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When I will send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus. Be diligence to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there.


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And also let our men learn to be in the lead of good works for the essential needs, so that they may not be unfruitful.


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so that the fellowship of thy faith may become potent (in the knowledge of every good thing in us) for Christ Jesus.


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For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother.


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Whom I wanted to keep back for myself, so that in thy behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the good-news.


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But I wanted to do nothing without thy mind, so that thy goodness might not be as from obligation, but from volition.


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no longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to thee, both in flesh and in Lord.


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I Paul write with my hand, I will repay, so that I may not say to thee that thou owe me in return even thyself.


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But simultaneously also prepare a lodging for me, for I hope that by your prayers I will be granted to you.


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God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,


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Who, being the radiance of his glory, and the exact image of his essence, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made purification of our sins through himself, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in the


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Having become so much better than the heavenly agents, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.


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For to which of the heavenly agents did he ever say, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee? And again, I will be to him for a Father, and he will be to me for a Son?


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And again when he brings the firstborn into the world he says, And let all the agents of God worship him.


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And indeed toward the heavenly agents he says, He who makes his agents spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.


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But toward the Son, Thy throne, O God, is into the age of the age. The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of straightness.


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Thou have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.


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And thou will roll them up as a mantle, and they will be changed. But thou are the same, and thy years will not cease.


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But to which of the heavenly agents has he ever said, Sit thou by my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet?


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Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?


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Because of this we ought to give more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest we might slip away.


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For if the word spoken through heavenly agents became certain, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward,


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how will we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? Which first, having taken to be spoken by the Lord, was verified for us by those who heard;


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God also testifying simultaneously by signs and wonders, and by various powers and distributions of Holy Spirit according to his will.


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But a certain man has somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou remember him? Or a son of man, that thou help him?


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Thou made him a little something less than the heavenly agents. Thou crowned him with glory and honor.


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Thou subordinated all things under his feet. For in subordinating all things to him, he left nothing not subordinate to him. But now we do not yet see all things subordinated to him.


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But we see Jesus who has been made a little something less than the heavenly agents, who, because of the suffering of death, has been crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God he would taste of death for every man.


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For it was fitting for him, through whom are all things, and because of whom are all things, having brought many sons to glory, to make the pathfinder of their salvation fully perfect through sufferings.


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For both he who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all of one, because of which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,


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saying, I will declare thy name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to thee.


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And again, I will be a man who has trusted in him. And again, Behold, I and the children that God has given me.


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Since therefore the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might make him who has the power of death impotent, that is, the devil.


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And he might liberate these, as many as throughout all their lifetime were deserving of bondage, with a specter of death.


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Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in accordance with all things, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things toward God, in order to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.


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Because of which, holy brothers, companions of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our affirmation, Jesus Christ,


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For this man was considered worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he who built it has more esteem than the house.


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And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things that were going to be spoken,


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but Christ as a Son over his house, whose house we are, if only we keep in possession our confidence and pride of hope, firm until the end.


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Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, They are always led astray in their heart, and they did not know my ways.


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Watch, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in withdrawing from the living God.


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But exhort each other during each day, while it is called Today, lest any of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.


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For we have become companions of the Christ, if only we keep in possession the primacy of the essence, steadfast until the end,


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But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?


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And to whom did he swear were not going to enter into his rest, if not to those who were disobedient?


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Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short.


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For we also are having good-news preached, just as also those men, but the word of hearing did not benefit those men, not having been mixed together with faith in those who heard.


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For those who believe enter into that rest, just as he said, So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest, although the works occurred from the foundation of the world.


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For he spoke somewhere about the seventh this way, And God rested during the seventh day from all his works,


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Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had good-news did not enter because of disobedience,


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again he appoints a certain day, Today, saying in David after so long a time (as it is said), Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.


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For a man who has entered into his rest, he has also rested from his works, as God did from his own.


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Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience.


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For the word of God is living, and potent, and sharper, above every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division both of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and discernible of the thoughts and intentions of the hear


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And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.


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Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of the affirmation.


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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.


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Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.


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For every high priest taken from men is appointed for men in things toward God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.


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Who can be gentle to those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself is also encompassed with weakness.


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So also Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee.


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(And just as he says in another, Thou are a priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.)


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Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,


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And having been fully perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him,


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About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.


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For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food.


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But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.


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Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,


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of doctrine of washings, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.


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


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and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly.


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For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.


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But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way.


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For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.


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And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,


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so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.


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For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.


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By which God, wanting to demonstrate more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutableness of his resolve, confirmed it by an oath.


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So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.


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Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and that enters into the interior of the veil,


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where the forerunner, Jesus, entered for us, having become a high priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.


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


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To whom also Abraham divided a tenth of all. Being actually translated, first, king of righteousness, and then also, king of Salem, which is king of peace,


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without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but having been made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.


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And notice how great this man was, to whom also the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the best spoils.


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Now indeed those of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have commandment to collect tithes from the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, although having come out of the loins of Abraham.


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But the man who did not descend from them has received tithes from Abraham, and has blessed the man having the promises.


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If indeed therefore perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people had received the law), what further need is there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated


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For he of whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, from which no man has attended to the altar.


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For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, regarding which tribe Moses spoke nothing about the priesthood.


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And it is still far more evident, if according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest,


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who has become, not according to a law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an indestructible life.


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For indeed there becomes an annulment of a preceding commandment because of its weakness and uselessness


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(for the law made nothing fully perfect), and an introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God.


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And inasmuch as it is not without an oath. For actually those who become priests are so without an oath,


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but he with an oath, because of him who says to him, The Lord swore and will not change his mind, Thou are a priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.


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And of course those who have become priests are more, because of being prevented to continue by death,


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Whereupon he is able also to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, being always alive in order to intercede on their behalf.


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For such a high priest is fitting for us, devout, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens.


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Who has no need to offer up sacrifices each day, as those high priests, first for his own sins, then for those of the people, for this he did, once, when he offered up himself.


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For the law appoints men high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath after the law, a Son who has been fully perfected into the age.


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Now a summation about the things being spoken is, we have such a high priest who was seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,


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For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices, whereupon it is necessary for this man also have something that he may offer.


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For certainly if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, there being the priests who offer the gifts according to the law,


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who serve for an example and shadow of the heavenly things. Just as Moses who was divinely warned while going to complete the tabernacle, for he says, See thou make all things according to the pattern that was shown thee on the mou


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But now he has obtained a superior ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a superior covenant, which has been enacted upon superior promises.


