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| 13For the Lord’s sake accept the authority of every human institution, whether of the emperor as supreme, 14or of governors, as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. 15For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish. |
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| 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17For he received honour and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, ‘This is my Son, my Beloved,* with whom I am well pleased.’ 18We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain. |
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| This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you |
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| 3First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lusts 4and saying, ‘Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died,* all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!’ 5They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water, 6through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished. |
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7But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgement and destruction of the godless.
8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you,* not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. |
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| 5 Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, that the Lord, who once for all saved* a people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed those who did not believe. 6And the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgement of the great day. |
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| 7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust,* serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. |
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| But when the archangel Michael contended with the devil and disputed about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a condemnation of slander* against him, but said, ‘The Lord rebuke you!’ |
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| 11Woe to them! For they go the way of Cain, and abandon themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain, and perish in Korah’s rebellion. |
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To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greetings. |
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| Above all, my beloved,* do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your ‘Yes’ be yes and your ‘No’ be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation |
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| Listen! The wages of the labourers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. |
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| My brothers and sisters,* do you with your acts of favouritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?* |
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| But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. |
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| Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters.* Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another, speaks evil against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. |
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| you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s* soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. |
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| Beloved,* do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors! |
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| You do well if you really fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ |
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| You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead. |
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| You do well if you really fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ 9But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. 11For the one who said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’, also said, ‘You shall not murder.’ Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. 13For judgement will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgement. |
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To the elect sojourners of the dispersion from Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2[who are elected] according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit,
for obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,
Grace to you, and may peace be multiplied. |
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12Through Silvanus--the faithful brother, as I regard [him]--to you
briefly I have written, exhorting and bearing witness that this is a true
grace of God--unto it, stand firm! 13She who is co-elect with you in
Babylon greets you, as does Mark, my son. Greet one another with a
kiss of love. Peace to you, all who are in Christ. |
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“[who are elected] according to the foreknowledge of
God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for
obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,” |
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Beloved, I exhort you as resident aliens and sojourners
to abstain from the fleshly lusts that wage war against the soul” |
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For, “those desiring to love life and to see good days, let them
refrain their tongue from evil and their lips from speaking
deceit, and let them turn away from evil and do good, let
them seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are
on the righteous, and his ears [are attuned] to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. |
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3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, [the God] who according to his great mercy has
caused us to be born again into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead 4into an
imperishable and incorruptible and unfading inheritance |
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10[you believers] who formerly were not a people but
now are the people of God, who had not received mercy,
but now have received mercy. |
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3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, [the God] who according to his great mercy has
caused us to be born again into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead 4into an
imperishable and incorruptible and unfading inheritance, [a
hope] that has been reserved in the heavens for you 5who
are being guarded by the power of God through faith in a
salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. |
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At which [last time] you will rejoice, beven though for a
little while now, by necessity, you are being distressed by
various trials 7aso that the testing of your faith—[a
testing] more precious than gold, which, although it is
destructible, is tested by fire—bmight be found to result in
praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus
Christ,
8awhom not having seen you love,
binto whom, now not seeing
but believing, cyou will rejoice
with unspeakable and glorified joy, 9receiving the
outcome of your faith, the salvation of souls. |
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10aConcerning this salvation, prophets searched and inquired—b[that
is,] the [prophets] who prophesied concerning the grace [coming] to
you—11seeking as to whom or what season the Spirit of Christ in
them was pointing as he bore witness beforehand of the sufferings
into Christ and the glories after these [sufferings]. 12aIt was revealed
to them that it was not themselves but you bthey were serving with
these [sufferings into Christ], c[sufferings] which now have been
proclaimed to you through those who preached the good news to
you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, dinto which [sufferings]
angels lust to peer. |
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10aConcerning this salvation, prophets searched and inquired—b[that
is,] the [prophets] who prophesied concerning the grace [coming] to
you—11seeking as to whom or what season the Spirit of Christ in
them was pointing as he bore witness beforehand of the sufferings
into Christ and the glories after these [sufferings]. 12aIt was revealed
to them that it was not themselves but you bthey were serving with
these [sufferings into Christ], c[sufferings] which now have been
proclaimed to you through those who preached the good news to
you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, dinto which [sufferings]
angels lust to peer. |
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13Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being
sober, set your hope completely on the grace being
brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
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and you are a chosen race, a kingdom of priests, a holy
nation, a people for God’s own possession so that you
might proclaim the excellencies of the one who from out
of [the] darkness called you into his marvelous light.” |
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11Beloved, I exhort you as resident aliens and sojourners to abstain
from the fleshly lusts that wage war against the soul, 12keeping your
behavior among the Gentiles good so that in what they slander you as
evil-doers, because they observe the good works, they might glorify
God on a day of visitation. |
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10as each received a gift, ministering it unto one another as good
stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11If anyone speaks, [let it be]
as oracles of God. If anyone serves, [let it be] as from strength that
God supplies, so that in all things God might be glorified through Jesus
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20For what credit [is there] if when sinning and being beaten, you will
endure? But if when doing good and suffering you will endure, this is a
grace before God. 21For unto this you were called, because Christ also
suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow in
his footsteps
22who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth
23who when being reviled would not revile in return, when
suffering would not threaten, but kept entrusting [himself] to the
one who judges righteously
24awho offered up our sins bin his body on the wood cso that after
dying to sins, we might live to righteousness
24dby whose wound you were healed
25for you were straying like sheep, but now you have been turned to
the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. |
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14bAnd their fear do not fear, and do not be troubled, 15but
sanctify Christ as Lord |
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21For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
22 ‘He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.’
