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He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.


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so <f>[44†]</f>Christ was <f>[45†]</f>offered once to bear the sins <f>[46†]</f>of many. To those who <f>[47†]</f>eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.


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<pb/>For the law, having a <f>[1†]</f>shadow of the good things to come, <i>and</i> not the very image of the things, <f>[2†]</f>can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach 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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For <f>[3†]</f><i>it</i> <i>is</i> not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.


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<pb/>Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: <pb/><t> <f>[4†]</f>“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, </t><t>But a body You have prepared for Me.</t>


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<t>Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— </t><t>In the volume of the book it is written of Me— </t><t>To do Your will, O God.’ ”</t>


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<pb/>Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and <i>offerings</i> for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure <i>in</i> <i>them</i>” (which are offered according to the law),


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then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second.


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<f>[5†]</f>By that will we have been sanctified <f>[6†]</f>through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once <i>for</i> <i>all.</i>


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<pb/>And every priest stands <f>[7†]</f>ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.


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<f>[8†]</f>But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down <f>[9†]</f>at the right hand of God,


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<pb/> <f>[11†]</f>“This <i>is</i> the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the <e>LORD</e>: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”


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<i>then</i> <i>He</i> <i>adds,</i> <f>[12†]</f>“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”


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<pb/>Therefore, brethren, having <f>[13†]</f>boldness to enter <f>[14†]</f>the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,


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by a new and <f>[15†]</f>living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,


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let us <f>[16†]</f>draw near with a true heart <f>[17†]</f>in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.


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Let us hold fast the confession of <i>our</i> hope without wavering, for <f>[18†]</f>He who promised <i>is</i> faithful.


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<f>[19†]</f>not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as <i>is</i> the manner of some, but exhorting <i>one</i> <i>another,</i> and <f>[20†]</f>so much the more as you see <f>[21†]</f>the Day approaching.


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<pb/>For <f>[22†]</f>if we sin willfully <f>[23†]</f>after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there <f>[24†]</f>no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,


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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and <f>[25†]</f>fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.


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Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on <i>the</i> <i>testimony</i> <i>of</i> two or three <f>[26†]</f>witnesses.


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<f>[27†]</f>Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, <f>[28†]</f>counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, <f>[29†]</f>and insulted the Spirit of grace?


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For we know Him who said, <f>[30†]</f>“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, <f>[31†]</f>“The <e>LORD</e> will judge His people.”


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<pb/>But <f>[33†]</f>recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:


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partly while you were made <f>[34†]</f>a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while <f>[35†]</f>you became companions of those who were so treated;


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for you had compassion on me <f>[36†]</f>in my chains, and <f>[37†]</f>joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that <f>[38†]</f>you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.


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<f>[40†]</f>For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, <f>[41†]</f>you may receive the promise:


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<pb/><t>“For <f>[42†]</f>yet a little while, </t><t><i>And</i> <f>[43†]</f>He who is coming will come and will not tarry.</t>


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<t>Now <f>[44†]</f>the just shall live by faith; </t><t>But if <i>anyone</i> draws back, </t><t>My soul has no pleasure in him.”</t>


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<pb/>But we are not of those <f>[45†]</f>who draw back to perdition, but of those who <f>[46†]</f>believe to the saving of the soul.


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<pb/>By faith we understand that <f>[2†]</f>the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[3†]</f>Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still <f>[4†]</f>speaks.


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<pb/>By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, <f>[5†]</f>“and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.


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But without faith <i>it</i> <i>is</i> impossible to please <i>Him,</i> for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and <i>that</i> He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[6†]</f>Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, <f>[7†]</f>prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of <f>[8†]</f>the righteousness which is according to faith.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[9†]</f>Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.


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By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as <i>in</i> a foreign country, <f>[10†]</f>dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, <f>[11†]</f>the heirs with him of the same promise;


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for he waited for <f>[12†]</f>the city which has foundations, <f>[13†]</f>whose builder and maker <i>is</i> God.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[14†]</f>Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and <f>[15†]</f>she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him <f>[16†]</f>faithful who had promised.


