Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.


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They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.


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They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.


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In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.


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The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces.


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They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.


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They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails is their <n>9:10 Some mss read “they have” instead of “is their” </n> power to harm men for five months.


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They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon,” <n>9:11 “Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means ruin, destruction, or the place of destruction</n> and in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon.” <n>9:11 “Apollyon” means “Destroyer”</n>


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The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the four <n>9:13 Some mss omit “four”</n> horns of the golden altar which is before God,


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saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”


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The four angels were freed who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.


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The number of the armies of the horsemen <n>9:16 Some mss read “horse” instead of “horseman”</n> was two <n>9:16 Some mss read “one” (ten thousand ten thousand) instead of ”two” (twenty thousand ten thousand)</n> hundred million <n>9:16 literally, “ten thousands of ten thousands”</n>. I heard the number of them.


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Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.


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By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: from the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.


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For the power of the horses <n>9:19 Some mss omit “of the horses”</n> is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm.


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The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they would not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.


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They did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, <n>9:21 The word for “sorceries” (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs</n> nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.


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I saw another <n>10:1 Some mss read “a” instead of “another”</n> mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.


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He had in his hand a little <n>10:2 Some mss omit “little”</n> open scroll. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.


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He shouted with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he shouted, the seven thunders uttered their voices.


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When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and do not write them.”


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The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right <n>10:5 Some mss omit “right”</n> hand to the sky,


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and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,


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but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.


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The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, “Go, take the <n>10:8 Some mss add “little”</n> scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.”


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I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”


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I took the little <n>10:10 Some mss omit “little”</n> scroll out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.


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They <n>10:11 Some mss read “He” instead of “They”</n> told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”


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A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said <n>11:1 Some mss read “And the angel stood, saying” instead of “Someone said”</n>, “Rise and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.


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Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.


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I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”


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These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord <n>11:4 Some mss read “God” instead of “the Lord”</n> of the earth.


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If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.


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These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power 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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When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.


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Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their <n>11:8 Some mss read “our” instead of “their”</n> Lord was crucified.


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From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be placed in a tomb <n>11:9 Some mss read “in tombs” rather than “a tomb”</n>.


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Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.


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After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.


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I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.


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In that hour <n>11:13 Some mss read “day” instead of “hour”</n> there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.


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The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever!”


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The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God’s throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,


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saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was <n>11:17 Some mss add “and who is coming”</n>; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.


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The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”


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God’s temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of his <n>11:19 Some mss read “the Lord’s” instead of “his”</n> covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.


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A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.


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Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.


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His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.


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She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.


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The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.


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There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.


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They did not prevail, neither was a place found for them <n>12:8 Some mss read “him” instead of “them” </n> any more in heaven.


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The great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.


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I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.


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They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. They did not love their life, even to death.


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Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the land and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”


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When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.


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


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The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.


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The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.


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The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God’s commandments and hold to the testimony of Yeshua <n>12:17 Some mss add “Messiah” </n>. (12:18) He <n>12:18 Some mss read “I” instead of “he”</n> stood on the sand of the sea.


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I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. <n>13:1 Some mss read “name” instead of “names” </n>


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The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.


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One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.


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They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”


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A mouth was given to him speaking proud words and blasphemies. There was given to him authority to act <n>13:5 Some mss read “make war” instead of “act”</n> for forty-two months.


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He opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.


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It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.


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All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.


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If anyone has captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone shall kill with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. <n>13:10 Some mss read “If anyone is with the sword, he must be killed” instead of “If anyone shall kill with the sword, with the sword he will be killed”</n> Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.


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


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He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.


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He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the sight of people.


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He deceives those <n>13:14 Some mss read “my own people” instead of “those”</n> who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword and yet lived.


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It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast could both speak and cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.


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He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given a mark <n>13:16 Some mss read “marks” instead of “a mark”</n> on their right hands, or on their forehead <n>13:16 Some mss read “foreheads” instead of “forehead”</n>;


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and that no one could be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.


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Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.


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I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him <n>14:1 Some mss add “a number”</n> one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.


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I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.


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They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.


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These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed <n>14:4 M P add “by Yeshua”</n> from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.


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In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless. <n>14:5 Some mss add “before the throne of God”</n>


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I saw another <n>14:6 Some mss read “an angel” instead of “another angel”</n> angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.


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He said with a loud voice, “Fear God <n>14:7 Some mss read “Lord” instead of “God”</n>, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”


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Another, a second <n>14:8 Some mss omit “a second”</n> angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”


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Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,


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he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.


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The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.


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Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Yeshua.”


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I heard the voice from heaven saying <n>14:13 Some mss add “to me”</n>, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”


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I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, <n>14:14 Daniel 7:13</n> having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.


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Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!”


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Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for it’s grapes are fully ripe!”


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The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


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The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia. <n>14:20 1600 stadia = 296 kilometers or 184 miles</n>


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I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished.


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I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, <n>15:2 Some mss add “his mark”</n> and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.


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They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,“Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, O King eternal. <n>15:3 Other mss read “of the nations.” Two Greek mss of XVIth century read “of the saints” instead of “eternal” </n>


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Who would not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name?For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”


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After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.


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The seven angels came out of the temple <n>15:6 Some mss omit “out of the temple”</n> who had the seven plagues, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their chests.


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One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.


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The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.


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I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven <n>16:1 Some mss omit “seven”</n> bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!”


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The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.


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The second one poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. And every living thing in the sea died.


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I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, <n>16:5 Some mss add “O Lord”</n> who is and who was, the Holy One, <n>16:5 Some mss read “and shall be” instead of “the Holy One”</n> because you have judged these things.


