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so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time apart from sin unto salvation, to those who eagerly await Him.


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<n>Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All</n> For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, <i>and </i>not the image itself of the things, can never with the same sacrifices, which they offer continually every year, make those approaching perfect.


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For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.


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Therefore, when He entered into the world, He said: "<span class='smcaps'>Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. </span>


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<span class='smcaps'> In burnt offerings and </span><span class='smcaps'><i>sacrifices</i></span><span class='smcaps'> for sin You had no pleasure.</span>


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<span class='smcaps'> Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—In the volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God</span>.' "


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Earlier saying, "<span class='smcaps'>Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and </span><span class='smcaps'><i>sacrifices</i></span><span class='smcaps'> for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them</span>" (which are offered according to the law),


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then He has said, "<span class='smcaps'>Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God</span>." He takes away the first in order that He may establish the second.


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And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which are never able to take away sins.


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But He Himself, having offered one sacrifice for sins forever, He sat down at the right hand of God,


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"<span class='smcaps'>This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws on their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds, </span>


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<span class='smcaps'> and their sins and their lawless deeds I shall by no means remember any longer</span>."


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<n>Hold Fast Your Confession</n> Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,


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


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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised <i>is</i> faithful.


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not forsaking the assembling of ourselves, just as is the custom for some, but exhorting <i>one another</i>, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.


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<n>The Just Shall Live by Faith</n> For if we sin willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,


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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery zeal being about to devour the adversaries.


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Anyone disregarding the law of Moses dies without compassions on <i>the testimony of</i> two or three witnesses.


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By how much worse punishment, do you think, will he be deemed worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, and has regarded as common the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?


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For we know Him who said, "<span class='smcaps'>Vengeance is Mine; I will repay</span>," says the Lord. And again, "<span class='smcaps'>The Lord will judge His people</span>."


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But remember the former days, in which after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,


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in part being exposed publicly, both to reproaches and to afflictions, and in part having become partners of those treated in this way.


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For you sympathized with me in my chains, and you received the plunder of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and enduring possession in heaven.


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<span class='smcaps'>"For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not delay. </span>


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<span class='smcaps'> But the just shall live by faith, and if he withdraws, My soul has no pleasure in him</span>."


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But we are not of <i>those</i> shrinking back to destruction, but of faith, to the saving of the soul.


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By faith we understand that time <i>itself</i> was framed by a command of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.


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By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying concerning his gifts; and through it, although he died, he still speaks.


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By faith Enoch was translated <i>so as</i> not to see death, "<span class='smcaps'>and he was not found, because God translated him</span>"; for before his translation he had obtained witness that he was pleasing to God.


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And without faith it is impossible to please <i>God</i>, for it is necessary <i>for</i> the <i>one</i> approaching God to believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.


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By faith Noah, having being warned <i>by God</i> concerning the things not yet seen, being reverent, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, through which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.


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<n>The Faith of Abraham</n> By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go forth to the place which he was about to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.


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By faith he migrated into a land of promise as <i>in</i> a foreign <i>land</i>, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise;


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By faith Sarah herself also received power for conception of seed, and she bore a child past the normal age, because she regarded <i>Him</i> faithful who had promised.


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Therefore even from one <i>man </i>they were begotten, and him as good as dead, just as the stars of the sky in multitude, and innumerable as the sand by the seashore.


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<n>The Heavenly Hope</n> These all died according to faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off and welcoming <i>them</i>, and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.


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And indeed if they had remembered that land from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to turn back.


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But now they desire a better <i>land</i>, that is, a heavenly <i>one</i>. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.


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<n>The Faith of the Patriarchs</n> By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he that received the promises offered up his only begotten <i>son</i>,


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considering that even from the dead, God <i>was</i> able to raise <i>him up</i>, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.


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By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, <i>leaning</i> on the top of his staff.


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By faith Joseph, when he was dying, remembered concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.


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<n>The Faith of Moses</n> By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw a beautiful child; and they did not fear the edict of the king.


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choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,


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regarding the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.


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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king; for he endured as seeing the Unseen <i>One</i>.


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By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.


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By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry <i>land</i>, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.


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


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


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


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quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in battle, turned to flight the armies of foreigners.


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Women received their dead <i>back</i> by resurrection. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection.


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They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tried, they were slain, being murdered with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, being in want, being afflicted, being ill treated,


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


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<n>Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Our Faith</n> So therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every impediment, and the sin which so easily ensnares<i> us</i>, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,


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looking unto Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured <i>the</i> cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


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<n>Do Not Grow Weary</n> For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you be weary and discouraged in your souls.


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And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as sons: "<span class='smcaps'>My son, do not despise the discipline of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are reproved; </span>


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<span class='smcaps'> For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and scourges every son whom He receives</span>."


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It is for discipline <i>that</i> you endure; God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?


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But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.


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Furthermore, we have had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected <i>them.</i> Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?


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For they indeed disciplined us for a few days, as seemed best to them, but He <i>disciplines us </i>for <i>our</i> good, so that we may partake of His holiness.


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Now no discipline seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, later it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those having been trained by it.


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and make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed.


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looking diligently lest anyone fall from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness growing up cause trouble, and through this many be defiled;


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lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who in exchange for one meal gave up his birthright.


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For indeed you know that afterward, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, having sought it out diligently with tears.


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<n>The Glorious Company</n> For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and to a whirlwind,


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and to a sound of a trumpet and to a voice of words, which those who heard <i>it </i>begged that no further word be spoken to them.


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For they could not bear that <i>which</i> was commanded: "<span class='smcaps'>And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stone</span>d."


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And so fearful was the spectacle, <i>that</i> Moses said, "<span class='smcaps'>I am greatly afraid and trembling</span>."


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But you have come to Zion, to the Mountain and city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,


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to the general assembly and church of the firstborn having been enrolled in <i>the</i> heavens, to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,


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and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling which speaks better things than the <i>blood</i> of Abel.


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<n>Hear the Heavenly Voice</n> See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape, having refused Him who warned <i>them</i>, how much more <i>shall we not escape</i> if we turn away from Him who<i> warns </i>from heaven;


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whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "<span class='smcaps'>Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.</span>"


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Now the <i>phrase</i>, "<span class='smcaps'>Yet once more</span>," signifies the removal of the things being shaken, as having been made, so that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.