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For, finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says Lord, and I will perfect a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.


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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says Lord.


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Because this is the covenant that I will ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says Lord, giving my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be to them for a God, and they will be to me fo


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And they will, no, not teach each man his fellow citizen, and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, because all will know me, from their small as far as their great.


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Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their lawlessness I will no, not further remember.


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In saying, New, he has made the first old. And what is becoming old and obsolete is near disappearance.


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For a tabernacle was prepared, the first in which was also the lampstand, and the table, and the presentation of the loaves, which is called the Holy place.


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having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid entirely in gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.


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And above it were cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness, about which things it is not now to speak in detail.


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And these things thus having been prepared, the priests indeed enter into the first part of the tabernacle continually, accomplishing the services.


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But into the second part, the high priest alone, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people,


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this signifying from the Holy Spirit, the way into the holy things is not yet to be made known while the first tabernacle still remains.


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Which is a figure for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able to make the man officiating fully perfect in respect to conscience,


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only in foods and drinks and various washings: carnal ordinances imposed until a time of reformation.


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But Christ, having arrived a high priest of the good things that are coming, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,


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and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered in once into the Holy things, having found eternal redemption.


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For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those who were defiled, sanctifies for the purification of the flesh,


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how much more the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order to serve a living God?


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And because of this he is mediator of a new covenant, so that a death having occurred for the redemption of the transgressions against the first covenant, those who are called might take the promise of the eternal inheritance.


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For a covenant is effective with the dead, since it is never enforced while the man who made the covenant lives.


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For of every commandment according to law that was spoken by Moses to all the people, after taking the blood of the calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,


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And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood, and remission does not occur without bloodshed.


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Indeed therefore, a necessity was for the models of the things in the heavens themselves to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things with better sacrifices than these.


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For the Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, representative of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.


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And not so that he might offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the Holy things each year with blood by another,


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since it would be necessary for him to suffer often, from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the ages, he was made known for an annulment of sin by the sacrifice of himself.


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so also the Christ, having been offered once in order to take up the sins of many, will appear a second time, independent of sin, to those waiting for him for salvation.


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For the law having a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the same substance of the events, with the same sacrifices that are offered continually each year, they are never able to fully perfect those who are approaching.


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Otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, because of those who worship, once having been cleansed, to have no further conscience of sins?


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


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saying above, Sacrifice and offering and whole burnt offerings and for sin thou did not desire, nor were thou pleased with things that are offered according to the law.


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


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


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But this man, having offered one sacrifice on behalf of sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,


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This is the covenant that I will ordain with them after those days, says Lord, giving my laws on their hearts, and on their minds I will write them,


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let us approach with a TRUE heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed in pure water.


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Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.


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For when we sin willfully after taking 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 of fire, a fervor that is going to devour the opposition.


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By how much worse punishment do ye think he will deserve who has trampled the Son of God, and who considered profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who treated the Spirit of grace contemptuously?


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For we know him who said, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord. And again, Lord will judge his people.


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But remember the former days, in which, after being enlightened, ye endured a great contest of sufferings.


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Partly made a spectacle, both by reviling and afflictions, and partly having become companions of those so treated.


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For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.


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But the righteous man will live from faith, and if he should withdraw, my soul is not pleased with him.


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By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God. For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible.


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By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, because of which he was reported to be righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through it, he who died still speaks.


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By faith Enoch was transferred to not see death, and he was not found, because God transferred him. For before his removal he was reported to be pleasing to God.


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And apart from faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is, and becomes a rewarder of those who search for him.


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By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became an heir of righteousness according to faith.


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By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out to the place that he was going to take for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.


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By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.


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By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed, and she gave birth beyond the time of age, because she considered him faithful who promised.


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And therefore from one man, and these things having become deadened, were begotten as the stars of the heaven for multitude, and as the sand of the seashore, countless.


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All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.


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But now they aspire for a superior one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.


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By faith Abraham, being tested, offered Isaac. And he who received the promises offered his only begotten son,


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Having reckoned that God is able to raise up even from the dead, from where also, in a figure, he did receive him back.


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By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff.


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By faith Joseph, while perishing, remembered about the exodus of the sons of Israel, and commanded about his bones.


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By faith Moses, after being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child well-formed, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.


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having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily.


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Having esteemed the vilification of the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he focused toward the recompense of reward.


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By faith he forsook Egypt, not having feared the wrath of the king, for he persevered as seeing the invisible.


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By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them.


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By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land, of which the Egyptians, having taken an attempt, were drowned.


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By faith Rahab the harlot was not destroyed with those who were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.


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And what shall I say further? For the time would fail me telling about Gideon, also Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets,


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who, through faith, conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, closed the mouths of lions,


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quenched the force of fire, escaped the jaw of the sword. Out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, bowed down armies of aliens.


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Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection.


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They were stoned, they were sawed apart, they were tempted, they died in murder by sword. They wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, restricted, tormented


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


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God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.


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Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.


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Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


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For consider the man who endured such hostility against him by sinners, so that ye may not be weary in your souls, being disheartened.


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And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him?


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Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?


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And if ye are without chastening, of which all have become participants, then ye are bastards, and not sons.


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Besides, we indeed have had chastisers--the fathers of our flesh--and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live?


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For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness.


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But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.


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and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead.


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Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,


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For ye also know that wanting afterward to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though having sought it with tears.


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For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,


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and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of words, of which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them.


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For they did not bear that which was commanded, if even a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned.


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But ye have come to mount Zion, and to the city of a living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of heavenly agents,


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to a festal gathering and assembly of firstborn sons who were enrolled in the heavens, and to God, a Judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men who were made fully perfect,


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Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,


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


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And the, Yet once, signifies the removal of the things being shaken--as of things that were made--so that the things not being shaken may remain.


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Therefore, receiving an immovable kingdom, we may have grace, through which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and awe.


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Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body.


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Marriage is precious in every way, and the undefiled bed, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.


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The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.


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So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?


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Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith--


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Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited.


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


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


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Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.


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Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.


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Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an eternal covenant--our Lord Jesus--


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may he make you fully qualified in every good work in order to do his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory into the ages of the ages. Truly.


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And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.


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And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.


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


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For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.


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Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord 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 is without temptation of evils, and he himself tempts no man.