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Therefore from one man, and him as good as <f>[17†]</f>dead, were born <i>as</i> <i>many</i> as the <f>[18†]</f>stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.


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<pb/>These all died in faith, <f>[19†]</f>not having received the <f>[20†]</f>promises, but <f>[21†]</f>having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced <i>them</i> and <f>[22†]</f>confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.


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And truly if they had called to mind <f>[24†]</f>that <i>country</i> from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.


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But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly <i>country.</i> Therefore God is not ashamed <f>[25†]</f>to be called their God, for He has <f>[26†]</f>prepared a city for them.


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<pb/>By faith Abraham, <f>[27†]</f>when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten <i>son,</i>


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concluding that God <f>[29†]</f><i>was</i> able to raise <i>him</i> up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.


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<pb/>By faith Jacob, when he was dying, <f>[31†]</f>blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, <i>leaning</i> on the top of his staff.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[32†]</f>Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[33†]</f>Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw <i>he</i> <i>was</i> a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s <f>[34†]</f>command.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[35†]</f>Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,


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choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,


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esteeming <f>[36†]</f>the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the <f>[37†]</f>reward.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[38†]</f>he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.


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By faith <f>[39†]</f>he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.


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<pb/>By faith <f>[40†]</f>they passed through the Red Sea as by dry <i>land, whereas</i> the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.


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By faith <f>[42†]</f>the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when <f>[43†]</f>she had received the spies with peace.


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<pb/>And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of <f>[44†]</f>Gideon and <f>[45†]</f>Barak and <f>[46†]</f>Samson and <f>[47†]</f>Jephthah, also <i>of</i> <f>[48†]</f>David and <f>[49†]</f>Samuel and the prophets:


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who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, <f>[50†]</f>stopped the mouths of lions,


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<f>[51†]</f>quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.


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<f>[52†]</f>Women received their dead raised to life again. <pb/>Others were <f>[53†]</f>tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.


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<f>[55†]</f>They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. <f>[56†]</f>They wandered about <f>[57†]</f>in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—


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of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, <f>[58†]</f><i>in</i> dens and caves of the earth.


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<pb/>And all these, <f>[59†]</f>having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,


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God having provided something better for us, that they should not be <f>[60†]</f>made perfect apart from us.


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<pb/>Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, <f>[1†]</f>let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares <i>us,</i> and <f>[2†]</f>let us run <f>[3†]</f>with endurance the race that is set before us,


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looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of <i>our</i> faith, <f>[4†]</f>who for the joy that was set before Him <f>[5†]</f>endured the cross, despising the shame, and <f>[6†]</f>has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


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<pb/> <f>[7†]</f>For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, <f>[8†]</f>lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.


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And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: <pb/><t> <f>[10†]</f>“My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, </t><t>Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;</t>


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<t>For <f>[11†]</f>whom the LORD loves He chastens, </t><t>And scourges every son whom He receives.”</t>


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<pb/> <f>[12†]</f>If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what <f>[13†]</f>son is there whom a father does not chasten?


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But if you are without chastening, <f>[14†]</f>of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.


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Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected <i>us,</i> and we paid <i>them</i> respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to <f>[15†]</f>the Father of spirits and live?


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For they indeed for a few days chastened <i>us</i> as seemed <i>best</i> to them, but He for <i>our</i> profit, <f>[16†]</f>that <i>we</i> may be partakers of His holiness.


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Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields <f>[17†]</f>the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.


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and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>Pursue peace with all <i>people,</i> and holiness, <f>[20†]</f>without which no one will see the Lord:


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looking carefully lest anyone <f>[21†]</f>fall short of the grace of God; lest any <f>[22†]</f>root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;


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lest there <i>be</i> any <f>[23†]</f>fornicator or profane person like Esau, <f>[24†]</f>who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.


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For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was <f>[25†]</f>rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.