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Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.


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Remember the prisoners as if having been bound with them, those who are ill treated, as you yourselves are in the body also.


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Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.


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Let <i>your</i> way of life <i>be</i> without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "<span class='smcaps'>By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you</span>;"


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so that being confident, we may say: "<span class='smcaps'>The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me</span>?"


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Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you, of whom considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.


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Do not be carried away by various and strange doctrines. For it is good <i>for</i> the heart to be established by grace, not by foods, by which those having walked were not profited.


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For of the animals, <i>whose </i>blood is brought into the Holies by the high priest <i>as an offering </i>for sin, the bodies <i>of these animals</i> 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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Therefore through Him let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of <i>our</i> lips, confessing to His name.


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Obey your leaders, and submit to <i>them</i>, for they keep watch over your souls, as giving an account, in order that they may do this with joy and not groaning, for this <i>would be</i> unprofitable for you.


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Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live commendably.


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<n>Benediction and Final Greetings</n> Now may the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting covenant,


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make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom <i>be</i> glory forever and ever. Amen.


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And I appeal to you, brothers, bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.


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<n>Greeting</n> James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered among the nations: Greetings.


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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it shall be given to him.


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


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For the sun arose with burning heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and its beautiful appearance perished. So the rich man also shall fade away in his pursuits.


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<n>Loving God Under Trials</n> Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.


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Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.


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Then lust, when it conceives, gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.


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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.


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Exercising His will He begat us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.


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<n>Hearing and Doing the Word</n> So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;


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Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.


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Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;


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But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues <i>in it</i>, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.


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If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this <i>man </i>is useless.


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Pure and undefiled religion before God and <i>the</i> Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.


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<n>The Sin of Partiality</n> My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.


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For if a man enters into your assembly with a gold ring, in fine clothes, and there should also come in a poor <i>man</i> in dirty clothes,


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and you have respect for him that wears the fine clothes and you say to him, "You sit here in a good seat," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here under my footstool,"


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Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world <i>to be</i> rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?


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If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "<span class='smcaps'>You shall love your neighbor as yourself</span>," you do well;


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For He who said, "<span class='smcaps'>Do not commit adultery</span>," also said, "<span class='smcaps'>You shall not murder</span>." Now if you do not commit adultery, but <i>yet </i>you murder, <i>then </i>you have become a transgressor of the law.


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<n>Faith Without Works is Dead</n> What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that <i>kind of</i> faith able to save him?


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and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the necessary things of the body, what <i>is</i> the benefit?


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But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith <i>apart</i> from your works, and I will show you my faith by means of my works.


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Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by means of his works faith was made perfect?


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And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "<span class='smcaps'>Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness</span>." And he was called a friend of God.


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Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by means of works, when she received the messengers and sent <i>them</i> out another way?


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<n>The Untamable Tongue</n> My brothers, let not many become teachers, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.


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For we all stumble in many <i>ways</i>. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a mature man, able also to bridle the whole body.


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Consider also the ships: although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the pilot desires.


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Even so the tongue is a small member and it boasts great things. See how great a forest is kindled by such a small fire!


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And the tongue is a fire, the <i>very</i> world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.


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For every kind of both beasts and birds, of both reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.


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With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in <i>the</i> likeness of God.


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The spring does not pour forth from the same opening <i>both </i>the sweet and the bitter <i>water, does it</i>?


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It is not possible, my brothers, <i>for</i> a fig tree to produce olives, or a vine <i>to produce </i>figs, <i>is it</i>? Thus no spring is able to produce <i>both</i> salt and sweet water.


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<n>Wisdom from Above </n> Is there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct <i>that</i> his works <i>are</i> in meekness of wisdom.


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But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.


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<n>Warning Against Worldliness</n> From where <i>come</i> wars and disputes among you? Is it not from here, from your lusts, which war in your members?


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You lust and you do not have. You murder and are jealous and you cannot obtain. You fight and make war. You do not have because you do not ask.


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You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend <i>it</i> in <i>gratifying</i> your lusts.


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Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is constituted an enemy of God.


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But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "<span class='smcaps'>God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble</span>."


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<n>Humility Cures Worldliness</n> Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.


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Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse <i>your</i> hands, <i>you</i> sinners; and purify <i>your</i> hearts, <i>you</i> double-minded.


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<n>Do Not Judge a Brother</n> Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. He who speaks evil against a brother and judges his brother speaks against the law and judges the law. And if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.


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<n>Boasting About Tomorrow </n> Come now, you who say, "Today and tomorrow let us travel to this city, and let us spend a year there, and let us trade and make a profit"—


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<i>you</i> who do not know <i>what will</i> happen tomorrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little <i>time</i>, but then also disappears.


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<n>Warning to the Rich</n> Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you!


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


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Indeed, the wages of the laborers who reaped your fields, which were kept back by you, cry out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.


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You have lived luxuriously upon the earth and you have lived riotously, you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.


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<n>Patience in Suffering </n> Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer awaits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and late rains.


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Do not murmur against one another, brothers, lest you be judged. Behold, the Judge stands before the doors!


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


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Indeed we count those blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you saw the outcome of the Lord, how He is full of compassion and mercy.


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But above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your "Yes" be "Yes," and <i>your</i> "No," "No," so that you may not fall into hypocrisy.


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<n>The Prayer of Faith </n> Does anyone among you suffer misfortune? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.


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


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And the prayer of faith will save the <i>one </i>who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him.


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Confess your transgressions to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of the righteous is very powerful.


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Elijah was a man of similar nature to us, and with a prayer, he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land for three years and six months.


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let him know that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.


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<n>Greeting</n> Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


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


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<n>Born Again to a Living Hope</n> Blessed <i>be</i> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


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who by the power of God <i>are</i> being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.


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In which you greatly rejoice, <i>though for</i> a little while now, if need be, you have been distressed by various trials,


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so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, though being tested with fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.


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Whom not having seen, you love, in whom now not seeing, but believing, you rejoice with inexpressible joy and glorified,


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Concerning this salvation the prophets have sought out and inquired carefully, having prophesied of the grace <i>that would come</i> to you,


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searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ in them was revealing when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories which were to follow.