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Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.


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Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.


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Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.


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Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.


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Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.


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But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.


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If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.


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Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.


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For if a man with a gold ring in bright clothing comes into your synagogue, and also a poor man in dirty clothing comes in,


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and ye have regard for the man wearing the bright clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here well, and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here below my footstool,


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Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?


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But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?


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If ye indeed fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.


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For he who said thou shall not commit adultery, also said thou shall not murder. Now if thou will not commit adultery, but murder, thou have become a transgressor of law.


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What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him?


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and some man of you would say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fed, but ye would not give them the things necessary for the body, what is the benefit?


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But some man will say, Thou have faith, and I have works. Show me thy faith from thy works, and I will show thee from my works my faith.


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Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?


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


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And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot made righteous from works, having received the agents, and having sent them out another way?


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


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


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Behold also the ships, being so great and driven by fierce winds, are guided about by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the man who steers determines.


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So also the tongue is a little body-part, and boasts greatly. Behold a little fire, how much wood it kindles.


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And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.


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For every species, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species.


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By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God.


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Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.


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A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, or a grapevine figs. In the same way, no one spring makes water salty and sweet.


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Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in mildness of wisdom.


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But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.


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But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, meek, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.


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From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts?


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Ye desire and do not have, so ye murder. And ye envy and cannot obtain, so ye fight and make war. Ye do not have, because ye do not ask.


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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.


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Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy?


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But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.


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Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.


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Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.


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Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.


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There is one lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy, but thou, who are thou who judge the other man?


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Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain--


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men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--


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Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.


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Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.


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Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as 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 for it, until it receives the early and latter rain.


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Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.


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Take an example, my brothers, of evil-suffering and longsuffering, the prophets who spoke in the name of Lord.


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Behold, we regard those who endured, blessed. Ye have heard of the fortitude of Job, and have seen the outcome of Lord, that he is very compassionate and merciful.


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But above all things, my brothers, swear not. Neither by the heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and the no, no, so that ye may not fall into hypocrisy.


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Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.


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And the prayer of faith will rescue him who is depressed, and the Lord will rouse him. And if he should be a man who has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.


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Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.


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Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to 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 converts a sinful man from his wandering way, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.


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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen who are sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


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chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace be multiplied.


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Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


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men being kept by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.


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In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while,


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so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.


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Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,


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About which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently. Men who prophesied about the grace for you,


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searching for what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ in them indicated, predicting the sufferings in Christ, and the glories after these things.


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To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good-news to you in Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things heavenly


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Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.


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And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man's work, live the time of your sojourn in fear.


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Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,


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who was indeed foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in the last times because of you.


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Men who, because of him, believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, in order for your faith and hope to be in God.


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Men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,


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begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age.


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Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,


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but the word of Lord endures into the age. And this is the word, the good-news that was preached to you.


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


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It is therefore contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen, precious. And he who believes in him will, no, not be shamed.


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To you therefore who believe is the preciousness, but for men who disobey, A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner,


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and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set.


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But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.


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Men formerly not a people, but now are a people of God. Men who had not obtained mercy, but who now have obtained mercy.


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Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.


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Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.


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Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme,


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Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.


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For this is graciousness, if, because of consciousness of God, any man endures sorrows, suffering wrongfully.


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For what kind of credit is it, if, sinning and being beaten, ye will endure? But if, doing good and suffering, ye will endure, this is graciousness with God.


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For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps.


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Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.


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Who himself took up our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live to the righteousness of him from whose wound ye were healed.


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For ye were like sheep going astray, but now were returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.


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Likewise the wives, being subordinate to their own husbands, so that even if any are disobedient to the word, they will be gained without a word by the behavior of the wives,


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Of which let it not be the outward world of braiding of hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on apparel,


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but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible, of the meek and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.


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For this way formerly also, the holy women, trusting in God, adorned themselves, being subordinate to their own husbands,


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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became, doing good, and not being afraid of anything fearful.


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Likewise the husbands living together knowledgably, as with a weaker vessel, apportioning worth to the female as also joint-heirs of the grace of life, for your prayers not to be hindered.


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not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.


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For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.


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Because the eyes of Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears to their supplication, but the face of Lord is against men who do evil things.


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But even if ye should suffer because of righteousness, ye are blessed. But do not fear their terror nor be shaken,


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but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. And always be ready for a defense to every man who asks you a word about the hope in you, with mildness and fear.


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Having a good conscience, so that, in what they speak against you as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed, those who revile your good behavior in Christ.


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Because Christ also once suffered for sins, a righteous man for unrighteous men, so that he might bring you to God. Having indeed been killed in flesh, but made alive in spirit,


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who were disobedient formerly, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah who prepared an ark in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through water.


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Which counterpart--immersion--now also saves us, not the putting away of filth of flesh, but an appeal 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, agents, and positions of authority, and powers having been subordinated to him.


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Therefore of Christ having suffered in flesh for us, arm ye yourselves also with the same mentality, because he who has suffered in flesh has ceased from sin,


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For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.


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During which they think it strange of you not running together into the same pouring out of debauchery, while they slander.


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For good-news was preached even to the dead for this, so that they might indeed be judged according to men in flesh, but live according to God in spirit.


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As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.


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If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.


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Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you.


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But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy.


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Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified.


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Because the time to begin judgment is from the house of God, and if first from us, what is the end of those who disobey the good-news of God?


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Therefore also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls as to a faithful Creator by well-doing.


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I, a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory going be revealed, exhort the elders among you:


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Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,


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Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.


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Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.


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Whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing the same sufferings are to be accomplished in the world by your brotherhood.


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And may the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus (after suffering a little while) himself thoroughly prepare you. He will establish, strengthen, and provide a foundation.


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By Silvanus, the faithful brother to you, as I reckon, I wrote because of a few things, exhorting and testifying this to be the TRUE grace of God in which ye stand.


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Simon Peter, a bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:


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as all things of his divine power to us, things toward life and piety, which were granted through the knowledge of him who called us through glory and virtue.


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Because of which, the precious and greatest promises have been given to us, so that through these ye might become companions of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in lust.


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Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge,


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For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins.


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Therefore, brothers, instead be diligent to make your calling and selection sure, for doing these things, ye would, no, not ever stumble.


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


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Therefore I will not neglect to always remind you about these things, although having known them, and having been established in the present truth.


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Knowing that the putting off of my tent is imminent, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ indicated to me.