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<pb/>For you have not come to <f>[26†]</f>the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,


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and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard <i>it</i> <f>[27†]</f>begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.


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(For they could not endure what was commanded: <f>[28†]</f>“And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.”


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And so terrifying was the sight <i>that</i> Moses said, <f>[29†]</f>“I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)


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<pb/>But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,


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to the general assembly and church of <f>[30†]</f>the firstborn <f>[31†]</f><i>who</i> <i>are</i> registered in heaven, to God <f>[32†]</f>the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men <f>[33†]</f>made perfect,


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to Jesus <f>[34†]</f>the Mediator of the new covenant, and to <f>[35†]</f>the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things <f>[36†]</f>than <i>that</i> <i>of</i> Abel.


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<pb/>See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For <f>[37†]</f>if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more <i>shall</i> <i>we</i> <i>not</i> <i>escape</i> if we turn away from Him who <i>speaks</i> from heaven,


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whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, <f>[38†]</f>“Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.”


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Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the <f>[39†]</f>removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.


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<pb/>Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may <f>[40†]</f>serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.


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<f>[2†]</f>Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so <i>doing</i> <f>[3†]</f>some have unwittingly entertained angels.


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<f>[4†]</f>Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.


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<pb/> <f>[5†]</f>Marriage <i>is</i> honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; <f>[6†]</f>but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.


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<pb/><i>Let</i> <i>your</i> conduct <i>be</i> without covetousness; <i>be</i> content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, <f>[7†]</f>“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”


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So we may boldly say: <pb/><t> <f>[8†]</f>“The <e>LORD</e> <i>is</i> my helper; </t><t>I will not fear. </t><t>What can man do to me?”</t>


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<pb/>Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of <i>their</i> conduct.


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Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For <i>it</i> <i>is</i> good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.


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For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.


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Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.


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<f>[11†]</f>Therefore by Him let us continually offer <f>[12†]</f>the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, <f>[13†]</f>the fruit of <i>our</i> lips, giving thanks to His name.


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<f>[14†]</f>But do not forget to do good and to share, for <f>[15†]</f>with such sacrifices God is well pleased.


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<pb/> <f>[16†]</f>Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for <f>[17†]</f>they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.


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<pb/> <f>[18†]</f>Pray for us; for we are confident that we have <f>[19†]</f>a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.


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<pb/>Now may <f>[20†]</f>the God of peace <f>[21†]</f>who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, <f>[22†]</f>that great Shepherd of the sheep, <f>[23†]</f>through the blood of the everlasting covenant,


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make you complete in every good work to do His will, <f>[24†]</f>working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom <i>be</i> glory forever and ever. Amen.


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<pb/>And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.


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Know that <i>our</i> brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly.


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<pb/>James, <f>[1†]</f>a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, <pb/>To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: <pb/>Greetings.


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But let patience have <i>its</i> perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.


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<f>[5†]</f>If any of you lacks wisdom, <f>[6†]</f>let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and <f>[7†]</f>it will be given to him.


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<f>[8†]</f>But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.


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For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.


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<pb/> <f>[11†]</f>Blessed <i>is</i> the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive <f>[12†]</f>the crown of life <f>[13†]</f>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, <f>[14†]</f>when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, <f>[15†]</f>brings forth death.


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<f>[16†]</f>Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, <f>[17†]</f>with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.


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<f>[18†]</f>Of His own will He brought us forth by the <f>[19†]</f>word of truth, <f>[20†]</f>that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.


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<pb/>So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, <f>[21†]</f>slow to speak, <f>[22†]</f>slow to wrath;


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<pb/>Therefore <f>[23†]</f>lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, <f>[24†]</f>which is able to save your souls.


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For <f>[26†]</f>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 <f>[27†]</f>he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues <i>in</i> <i>it,</i> and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, <f>[28†]</f>this one will be blessed in what he does.


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<pb/>If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and <f>[29†]</f>does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion <i>is</i> useless.