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To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they were ministering these things, which things were now announced to you by those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.


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<n>Called to be Holy </n> Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, stay sober, put your hope fully in the grace brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;


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as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves <i>after</i> the former lusts, <i>as you did in </i>your ignorance;


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And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning <i>here</i> in fear;


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knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your futile way of life handed down from your forefathers,


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having been foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, He was made manifest in these last times for you,


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who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.


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<n>The Enduring Word</n> Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere love for the brothers, love one another fervently from a pure heart,


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having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.


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For "All <span class='smcaps'>flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of </span><span class='smcaps'><i>the</i></span><span class='smcaps'> grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, </span>


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<span class='smcaps'>but the word of the Lord endures forever</span>." Now this is the word which was proclaimed to you.


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<n>A Living Stone and a Holy People</n> Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,


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Coming to Him as to a living stone, having been rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,


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you also, as living stones, are being built <i>into</i> a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.


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For it is also contained in the Scripture, "<span class='smcaps'>Behold, I place in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, precious, and he who believes on Him shall by no means be put to shame</span>."


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Therefore, to you who believe, <i>He</i> is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "<span class='smcaps'>The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone," </span>


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<span class='smcaps'> and "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense</span>." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.


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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s <i>own</i> possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;


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who formerly <i>were</i> not a people but now <i>are the</i> people of God, who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.


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<n>Living Before the World</n> Beloved, I implore you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul;


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having your manner of life noble among the Gentiles, so that, whenever they speak against you as evildoers, when they observe the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.


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<n>Submission to Government</n> Therefore subject yourselves to every human institution on account of the Lord: whether to the king as <i>to one</i> having authority,


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or to governors, as to those being sent for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise <i>of those</i> doing good.


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<n>Submission to Masters</n> Servants, subject yourselves to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked.


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For this is admirable, if because of conscience toward God someone endures pain, suffering unjustly.


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For what glory <i>is it,</i> if when you sin and are beaten, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer <i>for it,</i> you endure, this is admirable before God.


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For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving behind an example for you, that you should follow in His footsteps,


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who, being verbally abused, did not return verbal insults, when <i>He</i> suffered, <i>He</i> did not threaten, but committed <i>Himself</i> to Him who judges righteously;


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who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, in order that having died to sins, we might live unto righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.


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For you were like sheep going astray, but you have turned back now to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.


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<n>Wives and Husbands</n> Wives, likewise, subject yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, <i>that</i> by the conduct of their wives, without a word, they shall be gained <i>for Christ</i>,


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Of whom let it not be the outward adorning of braiding of hair, and wearing of gold, or of putting on of <i>fine</i> clothes,


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rather <i>let it be</i> the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible <i>attitude</i> of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious before God.


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For thus formerly, the holy women who hoped on God also adorned themselves, subjecting themselves to their own husbands,


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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom you became children, when you do good and are not afraid of any terror.


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Husbands, likewise, live together according to knowledge as with a weaker vessel, with the wife, showing her honor as also a fellow heir of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.


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<n>Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake</n> Finally, all <i>of you</i> be like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brothers, compassionate, friendly,


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not rendering evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called for this purpose, that you may inherit a blessing.


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For "<span class='smcaps'>He that desires to love life and see good days, let him stop his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile. </span>


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<span class='smcaps'> Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. </span>


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<span class='smcaps'> For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears </span><span class='smcaps'><i>open</i></span><span class='smcaps'> to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those doing evil.</span>"


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But even if you should suffer on account of righteousness, <i>you are</i> blessed. "But do not fear their threats, nor be troubled."


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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be prepared with a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;


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having a good conscience, so that in what they speak against you as evildoers, those reviling your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.


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<n>Christ’s Suffering and Ours</n> For Christ also suffered once to atone for sins, <i>the</i> just for <i>the</i> unjust, that He might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,


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who formerly disobeyed, when the longsuffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, when the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;


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which <i>as</i> an antitype, baptism now also saves us—(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but an appeal to God <i>for</i> a good conscience), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,


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who having gone into heaven, is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to Him.


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Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, you also arm yourselves <i>with</i> the same mind, because he who suffered in <i>the</i> flesh has ceased from sin,


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that he no longer should live the remaining time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.


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For we have spent enough of our past lifetime to accomplish the will of the Gentiles—having walked in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.


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In regard to these, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same flood of debauchery, reviling you.


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Unto this <i>end</i> was the gospel proclaimed also to those who are dead, in order that they might be judged according to men in <i>the</i> flesh, but <i>that</i> they might live according to God in <i>the</i> spirit.


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<n>Serving for God’s Glory</n> Now the end of all things is at hand; therefore be of sound mind and self-controlled in your prayers.


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And above all things have fervent love for one another, because "<span class='smcaps'>love will cover a multitude of sins</span>."


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As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.


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If anyone speaks, <i>let him speak</i> as the utterances of God. If anyone serves, <i>let him serve</i> as from strength, as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.


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<n>Suffering for God’s Glory</n> Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing <i>was</i> happening to you;


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but inasmuch as you partake in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, in order that also at the unveiling of His glory, you may rejoice with great happiness.


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If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.


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For let not anyone of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's affairs;


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but if anyone <i>suffers</i> as a Christian, let him not be put to shame, but let him glorify God in this matter.


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For the time <i>has come</i> for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if <i>it begins</i> with us first, what will be the end of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?


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And "<span class='smcaps'>If the righteous </span><span class='smcaps'><i>one</i></span><span class='smcaps'> is scarcely saved, where will the godless and the sinner appear</span>?"


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Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.


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<n>Shepherd the Flock of God</n> The elders who are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed;


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shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but rather willingly, not in fondness for dishonest gain, but rather eagerly;


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<n>Submit to God, Resist the Devil</n> Likewise, younger <i>people</i>, subject yourselves to <i>the</i> elders. And all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, because "<span class='smcaps'>God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.</span>"


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Be sober, be watchful; your adversary the devil walks about as a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour.


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Resist him, being steadfast in <i>your</i> faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.


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But may the God of all grace, the <i>One </i>having called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little <i>while</i>, may He Himself make you complete—He will establish, strengthen, <i>and</i> firmly ground <i>you</i>.