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And also I will endeavor for you to always have, after my departure, the memory of these things to apply.


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For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man.


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For having received from God the Father honor and glory from a voice of such kind brought to him from the Majestic Glory, This is my Son, the beloved in whom I am well pleased.


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And we have the prophetic word sure, to which ye do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar arises in your hearts.


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For no prophecy was ever brought by a will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being led by Holy Spirit.


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But FALSE prophets also developed among the people, as FALSE teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.


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And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.


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For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,


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and he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness, when he brought on a flood upon the world of the irreverent,


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and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,


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and he rescued righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct of the lawless in their licentiousness


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(for that righteous man dwelling among them day after day, in the sight and hearing of their lawless deeds, it anguished his righteous soul),


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the Lord knows how to rescue the pious out of temptation, and to hold in reserve unrighteous men being cut off for a day of judgment.


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And especially those going rear of flesh in a degenerate lust, and who despise lordship. Reckless, self-willed men, they do not tremble when speaking evil of dignities.


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Whereas heavenly agents, being greater in might and power, do not bring a railing judgment against them before Lord.


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But these men, like irrational beasts of nature, having been born for capture and destruction, speaking evil at which things they do not understand, will be destroyed in their corruption,


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getting back a wage of unrighteousness. Men who consider soft living in the daytime to be pleasure, spots and blemishes reveling in their deceitfulness, feasting together with you,


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having eyes full of adultery, and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,


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having forsaked a straight path, they were led astray, men who followed the way of Balaam, son of Beor, who loved the wage of unrighteousness.


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But he had a rebuke of his own lawbreaking. A mute donkey, uttering in a man's voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.


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These men are waterless wells, and clouds driven by a fierce wind, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.


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For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error,


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promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.


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For if, having escaped the defilements of the world by knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and, having been again entangled in these, they are overcome, the last things have become worse for them than the first.


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For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.


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But that of the TRUE proverb has happened to them, The dog returning to his own vomit, and the sow that washed to wallowing in mire.


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to remember the sayings that were earlier spoken by the holy prophets, and of the command of your apostles of the Lord and Savior.


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Knowing this first, that there will come at the end of the days, scoffers, proceeding according to their own desires,


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and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For, from since the fathers became asleep, all things continue this way from the beginning of creation.


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For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,


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But now the heavens and the earth, which have been stored up by the same word, are being preserved for fire in a day of judgment and destruction of irreverent men.


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But beloved, this one thing you should not ignore, that one day with Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


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The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.


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But the day of Lord will come as a thief in the night, during which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, being intensely hot, will be disintegrated, and the earth and the works in it will be destroyed by fire.


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Therefore, all these things being disintegrated, what kind ought ye to be in holy actions and pieties,


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anticipating and hastening the coming of the day of God, by which the heavens, being made fiery hot, will be disintegrated, and the elements dissolve, being intensely hot?


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But we anticipate a new heavens and a new earth according to his promise, in which righteousness dwells.


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Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.


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And consider the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation, just as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him,


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as also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.


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Ye therefore, beloved, knowing in advance, keep watch, lest, having accommodated to the error of the lawless, ye 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 is the glory both now and into the day of the age. Truly.


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What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life


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(and the life was made known, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father, and was made known to us),


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what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that ye also may have fellowship with us. Even also our fellowship with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.


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And this is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.


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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from every sin.


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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.


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My little children, I write these things to you so that ye may not sin. And if any man does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--righteous Jesus Christ.


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He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.


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But whoever keeps his word, truly in this man the love of God is fully perfected. By this we know that we are in him.


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Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment that ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that ye heard from the beginning.


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Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is TRUE in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the TRUE light now shines.


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But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.


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I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father.


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I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.


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Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


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Because everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.


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Children, it is the last hour. And as ye heard that the antichrist comes, and now many antichrists have developed, from which we know that it is the last hour.


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They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they were of us, they would have continued with us, but--so that they might be made known, that they are not all of us.


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I wrote to you not because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.


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Who is the liar if not he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.


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Therefore ye, let what ye heard from the beginning abide in you. If what ye heard from the beginning abides in you, ye also will abide in the Son and in the Father.


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And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is made known, we may have confidence, and not be shamed by him at his coming.


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If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every man doing righteousness has been begotten of him.


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Behold what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God. Because of this the world does not know you, because it did not know him.


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Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet made known what we will be. But we know that whenever he is made known we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.


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Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him.


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Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.


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He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil.


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Every man who has been begotten of God is not doing sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.


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By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.


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Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.


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We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who is not loving the brother abides in death.


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Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him.


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By this we know love, because that man 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 living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?


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and whatever we may ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do things pleasing in his sight.


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And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.


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And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit that he gave us.


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Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world.


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By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God,


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and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already.


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


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


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Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.


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By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so 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, an atonement for our sins.


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No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.


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And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.


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By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world.


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Fear is not in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love.


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If any 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, how can he love God whom he has not seen?


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Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.


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For this is the love of God, that we may keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.


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Because everything that has been begotten from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.


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This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is truth.


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If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Because this is the testimony of God that he has testified about 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 testified about his Son.


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I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.


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And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.


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And if we know that he hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.


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If any man may see his brother sinning a sin not toward death, he will ask, and he will give life to him, to those not sinning toward death. There is sin toward death. I do not say that he should make request about that.


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We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.


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And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE God, and the eternal life.


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


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


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I rejoice exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.


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And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but what we had from the beginning, that we would love each other.


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And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.


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Because many deceivers have gone forth into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ coming in flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.


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Every man transgressing, and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The man abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, this man has both the Father and the Son.


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If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice.


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Having many things, I did not want to write to you by paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, so that our joy may be filled.


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Beloved, I pray for thee to prosper concerning all things, and to be healthy, just as thy soul prospers.


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For I rejoiced exceedingly of brothers coming and testifing to the truth of thee, just as thou walk in truth.


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who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God.


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Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them


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Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God.


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Demetrius has been testified by all, and by the truth itself. But we also testify, and ye know that our testimony is true.


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But I hope to see thee straightaway, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace to thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.


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Jude, a bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, sanctified in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:


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Beloved, making all diligence to write to you about the common salvation, I had need to write to you exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the sanctified.


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For certain men have sneaked in, those written about formerly for this condemnation, irreverent men, perverting the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only Master God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.


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Now I want to remind you, ye having known this once, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.