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For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”


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People were scorched with great heat, and they <n>16:9 Some mss read “people” instead of “they”</n> blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.


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The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,


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and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They did not repent of their works.


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The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrise.


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I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;


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for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.


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<J>“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he does not walk naked, and they see his shame.”</J>


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He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, Armageddon. <n>16:16 Greek: Har magedon. Hebrew: Har-Megiddo</n>


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The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the temple <n>16:17 Some mss add “of heaven”</n>, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”


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There were lightnings, voices, and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since man was on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.


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The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.


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Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, <n>16:21 1 talent is about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds</n> came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.


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One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,


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with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.”


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He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.


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The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.


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And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”


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I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Yeshua. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.


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The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.


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The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.


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They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.


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The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.


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The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.


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These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful.”


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He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.


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The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute, and will make her desolate and <n>17:16 Some mss add “will make her”</n> naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.


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For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.


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After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.


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He shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, and a prison of every unclean and detestable beast. <n>18:2 Some mss omit “and a prison of every unclean {and detestable} beast.” </n>


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For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”


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I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you do not receive of her plagues,


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Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.


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However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’


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Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.


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The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,


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standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’


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merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;


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and cinnamon, spice, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, slaves and human lives.


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The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.


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The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;


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saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls!


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For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,


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They cast dust on their heads, and shouting, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her great wealth!’ For in one hour is she made desolate.


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“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, emissaries, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”


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A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.


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The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.


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The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the great ones of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.


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After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to <n>19:1 Some mss add “the Lord”</n>our God:


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for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”


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The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”


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A voice came forth from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”


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I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!


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Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”


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It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.


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He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”


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I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Do not do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Yeshua. Worship God, for the testimony of Yeshua is the Spirit of Prophecy.”


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I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.


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His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He had <n>19:12 Some mss add “names written and”</n> a name written which no one knows but he himself.


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He is clothed in a garment dipped <n>19:13 Other mss read “sprinkled”</n> in blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”


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Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp <n>19:15 Some mss add “double edged”</n> sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. <n>19:15 Psalm 2:9</n> He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.


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I saw an angel standing in the sun. He shouted with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God, <n>19:17 Some mss read “supper of the great God” instead of “great supper of God”</n>


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that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great.”


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I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.


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The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.


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The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came forth out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.


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


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He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the devil and Satan, <n>20:2 Some mss adds “who deceives the whole inhabited earth”</n> and bound him for a thousand years,


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and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.


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I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Yeshua, and for the word of God, and such as did not worship the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years.


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The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.


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Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be cohanim of God and of Messiah, and will reign with him one thousand years.


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and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.


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They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven <n>20:9 Some mss add “from God”</n> and devoured them.


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The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.


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I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.


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I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne <n>20:12 Some mss read “God” instead of “the throne”</n>, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.


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The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Sheol <n>20:13 Greek: Hades</n> gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.


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Death and Sheol <n>20:14 Greek: Hades</n> were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.


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I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.


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I <n>21:2 Some mss add “John”</n> saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.


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I heard a loud voice from the throne <n>21:3 Some mss read “out of heaven” instead of “from the throne”</n> saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with man, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. <n>21:3 Some mss omit “and be their God”</n>


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He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”


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He who sits on the throne said, <J>“Behold, I am making all things new.”</J> He said <n>21:5 Some mss add “to me”</n>, <J>“Write, for these words are faithful and true.”</J>


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He said to me, <J>“It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. </J>


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<J>But for the cowardly, unbelieving,</J> <n>21:8 Some mss add “sinners”</n><J> abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”</J>


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One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, full of the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”


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He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,


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having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;


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having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.


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On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.


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The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve emissaries of the Lamb.


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He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.


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The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand <n>21:16 Some mss add “twelve.” Twelve thousand stadia are about 1400 miles</n> stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.


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Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, <n>21:17 144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet</n> by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.


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The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire <n>21:19 Or, “lapis lazuli”</n>; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;


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the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.


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The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.


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The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.


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The nations will walk <n>21:24 Some mss read “nations of the saved will walk” instead of “nations will walk”</n> in its light. The kings of the earth bring their splendor <n>21:24 Some mss read “splendor and honor into it” instead of “splendor into it.” Some mss read “the splender and honor of the nations” instead of “their splendor”</n> into it.


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There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.


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He showed me a <n>22:1 Some mss add “pure”</n> river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God <n>22:1 Ezekiel 47:1; Zechariah 14:8</n> and of the Lamb, <n>22:1 Daniel 7:13,14; Matthew 26:64; John 1:36; Revelation 5:12,13 etc.</n>


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in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. <n>22:2 Ezekiel 47:12</n> The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.


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There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.


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There will no longer be any night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever. <n>22:5 Daniel 7:27</n>


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He said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”


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Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.


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He said to me, “See you do not do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”


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He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”


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<J>“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.</J> <n>22:12 Isaiah 40:10, 62:11; Romans 2:6, 14:12</n>


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<J>I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.</J> <n>22:13 Isaiah 41:4</n>


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<J>Blessed are they who wash their robes</J> <n>22:14 Some mss read “who do his commandments” instead of “who wash their robes”</n><J>, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. </J>


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<J>Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. </J>


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<J>I, Yeshua, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.”</J>


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The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.


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I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book.


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If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will <n>22:19 Some mss read “may God take away” instead of “God will take away”</n> take away his part from the tree of life, <n>22:19 Some mss read “book of life”</n> and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.


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The grace of the Lord Yeshua <n>22:21 Some mss add “Messiah”</n> be with all. Amen. <n>22:21 Some mss add “the saints”. Some mss omit “Amen”</n>