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<n>Final Greetings</n> By Silvanus the faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying this to be <i>the</i> true grace of God in which you stand.


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<n>Greeting</n> Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by <i>the</i> righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:


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<i>May </i>grace and peace be multiplied <i>to you</i> in <i>your</i> knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.


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<n>Make Your Calling and Election Sure</n> As His divine power has granted to us all things <i>pertaining</i> to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,


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through which have been given to us precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through these we may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.


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But also <i>for</i> this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,


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and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control perseverance, and with perseverance godliness,


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For if these things belong to you and are increasing, it makes you neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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For <i>he</i> who lacks these things is blind, being shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his past sins.


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Therefore, brothers, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for by doing these things you shall by no means stumble at any time.


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For in this way the entrance will be supplied to you richly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.


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<n>Peter’s Approaching Death</n> Therefore I shall not neglect to constantly remind you concerning these things, although you know and have been established in the present truth.


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


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And I will make an effort also, whenever necessary, to cause you to have a reminder of these things after my departure.


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<n>The Trustworthy Prophetic Word</n> For we did not follow craftily devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but rather became eyewitnesses of His majesty.


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For He received from God the Father honor and glory when a voice was brought to Him such as this by the Magnificent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."


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And we have the prophetic word made more sure, which you do well to heed, as a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;


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for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being brought along by <i>the</i> Holy Spirit.


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<n>False Prophets and Teachers</n> But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master, the <i>One</i> having bought them, and bringing upon themselves swift destruction.


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And by covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction will not sleep.


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<n>The Doom of False Teachers</n> For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but rather confined <i>them</i> to Tartarus, and delivered <i>them </i>into chains of darkness, reserved for judgment;


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and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, <i>the</i> eighth, a preacher of righteousness, when He brought a flood upon the ungodly world;


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and reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, He condemned <i>them</i> to destruction, having made <i>them</i> an example who were to be ungodly,


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(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, tormented his righteous soul by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—


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<i>then</i> the Lord knows <i>how</i> to deliver the godly out of temptation and <i>how</i> to keep the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,


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and especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. <i>They are </i>bold, self-willed, illustrious persons, they do not tremble at blaspheming,


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whereas angels, being greater in might and in power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.


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<n>The Depravity of False Teachers</n> But these, as unreasoning natural animals, having been born for capture and destruction, blaspheme at things which they are ignorant of, and shall be destroyed in their destruction,


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receiving the wages of unrighteousness, counting as a pleasure to revel in the daytime, <i>they are</i> spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you,


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having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart having been trained in greediness, they are accursed children.


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They have left behind the straight way and have gone astray, having followed after the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;


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but he was rebuked for his own lawlessness: a dumb donkey speaking with the voice of a man restrained the madness of the prophet.


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These are waterless wells, clouds being driven by a storm, for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.


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<n>The Deceptions of False Teachers</n> For when they speak haughty <i>words</i> of emptiness, they entice through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, those who are escaping from those who are living in error,


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promising to them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom anyone has been defeated, by this <i>one</i> also he has been enslaved.


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For if having escaped from the corruptions of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, yet by these, having become entangled they are defeated, the latter end has become worse for them than the first.


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


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But it has happened to them <i>according to</i> the <i>saying</i> of the true proverb: "<span class='smcaps'>A dog returns to his own vomit</span>," and, "<span class='smcaps'>A sow, having washed, </span><span class='smcaps'><i>returns </i></span><span class='smcaps'>to her wallowing in the mire</span>."


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<n>The Day of the Lord is Coming</n> This already, beloved, <i>is</i> the second letter I write to you, in <i>both of</i> which I stir up your pure mind by a reminder,


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to remember the words having been previously spoken by the holy prophets, and the commandment of your apostles of the Lord and Savior;


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and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue just as it was from the beginning of creation."


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For they deliberately overlook this fact: that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago, and <i>the</i> earth, consisting out of water and through water,


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but the present heavens and earth, having been stored up by His word, are being reserved for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.


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But in this let it not escape your notice, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.


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The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise, as some count slowness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


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But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, both the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.


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Therefore, <i>seeing that</i> all these things shall be dissolved, what sort of <i>people</i> ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,


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looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being set of fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt?


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


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<n>Be Steadfast</n> Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot or blemish;


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


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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 unlearned and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.


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You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on guard, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being carried away by the error of the wicked;


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but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him <i>be</i> the glory both now and forever. Amen.


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<n>The Word of Life</n> That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—


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and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—


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that which we have seen and heard we proclaim to you, in order that you also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.


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<n>Walking in the Light</n> And this is the message which we have heard from Him and we announce to you, that God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.


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If we claim to have fellowship with Him, and we are walking in the darkness, we are lying, and are not practicing the truth.


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


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


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<n>Christ Our Advocate</n> My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.


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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only concerning ours, but also concerning <i>those</i> of the whole world.


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


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


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<n>The New Commandment</n> Brothers, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.


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Again, a new commandment I am writing to you, which <i>thing</i> is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.


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


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I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.


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I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know Him<i> who is</i> from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil <i>one</i>. I am writing to you, little children, because you have come to know the Father.


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I wrote to you, fathers, because you have come to know Him<i> who is</i> from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil <i>one</i>.


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<n>Do Not Love the World</n> Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


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<n>Deceptions of the Last Hour</n> Little children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this 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 had been of us, they would have remained with us; but <i>they went out</i> in order that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.


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I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.


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Who is a liar but the <i>one</i> who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the <i>one</i> who denies the Father and the Son.


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


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And <i>as for</i> you, the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you about all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.


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<n>Children of God</n> And now, little children, abide in Him, in order that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed due to Him at His coming.


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


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Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! On account 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 has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.


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Little children, let no one deceive you. The <i>one</i> who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.


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He who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this <i>reason</i> the Son of God appeared, that He might destroy the works of the devil.


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No one who has been born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.


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<n>Love One Another</n> By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.


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not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil and the <i>works</i> of his brother were righteous.


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


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Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.


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By this we have come to know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our brothers.


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But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother having need, and shuts off his compassion towards him, how does the love of God abide in him?


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


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


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<n>The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error</n> And the <i>one</i> who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, from the Spirit whom He gave us.


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Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.