23When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,* so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds* you have been healed. 25For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. |
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| 18For Christ also suffered* for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you* to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, 19in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, 20who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight people, were saved through water. 21And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for* a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him. |
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12Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among
you that comes for your testing as though a strange thing
were happening to you, 13but as you share in the sufferings
of Christ, rejoice so that at the revelation of his glory you
might rejoice with exultation. |
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10And the God of all grace who called you to his eternal
glory in Christ [Jesus], after you have suffered for a little
while, will himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and
establish, 11to him be dominion forever, amen. |
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[God] to whom is the glory and the dominion forever and
ever, amen. |
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Elders already share in his glory. If they overcome this final
stage, they will have proven themselves worthy to share in
his dominion as well (cf. 5:4). |
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| to [God] be dominion forever, amen. |
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14But each one is tempted when he is carried away and
enticed by his own lust. 15Then when lust has conceived, it
gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings
forth death. |
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7And of the angels He says,
“Who makes His angels [spirits],
And His ministers a flame of fire.”
8But of the Son He says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.
9“You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness above Your companions.” |
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Therefore, since the children share in flesh and
blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same,” |
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5For He did not subject to angels the world to come,
concerning which we are speaking.
6But one has testified somewhere, saying,
“What is man, that You remember him?
Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?
7“You have made him for a little while lower than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
And have appointed him over the works of Your hands;
8You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” [Ps 8:4-6]
For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not
subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected
to him. |
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And again, when he brings the firstborn
into the world [to come], he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.” |
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But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower
than the angels, namely, Jesus, . . . For it was fitting for Him,
for whom are all things, and through whom are all things,
in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author
[archēgos] of their salvation through sufferings. |
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14For it is evident that our Lord was descended from
Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke
nothing concerning priests 15And this is clearer still, if
another priest arises
according to the likeness of
Melchizedek, 16who has become such not on the basis of a
law of physical requirement, but according to the power of
an indestructible life. |
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Now observe how great this man was
to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the
choicest spoils.” |
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Now if [Christ] were on earth, He
would not be a priest at all, since there are those
who offer the gifts according to the Law” |
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1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One who
holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among
the seven golden lampstands, says this: 2‘I know your deeds and
your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men,
and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and
they are not, and you found them to be false; 3and you have
perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not
grown weary. 4But I have this against you, that you have left your
first love. 5Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and
repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to
you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you
repent. 6Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the
Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He who has an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will
grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’ |
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And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says
this: 9‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are
rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and
are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10Do not fear what you
are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of
you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have
tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give
you the crown of life. 11He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be
hurt by the second death.’ |
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And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this: 13‘I know
where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My
name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My
witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan
dwells. 14But I have a few things against you, because you have
there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching
Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat
things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. 15So
you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the
Nicolaitans. 16Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you
quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My
mouth. 17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of
the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new
name written on the stone which no one knows but he who
receives it.’ |
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And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One who has
the sharp two-edged sword says this: . . . 14you have there some who hold
the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block
before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit
acts of immorality. . . . 16Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you
quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. |
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And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this: 13‘I know
where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My
name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My
witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan
dwells. 14But I have a few things against you, because you have
there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching
Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat
things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. 15So
you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the
Nicolaitans. 16Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you
quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My
mouth. 17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of
the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new
name written on the stone which no one knows but he who
receives it.’ |
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And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like
burnished bronze, says this: 19‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and
service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.
20But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls
herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that
they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21I gave her
time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. 22Behold, I
will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her
into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. 23And I will kill her
children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who
searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to
your deeds. 24But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this
teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I
place no other burden on you. 25Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I
come. 26He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I
will give authority over the nations; 27and he shall rule them with a rod of iron,
as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority
from My Father; 28and I will give him the morning star. 29He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ |
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To the angel of the church in Sardis write:
He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says
this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive,
but you are dead. 2Wake up, and strengthen the things that
remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds
completed in the sight of My God. 3So remember what you have
received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do
not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at
what hour I will come to you. 4But you have a few people in Sardis
who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in
white, for they are worthy. 5He who overcomes will thus be
clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the
book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and
before His angels. 6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the churches.’ |
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And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no
one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: 8‘I know your
deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut,
because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not
denied My name. 9Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who
say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and
bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you.
10Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you
from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole
world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11I am coming quickly; hold
fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. 12He who
overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will
not go out from it anymore; 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 out of heaven from My God, and My new name. 13He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ |
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To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of
God, says this: 15‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I
wish that you were cold or hot. 16So because you are lukewarm, and
neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17Because you say, “I
am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do
not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and
naked, 18I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may
become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that
the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint
your eyes so that you may see. 19Those whom I love, I reprove and
discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door
and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to
him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 21He who overcomes, I will
grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat
down with My Father on His throne. 22He who has an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit says to the churches.’ ” |
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1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and
spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment
of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2with whom the
kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who
dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her
immorality.” 3And he carried me away in the Spirit into a
wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of
blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. 4The
woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold
and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full
of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, 5and
on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” 6And I saw the woman drunk
with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses
of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. |
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But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who
calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so
that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. |
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Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and
spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great
harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed
acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the
wine of her immorality.” |
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For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her
immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with
her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her
sensuality. |
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and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the
voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your
merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were
deceived by your sorcery. |
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gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of
her immorality. 2Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who
commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her
deeds. 23And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will
know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each
one of you according to your deeds. |
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I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my
people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; |
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Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double
according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for
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For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and
mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who
judges her is strong. |
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3And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having
seven heads and ten horns. . . . 8The beast that you saw was, and is
not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction.
And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written
in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder
when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. 9Here
is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains
on which the woman sits, 10and they are seven kings; five have fallen,
one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must
remain a little while. 11The beast which was and is not, is himself also
an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction. 12The
ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a
kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one
hour. 13These have one purpose, and they give their power and
authority to the beast. |
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1And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up
out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten
diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. 2And the beast which I saw
was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the
mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great
authority. 3I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was
healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; 4they
worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they
worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war
with him?” 5There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and
blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. 6And he
opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His
tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7It was also given to him to make war
with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people
and tongue and nation was given to him. 8All who dwell on the earth will worship
him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world
in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. 9If anyone has an ear, let him
hear. 10If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the
sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of
the saints. Cf. Rev 19:11-16, esp. 12 |
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11Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns
like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. 12He exercises all the authority of the
first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it
to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13He performs
great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth
in the presence of men. 14And he deceives those who dwell on the earth
because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the
beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast
who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. 15And it was given to
him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast
would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the
beast to be killed. 16And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich
and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their
right hand or on their forehead, 17and he provides that no one will be able to
buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast
or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding
calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his
number is six hundred and sixty-six. |
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1Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount
Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand,
having His name and the name of His Father written on their
foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of
many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice
which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their
harps. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and
before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one
could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four
thousand who had been purchased from the earth. 4These are
the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they
have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow
the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from
among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 5And no lie
was found in their mouth; they are blameless. |
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“All scripture is inspired by God and is useful
for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
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I urge you, as I did when I was on my way to Macedonia, to
remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to
teach any different doctrine” |
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May the Lord grant mercy to the household of
Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not
ashamed of my chain; when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly
searched for me and found me” ( |
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As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and
the time of my departure has come.” |
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I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should
put in order what remained to be done, and should appoint
elders in every town, as I directed you:” |
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Let a woman learn in silence with full submission.
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I permit no
woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep
silent.
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For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
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and Adam was not
deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
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Yet she will be saved through childbearing, provided they
continue in faith and love and holiness, with modesty. |
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| • For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek |
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| • Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you condemn yourself, because, you, the judge, are doing the very same thing |
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| • But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God and know his will and determine what is best because you are instructed in the law,…you, then, that teach others, will you not teach yourself? |
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| • There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer free or slave, there is no longer male or female; for all of you are one in Jesus Christ |
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| • Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us-for it is written “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”-in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith |
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| • But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then the servant of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again the very things that I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a transgressor |
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| • We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ |
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| • May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may our spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ |
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| • For you, brothers and sisters, become imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you suffered the same things from your own compatriots as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out; |
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| • Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’ face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside, but how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory |
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| • For…(Maccabean Churches) voluntarily gave account to their means, and even beyond their means, begging us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in this ministry to the saints…they gave themselves…to us, so that we might urge Titus that, as he had already made a beginning, so he should also complete this generous undertaking among you |
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| • Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness |
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| • What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit OF Jesus Christ. |
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| • I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to everyone elso that my imprisonment is for Christ |
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| • But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ |
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| • “for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church. |
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| • The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and some teachers |
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| • Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil |
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| • For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing work |
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| As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together with him…that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction |
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| He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything |
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| I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church |
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| Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple. God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is Holy, and you are that temple |
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| Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man or man independent of woman. For just as woman came from man, so man come through woman; but all things come from God |
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| My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdeom but on the power of God |
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice,* even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. Although you have not seen* him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours made careful search and inquiry, inquiring about the person or time that the Spirit of Christ within them indicated, when it testified in advance to the sufferings destined for Christ and the subsequent glory. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look! |
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