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And the heavenly agents who did not keep their own principality, but left their own habitation, he has kept reserved in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.


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As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.


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Nevertheless in the same way also these men who dream, indeed defile flesh, and reject lordship, and speak evil of dignities.


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But Michael the arch-agent, when he disputed with the devil, contending about the body of Moses, dared not bring a railing judgment, but said, May Lord rebuke thee.


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But these men indeed revile whatever they have not seen. But whatever they understand naturally, as the irrational beasts, in these things they are corrupted.


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Woe to them! Because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed to the error of Balaam's reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.


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These are reefs in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly tending to themselves, waterless clouds carried along by winds, autumn trees without fruit, who died twice having being uprooted,


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wild waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.


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And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, Lord came with his holy myriads,


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to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the irreverent of them about all the works of their own irreverence that they have done irreverently, and about all the harsh things that irreverent sinners spoke against him.


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These are grumblers, fault-finders, going according to their lusts, and their mouth speaks overblown things, marveling personages for the sake of advantage.


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that they told you that there will be scoffers during the last time, going according to their own desires of irreverences.


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And in fear save some, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment that was stained by the flesh.


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Now to him who is able to keep them non-stumbling, and to present before his glory, unblemished in gladness,


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to the only wise God our Savior, is glory, majesty, dominion and power, both now and into all the ages. Truly.


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The Revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his bondmen what must happen quickly. And he signified it, having sent by his agent to his bondman John


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Blessed is he who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things written in it, for the time is near.


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John, to the seven congregations in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits that 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 made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.


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Behold, he comes with the clouds and every eye will see him, even the men who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth will wail against him. Yea, Truly.


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I am the Alpha and the Omega, says Lord, the God who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.


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I John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Christ Jesus, happened to be on the isle that is called Patmos because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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saying, What thou see, write in a book and send to the seven congregations: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.


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And I turned there to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands.


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And in the midst of the seven lampstands, resembling a son of man, he who was clothed down to the foot, and girded about with a golden belt at the breasts.


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and his feet resembling highly refined metal, as in a furnace having been fiery hot, and his voice as the sound of many waters,


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and having in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword coming out of his mouth. And the sight of him was as the sun shines in its strength.


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And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not, I am the first and the last,


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and he who lives. And I became dead, and behold, I am living into the ages of the ages. Truly. And I have the keys of death and of Hades.


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Therefore write the things that thou saw, and things that are, and things that are going to happen after these things.


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The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations.


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To the agent of the congregation in Ephesus write, These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:


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I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy perseverance, and that thou cannot tolerate evil, and thou examined those who say themselves to be apostles, and are not, and found them false.


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Remember therefore from where thou have fallen, and repent and do the first works. And if not, I come to thee quickly, and will move thy lampstand out of its place, if thou do not repent.


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


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And to the agent of the congregation in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:


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I know thy works and tribulation and poverty (but thou are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.


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Fear none of the things that thou are going to suffer. Behold, the devil is indeed going to cast some of you into prison, so that ye may be tried, and ye will have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes will, no, not be hurt from the second death.


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And to the agent of the congregation in Pergamos write, These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:


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I know thy works, and where thou dwell, where Satan's throne is. And thou hold firm my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.


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But I have a few things against thee, because thou have there men who adhere to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, even to eat idol sacrifices, and to fornicate.


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Repent therefore, and if not I come to thee quickly, and will 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 congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which none knows


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And to the agent of the congregation in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet resembling highly refined metal:


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I know thy works, and thy love and faith and service and perseverance. And thy last works are more than the first.


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Nevertheless, I have against thee that thou tolerate thy woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and leads astray my bondmen to fornicate, and to eat idol sacrifices.


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Behold, I throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, if they do not repent of her works.


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And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you--to each--according to your works.


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But I say to you, to those remaining in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who do not know, as they say, the deep things of Satan, I do not cast upon you another burden.


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


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And he will tend them with a rod of iron (they will be shattered like ceramic vessels), as I also have received from my Father.


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And to the agent of the congregation in Sardis write, These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou have a name that thou live, and thou are dead.


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Become thou watchful, and strengthen the remaining things that thou were going to throw away, for I have not found thy works made complete before my God.


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Remember therefore how thou have received and heard, and be on guard, and repent. If therefore thou will not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou will, no, not know what hour I will come upon thee.


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But thou have a few names in Sardis who did not defile their garments. And they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.


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He who overcomes, this man will be clothed in white garments, and I will, no, not erase his name out of the book of life. And I will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his agents.


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And to the agent of the congregation in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, who opens, and none will shut it except he who opens, and none will open:


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I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee an opened door that none is able to shut it, because thou have little power, and thou keep my word, and did not deny my name.


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Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them so that they will come and bow down before thy feet, and may know that I have loved thee.


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Because thou keep the word of my perseverance, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole inhabited world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.


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He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will, no, not go out any more. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem (it comes down out of the


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And to the agent of the congregation in Laodicea write, These things says the Truly, the faithful and TRUE witness, the primacy of the creation of God:


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Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.


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I counsel thee to buy from me gold refined from fire, so that thou may become wealthy, and white garments, so that thou may clothe thyself, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be made known, and eye-salve, so that thou may anoin


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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.


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He who overcomes, I will give him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.


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After these things I looked, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard like a trumpet, speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show thee what must happen after these things.


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And straightaway I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in heaven, and him sitting upon the throne


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similar in appearance to a jasper and a sardius stone. And a rainbow was around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.


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And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon the thrones were sitting twenty-four elders clothed in white garments, and golden crowns upon their heads.


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And out of the throne proceeds lightnings and voices and thunders. And seven lamps of fire burned before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.


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And before the throne was like a glassy sea similar to crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and all around the throne, were four beings containing eyes in front and back.


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And the first being was similar to a lion, and the second being was similar to a young bull, and the third being having a face like a man, and the fourth being was similar to a flying eagle.


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And the four beings, one by one, each having six wings, are full of eyes around and inside. And they have no cessation day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord, the Almighty God, he was, and who is, and who is coming.


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And whenever the beings give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, he who lives into the ages of the ages,


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the twenty-four elders would fall down before him who sits on the throne, and would worship him who lives into the ages of the ages, and would cast their crowns before the throne, saying,


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Thou are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy, to take the glory and the honor and the power, because thou created all things, and because by thy will they are, and were created.