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By this the Spirit of God is known: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,


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and every spirit which does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the <i>spirit</i> of the Antichrist, which you have heard that it is coming, and now is already in the world.


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


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We are of God. He that knows God hears us; <i>he</i> that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.


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<n>Knowing God Through Love </n> Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; and everyone that loves has been born of God and knows God.


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By this the love of God is manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, in order 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 <i>to be </i>the propitiation for our sins.


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<n>Seeing God Through Love</n> No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.


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<n>The Consummation of Love</n> By this love has been perfected with us: that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because just as He is, we also are in this world.


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<n>Obedience by Faith</n> If anyone claims, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how is it possible <i>for him</i> to love God whom he has not seen?


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<n>Overcoming the World</n> Everyone that believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone that loves Him that begot also loves him that is begotten of Him.


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because everything having been born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that has overcome the world—your faith.


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<n>The Certainty of God’s Witness</n> This is He who came through water and blood—Jesus Christ, not only by the water, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is He who witnesses, because the Spirit is the truth.


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If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; because this is the testimony of God which He has testified concerning His Son.


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He that believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he that does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified concerning His Son.


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These things I write to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.


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<n>Confidence and Compassion in Prayer</n> And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we should ask anything according to His will, He hears us.


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If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not <i>leading</i> to death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those who do not sin unto death. There is a sin <i>leading</i> to death. I do not say that he should ask about that.


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<n>Knowing the True, Rejecting the False</n> We know that everyone begotten of God does not sin; but he that was begotten of God keeps himself, and the evil <i>one</i> does not touch him.


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We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies <i>under the sway</i> of the evil <i>one</i>.


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<n>Greeting</n> The Elder, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth,


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


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<n>Walking in Truth and Love</n> I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.


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


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


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<n>Beware of Antichrist Deceivers</n> Because many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in <i>the</i> flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.


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Look to yourselves, lest we should lose those things for which we worked, but that we should receive a full reward.


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Everyone who transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ, this <i>one</i> has both the Father and the Son.


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If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house, and do not greet him;


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<n>Final Greetings</n> Although I had many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, in order that our joy may be fulfilled.


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For I rejoiced greatly when <i>the </i>brothers came and witnessed to the truth which is in you, just as you walk in truth.


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<n>Support and Opposition</n> Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you work for the brothers and for strangers,


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who gave testimony concerning your love before the church, <i>with reference</i> to whom you will do well if you send them forth in a manner worthy of God,


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On account of this, if I come, I will call to mind his works which he does, slandering us with evil words. And not being content with that, he does not receive the brothers, and hinders those who desire to, casting them out of the church.


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Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. He that does good is of God; he that does evil has not seen God.


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Demetrius has a good testimony with everyone, and of the truth itself. And we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.


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<n>Final Greetings</n> I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.


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But I wish to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.


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<n>Greeting</n> Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, having been sanctified by God the Father, and having been kept in Jesus Christ:


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<n>Contend for the Faith</n> Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you about our common salvation, it became necessary to write to you exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.


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For certain men have crept in unawares, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of our God into licentiousness and denying the only Master God and our Lord Jesus Christ.


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<n>Old and New Apostates</n> Now I want to remind you, although you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.


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And the angels who did not keep their own domain, but rather having left their own habitation, He has kept with everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;


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as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to fornication and having gone after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.


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Likewise indeed even these <i>filthy </i>dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glories.


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Yet Michael the archangel, when taking issue with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, dared not to bring a railing accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"


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But these speak blasphemously of those things which they do not know; but what they do know naturally, like unreasoning animals, they are destroyed by these things.


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Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and in the error of Balaam they have rushed for profit, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.


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<n>Apostates Depraved and Doomed</n> These are stains in your love feasts, while they feast <i>with you</i> without fear, caring for themselves, they are waterless clouds being carried along by winds; late autumn trees unfruitful, twice having died, having been uprooted,


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raging waves on the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.


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Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,


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to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly among them about all their ungodly deeds which they have committed impiously, and about all the harsh <i>words</i> which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."


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<n>Apostates Predicted</n> These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks puffed up words, flattering people to gain advantage.


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But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,


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how they told you that in the last time there would be mockers, walking according to their own ungodly lusts.


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keep yourselves in the love of God, anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.


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but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment having been stained by the flesh.


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<n>Doxology</n> Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to make you stand before His glory, blameless with exultation,


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To the only wise God our Savior, <i>be</i> glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.


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<n>Introduction and Benediction</n> The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show His servants the things which must come to pass quickly. And He made it known by sending it through His angel to His servant John,


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who testified to the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things as He saw, both the things that are and those that must happen after these.


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


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<n>Greeting the Seven Churches</n> John, to the seven churches <i>which are</i> in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the seven-fold Spirit who is before His throne,


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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and who washed us from our sins in His own blood,


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and He made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him <i>be</i> the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.


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Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will wail because of Him. Even so, Amen!


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“I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "He who is and He who was and He who is to come, The Almighty."


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<n>Vision of the Son of Man</n> I, John, your brother and partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Christ Jesus, came to be on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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saying, "That which you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."


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And there I turned to see the voice which was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,


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and in the midst of the seven lampstands <i>stood One</i> like <i>the</i> Son of Man, having been clothed in a <i>robe</i> reaching to <i>His</i> feet and having been girded across <i>His</i> chest with a golden belt.


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And His head and His hair were white, and like white wool, like snow, and His eyes <i>were </i>like a flame of fire;


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And His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;


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He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was as the sun shining in its strength.


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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as <i>if</i> dead. But He put His right hand on me, saying, "Do not fear; I am the First and the Last.


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I am He who lives, and became dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Death and of Hades.


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Write therefore the things which you saw, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.


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


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<n>To the Church in Ephesus</n> "To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, 'These things says He that holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:


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"I know your works, and your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you tested those who say that they are apostles and they are not, and you found them <i>to be </i>false;


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and you have endurance and you have born patiently on account of My name, and you did not become weary.


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Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; but if not, I am coming to you quickly and I will remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.


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


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<n>To the Church in Smyrna</n> "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the First and the Last, who became dead, and came to life:


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"I know your works, and your tribulation, and your poverty (but you are rich); and<i> I know</i> the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but <i>are</i> a synagogue of Satan.