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<f>[30†]</f>Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: <f>[31†]</f>to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, <f>[32†]</f><i>and</i> to keep oneself unspotted from the world.


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<pb/>My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, <f>[1†]</f><i>the</i> <i>Lord</i> of glory, with <f>[2†]</f>partiality.


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For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,


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and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,”


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<pb/>Listen, my beloved brethren: <f>[3†]</f>Has God not chosen the poor of this world <i>to</i> <i>be</i> <f>[4†]</f>rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom <f>[5†]</f>which He promised to those who love Him?


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But <f>[6†]</f>you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you <f>[7†]</f>and drag you into the courts?


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<pb/>If you really fulfill <i>the</i> royal law according to the Scripture, <f>[9†]</f>“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;


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but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as <f>[10†]</f>transgressors.


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For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet <f>[11†]</f>stumble in one <i>point,</i> <f>[12†]</f>he is guilty of all.


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For He who said, <f>[13†]</f>“Do not commit adultery,” also said, <f>[14†]</f>“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.


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For <f>[16†]</f>judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown <f>[17†]</f>no <f>[18†]</f>mercy. <f>[19†]</f>Mercy triumphs over judgment.


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<pb/> <f>[20†]</f>What <i>does</i> <i>it</i> profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?


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and <f>[22†]</f>one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what <i>does</i> <i>it</i> profit?


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<pb/>But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” <f>[23†]</f>Show me your faith without your works, <f>[24†]</f>and I will show you my faith by my works.


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Was not Abraham our father justified by works <f>[25†]</f>when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?


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Do you see <f>[26†]</f>that faith was working together with his works, and by <f>[27†]</f>works faith was made perfect?


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And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, <f>[28†]</f>“Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called <f>[29†]</f>the friend of God.


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<pb/>Likewise, <f>[30†]</f>was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent <i>them</i> out another way?


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<pb/>My brethren, <f>[1†]</f>let not many of you become teachers, <f>[2†]</f>knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.


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For <f>[3†]</f>we all stumble in many things. <f>[4†]</f>If anyone does not stumble in word, <f>[5†]</f>he <i>is</i> a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.


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Indeed, <f>[6†]</f>we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.


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Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.


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Even so <f>[7†]</f>the tongue is a little member and <f>[8†]</f>boasts great things. <pb/>See how great a forest a little fire kindles!


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And <f>[9†]</f>the tongue <i>is</i> a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it <f>[10†]</f>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 beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, 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 have been made <f>[12†]</f>in the similitude of God.


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Can a <f>[13†]</f>fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>Who <i>is</i> wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct <i>that</i> his works <i>are</i> <i>done</i> in the meekness of wisdom.


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But if you have <f>[15†]</f>bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, <f>[16†]</f>do not boast and lie against the truth.


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For <f>[18†]</f>where envy and self-seeking <i>exist,</i> confusion and every evil thing <i>are</i> there.


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But <f>[19†]</f>the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, <f>[20†]</f>without partiality <f>[21†]</f>and without hypocrisy.


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<pb/>Where do wars and fights <i>come</i> from among you? Do <i>they</i> not <i>come</i> from your <i>desires</i> <i>for</i> pleasure <f>[1†]</f>that war in your members?


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You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.


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<f>[2†]</f>You ask and do not receive, <f>[3†]</f>because you ask amiss, that you may spend <i>it</i> on your pleasures.


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Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that <f>[4†]</f>friendship with the world is enmity with God? <f>[5†]</f>Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.


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Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, <f>[6†]</f>“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?


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<pb/>But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: <pb/><t> <f>[7†]</f>“God resists the proud, </t><t>But gives grace to the humble.”</t>


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<f>[9†]</f>Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. <f>[10†]</f>Cleanse <i>your</i> hands, <i>you</i> sinners; and <f>[11†]</f>purify <i>your</i> hearts, <i>you</i> double-minded.


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<f>[12†]</f>Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and <i>your</i> joy to gloom.


