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Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,


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but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.


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The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;


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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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being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.


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But Christ having come as a high priest of the good things to come, 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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For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:


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how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our 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, 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 Christ 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 high priest 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 Christ 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, 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, would have had no more consciousness of sins?


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Therefore when he comes into the world, he says,"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,but you prepared a body for me;


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Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me)to do your will, O God.'"


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Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you did not desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the Law),


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then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,


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by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.


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Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,


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but this one, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;


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"This is the covenant that I will make with them:'After those days,' says the Lord,'I will put my laws on their heart,I will also write them on their mind;'"then he says,


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


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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." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."


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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 chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one.


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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, moved with godly fear, 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 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.


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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 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.


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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 Christ 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 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,


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quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, 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. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.


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They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated


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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 Jesus, 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, that you do not grow weary, fainting in your souls.


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and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,"My son, do not take lightly the chastening of the Lord,nor faint when you are reproved by him;


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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 the fathers of our flesh to chasten 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, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.


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All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.


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and make straight paths for your feet, 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 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 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;"


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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 Jesus, the mediator of a New Covenant, 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 not only the earth, but also the heavens."


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This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.


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So since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, 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 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."


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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 high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.


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Therefore Jesus 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 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 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 Jesus,


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make you complete in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.


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Jacob, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, 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 he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.


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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 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, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;


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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.


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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 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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For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;


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and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "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," you do well.


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


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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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and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.


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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, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.


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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 hell.


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


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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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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, without hypocrisy.


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Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Do not they come from your pleasures 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, 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 in us yearns jealously"?


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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 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, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?


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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 your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are 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.


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You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts 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. Behold, the judge stands at the door.


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Take, 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 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.


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


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and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.


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Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a 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 soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.


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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, 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 Jesus Christ 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 Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ 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 need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,


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that the proof 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 Jesus Christ-


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whom not having seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable 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 Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, 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, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ-


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as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,


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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 at the end of 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 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.


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For,"All flesh is like grass,and all it's glory like the flower in the grass.The grass withers, and its flower falls;


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


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Because it is contained in Scripture,"Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious:He who believes in him will not be disappointed."


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For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who do not believe,"The stone which the builders rejected,has become the chief cornerstone,"


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and,"a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense."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 priesthood, 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 in time past were no 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 Christ also suffered for you, 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 you were healed.


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For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer 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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not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; because 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."


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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."


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But sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet 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 Christ.


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Because Christ 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 through water.


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This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you-not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,


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who 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 Christ suffered 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 doing the will of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.


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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 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 God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, 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 Christ'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 Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.


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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 Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.


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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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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, I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, 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, according to God; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;


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Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, towards one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."


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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 Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you.


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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!


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


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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 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 Jesus Christ.


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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, Jesus Christ.


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Therefore I will be ready always 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 Jesus Christ 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 Jesus Christ, 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."


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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, 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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In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old does not linger, and their destruction is not asleep.


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For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to the lower parts of hell, and committed them to pits 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 to those who would live 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, 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.


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For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who barely 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 the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 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 has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," 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 apostles:


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knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking 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 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, 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; 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.


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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 Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.


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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, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.


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This is the message which we have heard from him and 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 Jesus, 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 with the Father, Jesus Christ, 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, 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.


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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 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-Christ is coming, even now many anti-Christs 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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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 Jesus is the Christ? This is the Anti-Christ, 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.


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As for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.


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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 anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you 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 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. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not know him.


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Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. 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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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, that he might 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 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.


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By this we know love, 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 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, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded us.


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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 Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,


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and every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Anti-Christ, 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 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 Jesus is the Christ 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 faith.


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This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; 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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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.


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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 Jesus Christ. This 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 Jesus Christ, 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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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 Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Anti-Christ.


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Watch yourselves, that you do not lose the things which we have accomplished, but that you receive a full reward.


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Whoever goes on and does not remain in the teaching of Christ, 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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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 church. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,


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I wrote something to the church, 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 church.


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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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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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Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of Jacob, to those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:


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Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our 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 and Lord, Jesus Christ.


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Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, 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 hire, 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 apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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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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and some save, snatching them out of the fire, and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.


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Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,


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to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.


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This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,


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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 churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;


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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;


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and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests 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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"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."


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I John, your brother and partner with you in persecution, Kingdom, and patient endurance in Jesus, was on the island that is called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.


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saying, "What you see, write in a scroll and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."


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And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, 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, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,


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and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. I have the keys of Death and of hell.


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Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;


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


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"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:"He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:


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"I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.


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Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.


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


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"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:"The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:


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"I know your 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.


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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.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.


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"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:"He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:


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"I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and did not deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.


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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.


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Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give 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.


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"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:"The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:


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"I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.


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But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.


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Behold, I will throw her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of their works.


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I will kill her children with Death, and all the churches will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.


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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.


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He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.


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He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:


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


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Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which were about to die, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:"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:


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"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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:"The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things:


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


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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 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 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 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, 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, 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, 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; he who opens the scroll and 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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I saw, and I heard 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!"


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I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come!"


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And I saw, 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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Another came forth, a fiery red 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!" And I saw, 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 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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And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hell 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 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, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, 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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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,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 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, 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 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, 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 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 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," and in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."


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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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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 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, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.


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I saw another 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 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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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 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 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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A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "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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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 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.


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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 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 has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. 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; 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 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 serpent, 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 serpent 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 serpent. The serpent and his angels made war.


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The great serpent was thrown down, the old 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 Christ; 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 because of the Lamb's blood, and because of 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 serpent 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 serpent spewed out of his mouth.


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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.


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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 serpent 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 serpent, 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 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. 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 serpent.


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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 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 on their right hands, or on their forehead;


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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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4I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 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 from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.


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I saw another 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, 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 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 Jesus."


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I heard the voice from heaven saying, "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, 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.


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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, 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, you King of the nations.


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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 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 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. Every living thing in the sea died.


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I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, 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 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 serpent, 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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"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."


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The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the temple, 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 there were men 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, 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 drunken 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 drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. 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 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 cage of every unclean spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird!


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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, apostles, 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 princes 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 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 Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus 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 a name written which no one knows but he himself.


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Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. 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,


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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 serpent, the old snake, which is the devil and Satan, 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 Jesus, 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 Christ 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 priests of God and of Christ, 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 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, 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 hell gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.


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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 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 saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.


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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, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."


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He said to me, "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.


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But for the cowardly, unbelieving, 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."


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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 apostles 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 stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.


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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; 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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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 river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,


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in the 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. 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.


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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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Blessed are they who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.


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Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.


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I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."


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The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, lethim 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 take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.