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Fear none of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold indeed, the devil is about to cast <i>some</i> of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall in no way be harmed by the second death." '


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<n>To the Church in Pergamos</n> "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, 'These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:


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"I know your works, and where you live, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to 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 is dwelling.


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But I have a few things against you, because you have there <i>some</i> who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, both to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.


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Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, <i>which </i>likewise<i> I hate.</i>


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Repent therefore! Or else I will come to you quickly, and make war against them with the sword of My mouth.


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He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to him some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except he who receives it." '


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<n>To the Church in Thyatira</n> "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, 'These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:


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"I know your works, and love, and faith and service, and your endurance; and your last works <i>are</i> greater than the first.


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But I have <i>this</i> against you, that you tolerate your wife Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed to idols.


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


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


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But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other 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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<span class='smcaps'>'And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be smashed to pieces like clay vessels</span>'—as I also have received from My Father;


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<n>To the Church in Sardis</n> "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, 'These things says He that has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name, that you live, but you are dead.


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Be watchful, and strengthen that which remains, which you were about to cast out, for I have not found your works perfect before My God.


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Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and by no means shall you know what hour I will come upon you.


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You have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.


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He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and by no means shall I erase his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.


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<n>To the Church in Philadelphia</n> "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, 'These things says the Holy <i>One</i>, the True <i>One,</i> "<span class='smcaps'>He who has the key of David, He that opens and no man shuts, except He that opens, and no man shall open.</span>"


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"I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it; because you have a little strength and have kept My word, and you have not denied My name.


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Behold, I will give those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say they are Jews and are not, but they are lying—behold, I will make them to come and bow down at your feet, and they shall know that I have loved you.


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Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those that dwell upon the earth.


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He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and by no means shall he go out any longer. And I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven from My God. And My new name.


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<n>To the Church in Laodicea</n> "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write, 'These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God:


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


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I counsel you to buy from Me gold having been tried by fire, so that you may become rich; and white robes, so that you may be clothed, and the shame of your nakedness may not appear; and eye salve, so that you may anoint your eyes, in order that you may see.


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


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He that overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.


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<n>The Throne Room in Heaven</n> After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must occur after this."


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Immediately I was in <i>the</i> Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven (and One sitting on the throne)


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similar in appearance to a jasper and sardius stone, and there<i> was</i> a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.


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Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw the twenty-four elders sitting, having been clothed in white robes; and on their heads<i> were</i> crowns of gold.


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And from the throne proceeded lightnings and voices and thunders. And seven torches of fire <i>were</i> burning before His throne, which are <i>the </i>seven Spirits of God.


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And before the throne <i>was something </i>like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living beings full of eyes in front and in back.


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The first living being was like a lion, the second living being <i>was </i>like a calf, the third living being had a face of a man, and the fourth living being was like a flying eagle.


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And the four living beings, each one having six wings apiece, were full of eyes around and within. And they never rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty, He who was, and who is, and who is to come!"


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the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and they worship Him that lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:


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"You are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy <i>One</i>, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; because You created all things, and by Your will they existed and they were created."


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<n>The Lamb Takes the Scroll</n> And I saw in the right <i>hand</i> of Him that sat on the throne a scroll, having been written inside and outside, <i>and </i>having been sealed with seven seals.


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Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?"


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And no one in heaven above or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, nor to look at it.


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But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, to open the scroll and its seven seals."


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And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living beings, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as <i>if</i> slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.


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<n>Worthy is the Lamb</n> And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls being filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.


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And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; because You were slain, and You redeemed us to God by Your blood, out of every tribe and language and people and nation;


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Then I looked, and I heard as it were the voice of many angels around the throne, and the living beings, and the elders. And the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and a thousand thousands,


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saying with a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive the power and the wealth and wisdom and strength, and honor and glory and blessing!"


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And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: "Blessing and honor and glory and power to Him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever. Amen!"


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<n>The Seven Seals</n> And I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living beings saying, like a voice of thunder, "Come."


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And behold, a white horse. And he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering, and to conquer.


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Another horse went out, fiery red, and it was granted to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, so that they might kill each other; and there was given to him a great sword.


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And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living being say, "Come." And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.


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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living beings, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm the oil and the wine."


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And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it was named Death, and Hades was following him. And authority was given to him over a fourth of the earth, to kill with <i>the </i>sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.


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And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.


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And they cried out <i>with</i> a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, do You not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"


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And a long white robe was given to them, and it was said to them that they should rest yet a while, until also their fellow servants and their brothers, who were about to be killed as also they <i>were</i>, should complete <i>their course</i>.


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And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, that there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became like blood.


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And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, like a fig tree casting its untimely figs, being shaken by a mighty wind.


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Then the sky was split like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.


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And the kings of the earth, and the magnates and the high-ranking military men, and the rich and the mighty, and every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the crags of the mountains.


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And they said to the mountains and crags, "Fall on us and hide us from <i>the</i> face of Him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb!


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<n>The 144,000 of Israel Sealed</n> And after this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that a wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.


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Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it had been granted 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 have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads."


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And I heard the number of those having been sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:


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of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand having been sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand;


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of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand;


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of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand;


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


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<n>A Great Multitude from Every Nation</n> After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, out of every nation, and <i>from</i> tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed in long white robes, with palm branches in their hands.


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And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation <i>belongs</i> to our God, to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"


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And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living beings, and they fell down on their faces before His throne and they worshipped God,


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saying: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, <i>be</i> to our God forever and ever. Amen."


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Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in long white robes, and where did they come from?"


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And I said to him, "My lord, you know." So he said to me, "These are those who come out of the Great Tribulation, and have washed their robes and they made them white in the blood of the Lamb.


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


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They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; nor shall the sun by any means strike them, nor any scorching heat;


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because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and He leads them to <i>the </i>springs of <i>the</i> waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."


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<n>The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer</n> And when He opened the seventh seal, silence occurred in heaven <i>for</i> about half an hour.


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Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. And much incense was given to him, so that he could offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which is before the throne.


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


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And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and he cast it to the earth. And there were thunders and voices and lightnings and an earthquake.


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<n>The Seven Trumpets</n> So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound the trumpets.


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And the first <i>one</i> sounded <i>his</i> trumpet, and there was hail and fire, having been mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees was burned up, and all green grass was burned up.