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother <f>[15†]</f>and judges his brother, speaks evil of 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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There is one Lawgiver, <f>[16†]</f>who is able to save and to destroy. <f>[17†]</f>Who are you to judge another?


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<pb/>Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;


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whereas you do not know what <i>will</i> <i>happen</i> tomorrow. For what <i>is</i> your life? <f>[18†]</f>It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.


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Instead you <i>ought</i> to say, <f>[19†]</f>“If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”


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<pb/>Therefore, <f>[21†]</f>to him who knows to do good and does not do <i>it,</i> to him it is sin.


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<pb/>Come now, <i>you</i> <f>[1†]</f>rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon <i>you!</i>


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Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. <f>[4†]</f>You have heaped up treasure in the last days.


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Indeed <f>[5†]</f>the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and <f>[6†]</f>the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.


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You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.


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<pb/>Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See <i>how</i> the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.


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<pb/>Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!


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<f>[7†]</f>My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and <f>[8†]</f>patience.


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Indeed <f>[9†]</f>we count them blessed who <f>[10†]</f>endure. You have heard of <f>[11†]</f>the perseverance of Job and seen <f>[12†]</f>the end <i>intended</i> <i>by</i> the Lord—that <f>[13†]</f>the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.


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<pb/>But above all, my brethren, <f>[14†]</f>do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and <i>your</i> “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.


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<pb/>Is anyone among you suffering? Let him <f>[15†]</f>pray. Is anyone cheerful? <f>[16†]</f>Let him sing psalms.


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Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, <f>[17†]</f>anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.


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And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. <f>[18†]</f>And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.


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Confess <i>your</i> trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. <f>[19†]</f>The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.


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Elijah was a man <f>[20†]</f>with a nature like ours, and <f>[21†]</f>he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.


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let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way <f>[24†]</f>will save a soul from death and <f>[25†]</f>cover a multitude of sins.


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<pb/>Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, <pb/>To the pilgrims <f>[1†]</f>of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


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<f>[2†]</f>elect <f>[3†]</f>according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, <f>[4†]</f>in sanctification of the Spirit, for <f>[5†]</f>obedience and <f>[6†]</f>sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: <pb/> <f>[7†]</f>Grace to you and peace be multiplied.


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<pb/> <f>[8†]</f>Blessed <i>be</i> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who <f>[9†]</f>according to His abundant mercy <f>[10†]</f>has begotten us again to a living hope <f>[11†]</f>through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,


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to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, <f>[12†]</f>reserved in heaven for you,


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<f>[13†]</f>who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>In this you greatly rejoice, though now <f>[15†]</f>for a little while, if need be, <f>[16†]</f>you have been grieved by various trials,


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that <f>[17†]</f>the genuineness of your faith, <i>being</i> much more precious than gold that perishes, though <f>[18†]</f>it is tested by fire, <f>[19†]</f>may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,


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<f>[20†]</f>whom having not seen you love. <f>[21†]</f>Though now you do not see <i>Him,</i> yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,


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<pb/>Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace <i>that</i> <i>would</i> <i>come</i> to you,


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searching what, or what manner of time, <f>[22†]</f>the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.


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To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which <f>[23†]</f>angels desire to look into.


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<pb/>Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest <i>your</i> hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;


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as obedient children, not <f>[24†]</f>conforming yourselves to the former lusts, <i>as</i> in your ignorance;


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<pb/>And if you call on the Father, who <f>[27†]</f>without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay <i>here</i> in fear;


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knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, <i>like</i> silver or gold, from your aimless conduct <i>received</i> by tradition from your fathers,


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but <f>[28†]</f>with the precious blood of Christ, <f>[29†]</f>as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.


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<f>[30†]</f>He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest <f>[31†]</f>in these last times for you


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who through Him believe in God, <f>[32†]</f>who raised Him from the dead and <f>[33†]</f>gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.