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And I saw at the right hand of him who sits on the throne a book, written inside and outside, sealed with seven seals.


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And I saw a powerful agent proclaiming in a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals of it?


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And none in heaven above nor on the earth nor under the earth was able to open the book or to see in it.


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And one of the elders says to me, Weep not, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame to open the book and the seven seals of it.


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And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four beings, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, like it had been killed, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God being sent forth into all


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And when he took the book, the four beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls containing incense, which are the prayers of the sanctified.


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And they sing a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou were killed and purchased us from God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.


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And I looked, and I heard as a voice of many agents all around the throne and the beings 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 great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been killed to receive the power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!


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And every creature that is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and is in the sea, and things in them all, I heard saying, The blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion is to him who sits upon the th


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And I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals. And I heard one of the four beings saying like the sound of thunder, Come and see.


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And behold, a white horse, and he who sits on it having a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering, and so that he might conquer.


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And another horse came forth, fiery red. And it was given to him (to him who sits on it) to take peace from the earth, so that they would kill each other. And a great sword was given to him.


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And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third being saying, Come and see. And behold, a black horse, and he who sits on it having a balance in his hand.


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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beings saying, A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius. And thou may not harm the olive oil and the wine.


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And behold, a green horse, and he who sits on top of it. His name was Death, and Hades followed with him. And authority was given to him over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with starvation, and with what is d


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And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of the Lamb that they held.


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And they cried out in a great voice, saying, Master, Holy and True, how long do thou not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell on the earth?


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And a white robe was given to them each, and it was said to them that they should still rest a time, until also their fellow bondmen, and their brothers, and those going to be killed as they too, would be fulfilled.


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And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred, and the sun became black as hairy sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood.


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And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree that casts its unripe figs being shaken by a great wind.


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


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And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.


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And they say to the mountains and to 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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And after this I saw four agents standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth, so that wind would not blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.


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And I saw another agent ascending from the sun-rising, having a seal of the living God. And he cried out in a great voice to the four agents to whom it was given to them to harm the earth and the sea,


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


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And I heard the number of those sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.


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Twelve thousand were sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad,


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twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh,


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twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar,


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twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, were sealed.


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After these things, I looked and lo, a great multitude, which none could number, out of every nation, and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their ha


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and crying out in a great voice, saying, Salvation is in our God who sits upon the throne, and in the Lamb!


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And all the agents had stood all around the throne, and the elders, and the four beings, and they fell before his throne on their faces, and worshiped God,


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saying, Truly! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength, is for our God into the ages of the ages. Truly!


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


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And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.


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Because of this they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sits on the throne will dwell among them.


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They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat.


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Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.


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And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne.


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And the vapor of the incense, with the prayers of the sanctified, ascended before God out of the agent's hand.


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And the agent who took the censer, also filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it to the earth. And there occurred thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.


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And the first sounded, and there occurred hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth. And the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burn


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And the second agent sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was cast into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood,


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and the third part of the creatures in the sea (those having lives) died, and the third part of the ships was destroyed.


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And the third agent sounded, and a great star fell from the heaven burning like a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the springs of the waters.


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


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And the fourth agent sounded, and the third part of the sun was struck, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them would be darkened. And the day did not shine the third part of


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And I looked, and I heard one eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying in a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell on the earth from the remaining sounds of the trumpet of the three agents who are going to sound.


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And the fifth agent sounded, and I saw a star fallen from the sky to the earth. And the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him.


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And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the pit, like smoke of a burning furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit.


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And locusts came forth out of the smoke upon the earth, and power was given to them, like the scorpions of the earth have power.


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And it was told them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor anything green, nor any tree, except the men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads.


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


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And in those days men will seek death, and will, no, not find it. And they will long to die, and death will flee from them.


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And the likeness of the locusts was similar to horses prepared for battle. And upon their heads were like golden crowns, and their faces were as men's faces.


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


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And they have tails similar to scorpions, and stings. And in their tails they have power to hurt men five months.


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Having a king over them, the agent of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.


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And the sixth agent sounded, and I heard a voice, one from the four horns of the golden altar before God,


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saying to the sixth agent who has the trumpet, Loose the four agents who have been bound at the great river Euphrates.


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And the four agents were loosed, who were prepared for the hour and for the day and month and year, so that they would kill the third part of men.


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And the number of the armies of the horsemen was ten thousands of ten thousands. I heard the number of them.


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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sit on them having breastplates fiery red, and of hyacinth color, and sulphurous. And the heads of the horses are like heads of lions, and out of their mouths come fire and smo


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


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For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails. For their tails are similar to serpents, having heads, and by them they injure.


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And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they would not worship the demons, and the golden and silver and brass and stone and wooden idols, which can neither


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


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And I saw a mighty agent coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire,


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and having in his hand an opened book. And he placed his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the earth.


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And he cried out in a great voice as a lion roars. And when he cried out, the seven thunders uttered their voices.


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And when the seven thunders uttered, I was going to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.


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and swore by him who lives into the ages of the ages, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that time would be no more.


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But in the days of the voice of the seventh agent, when he is going to sound, and the mystery of God is finished, as he declared the good-news to his bondmen the prophets.


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And the voice that I heard from heaven was again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the little book that has been opened in the hand of the agent who stands upon the sea and upon the earth.


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And I went to the agent, telling him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take and eat it. And it will make thy belly bitter, but it will be sweet as honey in thy mouth.


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


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And he says to me, Thou must prophesy again against many peoples, and against nations and tongues and kings.


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


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And leave out the court outside the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations. And they will trample the holy city forty-two months.


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


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These men are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, having stood before the Lord of the earth.


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And if any man wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if any man wants to harm them, he must be killed this way.


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


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And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the abyss will make war with them, and he will overcome them and kill them.


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And their corpses are in the thoroughfare of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.


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And out of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations they see their corpses three and a half days. And they will not allow their corpses to be put in a sepulcher.


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And those who dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and will celebrate, and will give gifts to each other, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.


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


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And I heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.


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


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And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.


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And the twenty-four elders who sit before the throne of God, on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshiped God,


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saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, who is and was, because thou have taken thy great power and reigned.


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And the nations were angry. And thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to thy bondmen the prophets, and to the sanctified, and to those who fear thy name, the small and the great, and to destr


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And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was seen in his temple. And there occurred lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and great hail.