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Then the second angel sounded <i>his</i> trumpet, and <i>something</i> like a great burning mountain was cast into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.


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Then the third angel sounded <i>his</i> trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water.


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


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Then the fourth angel sounded <i>his</i> trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them was darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.


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And I saw, and I heard an eagle flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe <i>for</i> those who dwell on the earth, from the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!"


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Then the fifth angel sounded <i>his</i> trumpet, and I saw a star having fallen out of heaven, to the earth. And the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit was given to him.


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And he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a burning furnace. And the sun was darkened, and the air, from the smoke of the shaft.


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


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They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any plant, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.


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And they were not permitted to kill them, but that they should torment them for five months. And their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.


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And in those days men shall seek death, and shall by no means find it; they shall be longing to die, yet death shall elude them.


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And the appearances of the locusts <i>was</i> similar to horses having been prepared for battle, and on their heads <i>were</i> like crowns of gold, and their faces <i>were</i> like the faces of men.


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And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings <i>was</i> as the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle.


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And they had tails like scorpions, and stings. And in their tails they have power to harm men five months,


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having as a king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.


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Then the sixth angel sounded <i>his</i> trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,


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So the four angels were released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill a third of mankind.


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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who rode on them, having breastplates of fire, hyacinth, and brimstone; and the heads of the horses <i>were</i> like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire, and smoke, and brimstone.


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By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—from the fire and the smoke and the brimstone proceeding 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 like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.


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But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent from the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and of wood, which neither are able to see nor to hear nor to walk.


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<n>The Angel and the Little Scroll</n> And I saw a mighty angel coming down from heaven, having been clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow on his head, and his face <i>was</i> like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire,


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and cried with a loud voice, as <i>when</i> a lion roars. And when he cried out, the seven thunders uttered their own voices.


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Now when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and do not write them."


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and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created the heaven and the things in it, the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there should be no more delay;


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but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, whenever he is about to sound <i>his</i> trumpet, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.


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Then the voice which I heard from heaven <i>was</i> speaking with me again and saying, "Go, take the little scroll which was open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land."


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And I went to the angel, saying to him to give to me the little scroll. And he said to me, "Take <i>it </i>and eat it up; and it shall make your stomach bitter, but it shall be as sweet as honey in your mouth."


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Then I took the scroll out of the angel's hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. And when I ate it, my stomach was made bitter.


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<n>The Two Witnesses</n> Then a reed was given to me like a rod, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship in it.


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But leave out the outer court of the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. And they shall trample the holy city for forty-two months.


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And I will give <i>power</i> to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, having been clothed in sackcloth."


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And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.


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These <i>men </i>have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls <i>during</i> 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 wish.


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<n>The Witnesses Killed </n> And when they finish their testimony, the beast who ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war with them, and will overcome them, and will kill them.


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And their dead bodies <i>will lie </i>on the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.


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Then some of the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations <i>shall </i>see their dead bodies for three-and-a-half days, and they will not allow their bodies to be put into a tomb.


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And those who dwell on the earth <i>shall </i>rejoice over them, and make merry, and give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.


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<n>The Witnesses Resurrected</n> Now after the three-and-a-half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who were watching them.


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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.


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In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand men were killed. And the rest became fearful and gave glory to the God of heaven.


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<n>The Seventh Trumpet</n> Then the seventh angel sounded <i>his</i> trumpet, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of this world has become <i>the kingdom</i> of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"


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saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.


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The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, and to those that fear Your name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."


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Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord appeared in His temple. And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, and great hail.


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<n>The Woman and the Dragon</n> And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman having been clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.


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And another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great, fiery dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads.


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And his tail dragged a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that whenever she might give birth, he might devour her Child.


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And she gave birth to a Son, a male who would shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her Child was caught up to God and to His throne.


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


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<n>Satan Cast Out of Heaven</n> And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels, waging war with the dragon; and the dragon made war, and his angels,


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And the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.


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Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because the accuser of our brothers, the <i>one</i> who accused them before our God day and night, has been thrown <i>out of heaven</i>.


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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.


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Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the earth and to the sea! Because the devil has been thrown down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."


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Now when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male <i>Child</i>.


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And the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly into the desert to her place, so that she might be nourished there <i>for</i> a time and times and half a time, from <i>the</i> face of the serpent.


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


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But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon had cast out of his mouth.


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<n>The Beast from the Sea</n> Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads blasphemous names.


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And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.


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And one of his heads <i>was </i>as if it had been wounded to death, and his wound of death was healed. And the whole world marveled after the beast.


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And they worshipped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"


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And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemy, and authority was given to him to make war for forty-two months.


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And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven.


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


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And all those who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose name is not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.


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<n>The Beast from the Earth</n> Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon.


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


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And he deceives my own <i>people</i> who dwell on the earth by the signs which were given to him to do before the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound—and came to life! –from the sword.


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And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.


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And he causes all, small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, that they should receive marks on their right hand, or on their foreheads,


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and that no one may be able to buy or sell except he that has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.


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<n>The Lamb and the 144,000</n> And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father having been written on their foreheads.


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And I heard a voice from heaven, like <i>the</i> voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And the voice which I heard <i>was</i> as of harpists playing on their harps.


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And they sang a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one was able to learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.


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<n>The Messages of Three Angels</n> Then I saw an angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people,


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saying with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and you shall worship Him who made heaven and earth, and the sea and fountains of waters."


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And another, a second angel followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen <i>is</i> Babylon the great. From the wine of the wrath of her fornication, she has made all the nations to drink.”


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then he shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And they shall be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.


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


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And I heard a voice out of heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed <i>are</i> the dead who die in the Lord from now on. “Yes,” says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow with them."


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<n>Reaping the Earth’s Harvest</n> And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat <i>One</i> like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.


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And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him that sat on the cloud, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the hour has come to reap, because the harvest of the earth has withered."


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And another angel came out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and he called with a loud cry to the <i>one</i> having the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the grape clusters of the vine of the earth, because the grapes are ripe."


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So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and he cast<i> it</i> into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


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<n>The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues</n> Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, because in them the wrath of God is finished.