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<pb/>Since you <f>[34†]</f>have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere <f>[35†]</f>love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,


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<f>[36†]</f>having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, <f>[37†]</f>through the word of God which lives and abides forever,


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because <pb/><t> <f>[38†]</f>“All flesh <i>is</i> as grass, </t><t>And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. </t><t>The grass withers, </t><t>And its flower falls away,</t>


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<t> <f>[39†]</f>But the word of the LORD endures forever.” </t> <pb/> <f>[40†]</f>Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.


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<pb/>Therefore, <f>[1†]</f>laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,


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<f>[2†]</f>as newborn babes, desire the pure <f>[3†]</f>milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,


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<pb/>Coming to Him <i>as</i> <i>to</i> a living stone, <f>[5†]</f>rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God <i>and</i> precious,


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


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Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, <pb/><t> <f>[6†]</f>“Behold, I lay in Zion </t><t>A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, </t><t>And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”</t>


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<pb/>Therefore, to you who believe, <i>He</i> <i>is</i> precious; but to those who are disobedient, <pb/><t> <f>[7†]</f>“The stone which the builders rejected </t><t>Has become the chief cornerstone,”</t>


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<pb/>and <pb/><t> <f>[8†]</f>“A stone of stumbling </t><t>And a rock of offense.” </t> <pb/> <f>[9†]</f>They stumble, being disobedient to the word, <f>[10†]</f>to which they also were appointed.


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<pb/>But you <i>are</i> a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of <f>[11†]</f>darkness into His marvelous light;


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<f>[12†]</f>who once <i>were</i> not a people but <i>are</i> now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.


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<pb/>Beloved, I beg <i>you</i> as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts <f>[13†]</f>which war against the soul,


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<f>[14†]</f>having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, <f>[15†]</f>they may, by <i>your</i> good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.


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<pb/> <f>[16†]</f>Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,


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or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and <i>for</i> <i>the</i> praise of those who do good.


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<f>[17†]</f>as free, yet not <f>[18†]</f>using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.


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<pb/> <f>[20†]</f>Servants, <i>be</i> submissive to <i>your</i> masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.


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For this <i>is</i> <f>[21†]</f>commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.


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For <f>[22†]</f>what credit <i>is</i> <i>it</i> if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this <i>is</i> commendable before God.


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For <f>[23†]</f>to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, <f>[24†]</f>leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:


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<pb/> <f>[26†]</f>who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but <f>[27†]</f>committed <i>Himself</i> to Him who judges righteously;


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<f>[28†]</f>who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, <f>[29†]</f>that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness— <f>[30†]</f>by whose stripes you were healed.


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For <f>[31†]</f>you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned <f>[32†]</f>to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.


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<pb/>Wives, likewise, <i>be</i> <f>[1†]</f>submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, <f>[2†]</f>they, without a word, may <f>[3†]</f>be won by the conduct of their wives,


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<f>[5†]</f>Do not let your adornment be <i>merely</i> outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on <i>fine</i> apparel—


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rather <i>let</i> <i>it</i> <i>be</i> <f>[6†]</f>the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible <i>beauty</i> of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.


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For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,


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as Sarah obeyed Abraham, <f>[7†]</f>calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.


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<pb/> <f>[8†]</f>Husbands, likewise, dwell with <i>them</i> with understanding, giving honor to the wife, <f>[9†]</f>as to the weaker vessel, and as <i>being</i> heirs together of the grace of life, <f>[10†]</f>that your prayers may not be hindered.


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<pb/>Finally, all <i>of</i> <i>you</i> <i>be</i> of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, <i>be</i> tenderhearted, <i>be</i> courteous;


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<f>[11†]</f>not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary <f>[12†]</f>blessing, knowing that you were called to this, <f>[13†]</f>that you may inherit a blessing.