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And a great sign was seen in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars upon her head.


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And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great fiery dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads.


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And his tail drags the third part of the stars of the sky, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was going to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.


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And she gave birth to a son, a male who was going to tend all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.


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And the woman fled into the wilderness where she has a place there prepared by God, so that they may nourish her there a thousand two hundred sixty days.


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And war developed in heaven: Michael and his agents to fight with the dragon. And the dragon and his agents fought.


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And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, he who leads the whole world astray. He was cast out to the earth, and his agents were cast out with him.


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And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now it came to pass, the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. Because the accuser of our brothers was cast out, who accuses them before


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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. And they loved not their life to the point of death.


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Rejoice because of this, O heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.


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And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male.


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


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


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


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And the dragon was angry toward the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, those keeping the commandments of God, and having the testimony of Jesus.


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And I stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having ten horns, and seven heads, and ten diadems upon its horns, and upon its heads names of blasphemy.


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And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard. And its feet were like a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority.


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And one of its heads was as in death, having been killed. And its deadly wound was healed. And the whole earth marveled behind the beast.


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And they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast, and who is able to war against it?


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And a mouth was given to it speaking great things and blasphemy. And authority was given it to make war forty-two months.


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And it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, those who dwell in heaven.


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And it was given it to make war with the sanctified, and to overcome them. And authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to it.


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And all who dwell upon the earth will worship it, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who was killed from the foundation of the world.


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If any man keeps in captivity, he goes. If any man kills with a sword, he must be killed with a sword. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the sanctified.


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


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And it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it. And it made the earth and those who dwell in it, so that they would worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.


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And it does great signs, so that even fire would come down out of the sky upon the earth in the sight of men.


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And it leads my kind astray (those dwelling on the earth) because of the signs that were given it to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast that had the sword-wound and live


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


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And it makes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the freemen and the bondmen, that they would give them marks on their right hand, or on their foreheads.


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And so that not any man can buy or sell unless having the mark--the name of the beast or the number of its name.


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Here is wisdom: He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number of a man. And its number is 666


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And I looked, and lo, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with it a number, a hundred and forty-four thousand, having its name and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.


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


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And they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four beings and the elders. And none could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, those who have been redeemed from the earth.


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These are men who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were out of men purchased by Jesus, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.


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And I saw an agent flying in mid-heaven having eternal good-news to proclaim to those who sit on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,


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saying in a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. And worship him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and springs of waters.


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And another, a second agent, followed, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen. She has given all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.


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


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he also himself will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which was mixed undiluted in the cup of his anger. And he will be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy agents and before the Lamb.


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And the smoke of their torment ascends into the ages of ages. And they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and if any man receives the mark of its name.


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Here is the perseverance of the sanctified. Here are those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.


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And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them.


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And I looked, and behold, a white cloud. And sitting upon the cloud, like a son of man, having a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.


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And another agent came out from the temple, crying out in a great voice to him who sits on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle and reap, because the hour has come to reap, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.


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And another agent came out from the altar having power over the fire. And he cried out in a great shout to him who has the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the grapevine of the earth, be


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And the agent sent his sickle to the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


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And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.


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And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven agents having seven plagues, the last, because in them the wrath of God is ended.


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And I saw like a glassy sea mingled with fire, and those who were victorious over the beast and over its image and over the number of its name, standing on the glassy sea, having harps of God.


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And they sing the song of Moses the bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, righteous and TRUE are thy ways, thou King of the nations.


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Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known.


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


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And the seven agents came forth from the temple having the seven plagues, who were clothed in pure bright linen, and golden belts girded around their breasts.


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And one of the four beings gave to the seven agents seven golden bowls containing the wrath of God who lives into the ages of the ages.


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And the temple became full of vapor from the glory of God and from his power. And none was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven agents were ended.


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And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven agents, Go ye and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth.


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And the first went and poured out his bowl into the earth, and a bad and evil sore developed upon the men who have the mark of the beast and who worship its image.


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And the second agent poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like of a dead man, and every living soul in the sea died.


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And the third agent poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the springs of the waters, and they became blood.


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And I heard the agent of the waters saying, Thou are righteous who is and was--the Divine--because thou judged these things.


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Because they poured out the blood of the sanctified and prophets, and thou have given them blood to drink--they are deserving.


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And the fourth agent poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given him to scorch men with fire.


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And the men were scorched with great heat. And the men blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.


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And the fifth agent poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from the anguish.


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


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And the sixth agent poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and the water of it was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the sun-rising might be prepared.


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


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For they are spirits of demons, doing signs that go forth to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together to the battle of that great day of the Almighty God.


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(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, so that he may not walk naked, and they see his shame.)


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And the seventh agent poured out his bowl upon the air, and a great voice came forth out of the temple of heaven, out of the throne, saying, It has come to pass.


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And there occurred lightnings, and thunders, and voices. And a great earthquake occurred, such as did not happen from that time men came to be upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, so great.


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And the great city became in three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And the great Babylon was remembered before God, to give to it the cup of the wine of the wrath of his anger.


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And great hail, like a talent weight, descended out of the sky upon men. And the men blasphemed God from the plague of the hail, because the plague of it was exceedingly great.


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And one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore who sits upon the many waters


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with whom the kings of the earth fornicated, and those who inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.


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And he carried me away in spirit into a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast containing names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


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And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup containing abominations and the filthy things of her fornication,


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and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF WHORES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.


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And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the sanctified, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And having seen her, I wondered with great amazement.


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And the agent said to me, Why did thou wonder? I will tell thee 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 thou saw was, and is not, and is going to ascend out of the abyss and go into destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of th


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And there are seven kings, the five are fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain a little while.


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And the beast that was, and is not, he also is an eighth, and is of the seven, and he goes into destruction.


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And the ten horns that thou saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.


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These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with him are the called and chosen and faithful.


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And he says to me, The waters that thou saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.


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And the ten horns that thou saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her with fire.


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For God gave in their hearts to do his will. Even to do one will, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God would be ended.


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And after these things I saw another agent coming down out of heaven having great authority, and the earth was illuminated from his glory.


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And he cried out in a mighty voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen, and became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird.


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Because all the nations have drunk from the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the kings of the earth fornicated with her, and the merchants of the earth became rich from the power of her wantonness.