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And I saw something like a glassy sea having been mixed with fire, and those who prevailed over the beast, and over his image, and over the number of his name, standing on the glassy sea, having the harps of God.


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And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Righteous and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!


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Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all <i>nations</i> shall come and worship before You, because Your righteous judgments have been manifested."


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And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, who were dressed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden belts.


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Then one of the four living beings gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.


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And the temple was filled by the smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.


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<n>The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath</n> Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth."


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So the first went off and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a bad and malignant ulcer came upon the men having the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped his image.


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Then the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea died.


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Then the third <i>angel</i> poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the springs of water, and it became blood.


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for they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You gave them blood to drink; for they are worthy."


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And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous <i>are</i> Your judgments."


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Then the fourth <i>angel</i> poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to him to burn men with fire.


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And men were burned with severe burns, and 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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Then the fifth <i>angel</i> poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues from the pain.


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They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their ulcers, and they did not repent of their works.


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Then the sixth <i>angel </i>poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and its water dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.


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And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs <i>coming</i> out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.


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<n>The Seventh Bowl </n> Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!"


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And there were lightnings and thunders, and noises; and there was a great earthquake, such as had not occurred since men were on the earth, so great an earthquake, so great!


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


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And great hail from heaven fell upon men, <i>each hailstone</i> weighing a talent. And men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since this plague was exceedingly severe.


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<n>The Great Harlot</n> Then one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,


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with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those dwelling on the earth became drunk from the wine of her fornication."


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And he led me away in <i>the </i>Spirit, into a deserted <i>place</i>. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.


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


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And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.


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


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<n>The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast</n> But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast carrying her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.


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The beast which you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth shall marvel, whose name is not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.


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And there are seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And whenever he comes, he must abide <i>for</i> a short time.


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


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These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, and elect, and faithful."


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Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.


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


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<n>The Fall of Babylon</n> After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lit up from his splendor.


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And he cried out with a strong voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen <i>is</i> Babylon the great, and she has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and detestable bird!


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For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the wealth of her luxury."


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And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you participate in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.


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"On account of this her plagues will come in one day—death, sorrow, and famine. And she shall be burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who has judged her.


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"And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, by which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! Because in one hour she was laid waste.'


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"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her!"


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<n>Finality of Babylon’s Fall</n> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence Babylon the great city shall be cast down, and shall by no means be found anymore.


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<n>Rejoicing in Heaven</n> After these things I heard as <i>it were </i>a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!


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Then a voice came from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!"


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And I heard, as <i>it were</i>, the voice of a great multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty has begun to reign!


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Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give Him glory, for the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His wife has prepared herself."


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Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!' " And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."


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<n>Christ on a White Horse </n> And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.


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His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns, having names written, and a name written that no one knows except Himself.


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And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, so that with it He might strike the nations. And He will shepherd them with an iron rod. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath of Almighty God.


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<n>The Beast and His Armies Defeated</n> Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the great supper of God,


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so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who ride on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great."


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And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, having been gathered together to make war against Him who rode on the horse and against His army.


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<n>Satan Bound 1000 Years</n> Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


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<n>The Saints Reign with Christ 1000 Years</n> And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and those who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and they did not receive the mark on their forehead or on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with Christ <i>for</i> the thousand years.


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Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no authority, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him for a thousand years.


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and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is like the sand of the sea.


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They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.


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And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone where also the beast and the false prophet <i>are</i>. And they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.


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<n>The Great White Throne Judgment</n> Then I saw a great white throne and He who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled. 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 <i>the</i> books were opened. And another book was opened, which is <i>the Book</i> of Life. And the dead were judged by the things having been written in the books, according to their works.


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


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And if anyone was not found having been written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the lake of fire.


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<n>The New Heaven and the New Earth</n> And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And there was no more sea.


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


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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them.


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And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying out; neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things have passed away."


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Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."


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And He said to me, " I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give from the spring of the water of life freely to him that is thirsty.


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He that overcomes I shall give to him these things, and I shall be God to him, and he shall be to Me a son.


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But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and sinners, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all who are false shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."


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<n>The New Jerusalem</n> Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls being full with the seven last plagues and spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the wife, the bride of the Lamb."


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And he carried me away in <i>the </i>Spirit onto a great and high mountain, and he showed to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,


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having the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, <i>clear as</i> crystal,


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having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:


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


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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were 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 its gates.


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The city is laid out <i>like</i> a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.


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And its wall is one hundred and forty-four cubits, <i>by the</i> measure of a man, which is, of an angel.


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The foundations of the wall of the city <i>were</i> 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 carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.


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The twelve gates are twelve pearls: each one of the gates was <i>made </i>of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.


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<n>The Glory of the New Jerusalem</n> But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, also the Lamb.


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The city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.


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And the nations shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth shall bring to it <i>the</i> glory and honor of the nations into it.


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But there shall by no means enter into it any common <i>thing</i>, and the <i>one</i> doing an abomination and a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.


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<n>The River of Life</n> And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.


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In the middle of its street, and on both sides of the river <i>was the</i> tree of life, producing twelve fruits, each yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree <i>are</i> for the healing of the nations.


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And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants will minister to Him.


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And night shall not exist. And they shall need neither lamp nor light of the sun, because the Lord God shall illuminate them. And they shall reign forever and ever.


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<n>The Time is Near</n> Then he said to me, "These words are faithful and true." And <i>the</i> Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must come about soon.


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And I, John, <i>am</i> the <i>one</i> hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and when I saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel showing to me these things.


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Then he said to me, "See <i>that you do </i>not! For I am your fellow servant, and I am of your brothers the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."


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He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still; and the filthy, let him be filthy still; and the righteous, let him do righteousness still; and the holy, let him be sanctified still."


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<n>Jesus Testifies to the Churches</n> "And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to each one according to his work.


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Blessed are those who do His commandments, so that their right shall be to the tree of life, and they may enter by the gates into the city.


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But outside are dogs and drug users and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices a lie.


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I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and the Stock of David, the Bright and Morning Star."


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And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. And whosoever will, let him take <i>the</i> water of life freely.


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<n>A Warning</n> I testify to everyone hearing the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues having been written in this book.


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And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of Life, and from the holy city, <i>and from</i> the things having been written in this book.