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And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out from her, my people, so that ye may not participate with her sins, and that ye may not receive from her plagues.


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Render to her as she also rendered to you, and double to her two-fold according to her works. In the cup that she mixed, mix two-fold for her.


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In an amount she glorified herself and lived wantonly, give her so much torment and grief, because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will, no, not see grief.


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Because of this her plagues will come in one day, death, and grief, and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, because strong is Lord, the God who judged her.


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And the kings of the earth who fornicated and lived wantonly with her, will weep and will beat their breasts for her when they see the smoke of her burning,


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having stood from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! Because thy judgment has come in one hour.


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And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no man buys their merchandise any more,


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merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and mar


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and cinnamon, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and olive oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and sheep, and cattle, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.


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And the fruit of the lust of thy soul have departed from thee. And all the fat and bright things are destroyed from thee. And thou will, no, not find them any more.


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The merchants of these things who became rich from her will stand from afar because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,


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and saying, Alas, alas, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls!


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Because in one hour such great wealth was devastated. And every shipmaster, and every man who sails anywhere, and sailors, and as many as work by sea, stood from afar


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And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, and saying, Alas, alas, the great city in which all who had ships in the sea became rich from her luxuriance! Because in one hour she was devastated.


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Be glad over her, thou heaven, and the sanctified, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has decreed your judgment of her.


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And one mighty agent took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus in violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will, no, not be found any more.


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And a sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters will, no, not be heard in thee any more. And every craftsman of every craft will, no, not be found in thee any more. And a sound of a millstone will, no, not be


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And the light of a lamp will, no, not shine in thee any more. And a voice of a bridegroom and of a bride will, no, not be heard in thee any more. Because thy merchants were the chief men of the earth, because all the nations were l


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And in her was found blood of prophets, and of the sanctified, and of all who have been killed upon the earth.


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And after these things I heard as a great sound of a large multitude in heaven, saying, Praise Lord, the salvation, and the power, and the glory of our God!


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Because TRUE and righteous are his judgments, because he has judged the great whore who ruined the earth by her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his bondmen from her hand.


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And the twenty-four elders and the four beings fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, Truly! Praise Lord!


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And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Praise ye our God, all his bondmen and those who fear him, the small and the great.


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And I heard as the sound of a large multitude, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying, Praise Lord! Because Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.


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We should be glad and rejoice and give the glory to him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has prepared herself.


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And it was given her that she clothe herself in fine linen, bright and pure. For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the sanctified.


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And he says to me, Write, Blessed are those who have been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the TRUE sayings of God.


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And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, See thou not. I am a fellow bondman of thee and thy brothers, those who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophe


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And I saw the heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he who sits upon it called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.


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And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems having names written, and a name written that none knows except he himself,


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And a sharp two-edged sword comes out of his mouth, so that he would smite the nations by it. And he will tend them with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath of the anger of the Almighty God.


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And I saw one agent having stood in the sun, and he cried out in a great voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, Come, gather together to the great supper of God,


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so that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit upon them, and the flesh of all men, both freemen and bondmen, and both small and great.


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And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against him who sits upon the horse, and against his army.


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And the beast was taken, and the FALSE prophet with it who did the signs in its sight by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire


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And the others were killed by the sword that comes forth out of his mouth (of him who sits upon the horse), and all the birds were filled from their flesh.


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And I saw an agent coming down out of heaven having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.


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And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, and bound him a thousand years.


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And he cast him into the abyss, and locked and sealed over him, so that he would no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be loosed for a little time.


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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them. And judgment was given to them and the souls of those who were beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image,


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The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.


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Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. On these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will reign with him a thousand years.


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And he will come forth to lead astray the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the battle, of whom the number of them is as the sand of the sea.


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And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the encampment of the sanctified and the beloved city. And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.


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And the devil who leads them astray was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also were the beast and the FALSE prophet. And they will be tormented day and night into the ages of the ages.


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And I saw a great white throne, and him who sits upon it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away, and no place was found for them.


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And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged from the things that were written in the books, accordi


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And the sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each according to their works.


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And I saw a new sky and a new earth, for the first sky and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.


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And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.


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And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them.


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And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will not be any more death, nor grief, nor crying, nor will there be any more anguish, because the former things are gone.


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And he who sits upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write, because these words are TRUE and faithful.


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And he said to me, I have become, I, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.


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But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.


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And there came one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the woman, the bride of the Lamb.


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


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having the glory of God, the light of it similar to a most precious stone, like a jasper stone being crystal clear,


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which has a great and high wall having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve agents, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:


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


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And the wall of the city having twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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And he who spoke with me had a measure, a golden reed, so that he might measure the city, and the gates of it, and the walls of it.


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


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And he measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four forearms, a measure of a man, that is, of a heavenly agent.


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And the foundations of the wall of the city adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second, sapphire, the third, chalcedony, the fourth, emerald,


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the fifth, sardonyx, the sixth, sardius, the seventh, chrysolite, the eighth, beryl, the ninth, topaz, the tenth, chrysoprase, the eleventh, jacinth, the twelfth, amethyst.


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And the twelve gates were twelve pearls apiece, each one of the gates was of one pearl. And the thoroughfare of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.


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And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.


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And the nations will walk by the light of it. And the kings of the earth bring to them the splendor and worth of the nations into it.


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And there will, no, not enter into it anything profane, and doing an abomination and a lie, since they are not written in the Lamb's book of life.


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And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,


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in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.


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And there will be no curse there. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his bondmen will serve him.


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And there will be no night there, and they have no need of a lamp and the light of sun, because Lord God will illuminate them. And they will reign into the ages of the ages.


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And he says to me, These words are faithful and true. And Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his agent to show to his bondmen the things that must quickly come to pass.


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And I am John, the man hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the agent showing me these things.


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And he says to me, See thou not. I am thy fellow bondman, and of thy brothers the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!


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Let the man doing wrong still do wrong, and let the filthy man still be filthy. And let the righteous man still do righteousness, and let the holy man still be holy.


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Blessed are those doing his commandments, so that their right will be to the tree of life, and they may enter in the gates into the city.


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Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every man who loves and makes a lie.


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I, Jesus, have sent my agent to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.


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And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he who hears, let him say, Come. And 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 every man who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man should add to them, God will add to him the seven plagues that are written in this book.


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And if any man takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and from the holy city, the things written in this book.