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For <pb/><t> <f>[14†]</f>“He who would love life </t><t>And see good days, </t><t> <f>[15†]</f>Let him refrain his tongue from evil, </t><t>And his lips from speaking deceit.</t>


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<t>Let him <f>[16†]</f>turn away from evil and do good; </t><t> <f>[17†]</f>Let him seek peace and pursue it.</t>


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<t>For the eyes of the <e>LORD</e> <i>are</i> on the righteous, </t><t> <f>[18†]</f>And His ears <i>are</i> <i>open</i> to their prayers; </t><t>But the face of the <e>LORD</e> <i>is</i> against those who do evil.”</t>


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<f>[20†]</f>But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, <i>you</i> <i>are</i> blessed. <f>[21†]</f>“And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”


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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always <f>[22†]</f><i>be</i> ready to <i>give</i> a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the <f>[23†]</f>hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;


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<f>[24†]</f>having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.


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For <i>it</i> <i>is</i> better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.


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<pb/>For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,


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who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while <i>the</i> ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.


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who has gone into heaven and <f>[28†]</f>is at the right hand of God, <f>[29†]</f>angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.


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


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that he no longer should live the rest of <i>his</i> time in the flesh for the lusts of men, <f>[1†]</f>but for the will of God.


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For we <i>have</i> <i>spent</i> enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.


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In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with <i>them</i> in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of <i>you.</i>


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<pb/>But <f>[5†]</f>the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.


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And above all things have fervent love for one another, for <f>[6†]</f>“love will cover a multitude of sins.”


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<f>[9†]</f>As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, <f>[10†]</f>as good stewards of <f>[11†]</f>the manifold grace of God.


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<f>[12†]</f>If anyone speaks, <i>let</i> <i>him</i> <i>speak</i> as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, <i>let</i> <i>him</i> <i>do</i> <i>it</i> as with the ability which God supplies, that <f>[13†]</f>in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.


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<pb/>Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;


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but rejoice <f>[14†]</f>to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that <f>[15†]</f>when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.


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If you are reproached for the name of Christ, <f>[16†]</f>blessed <i>are</i> <i>you,</i> for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, <f>[17†]</f>but on your part He is glorified.


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But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters.


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<pb/>For the time <i>has</i> <i>come</i> <f>[18†]</f>for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if <i>it</i> <i>begins</i> with us first, <f>[19†]</f>what will <i>be</i> the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?


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<pb/>Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God <f>[21†]</f>commit their souls <i>to</i> <i>Him</i> in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.


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<pb/>The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a <f>[1†]</f>witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the <f>[2†]</f>glory that will be revealed:


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<f>[3†]</f>Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, <f>[4†]</f>not by compulsion but willingly, <f>[5†]</f>not for dishonest gain but eagerly;


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nor as <f>[6†]</f>being lords over <f>[7†]</f>those entrusted to you, but <f>[8†]</f>being examples to the flock;


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and when <f>[9†]</f>the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive <f>[10†]</f>the crown of glory that does not fade away.


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<pb/>Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to <i>your</i> elders. Yes, <f>[11†]</f>all of <i>you</i> be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for <pb/><t> <f>[12†]</f>“God resists the proud, </t><t>But <f>[13†]</f>gives grace to the humble.”</t>


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<pb/>Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.


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Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.


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<pb/>By <f>[16†]</f>Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying <f>[17†]</f>that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.


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<pb/>She who is in Babylon, elect together with <i>you,</i> greets you; and <i>so</i> <i>does</i> <f>[18†]</f>Mark my son.


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<pb/>Simon Peter, a bondservant and <f>[1†]</f>apostle of Jesus Christ, <pb/>To those who have obtained <f>[2†]</f>like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:


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<pb/> <f>[3†]</f>Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,


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as His <f>[4†]</f>divine power has given to us all things that <i>pertain</i> to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him <f>[5†]</f>who called us by glory and virtue,


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<f>[6†]</f>by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be <f>[7†]</f>partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption <i>that</i> <i>is</i> in the world through lust.


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<pb/>But also for this very reason, <f>[8†]</f>giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue <f>[9†]</f>knowledge,


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For if these things are yours and abound, <i>you</i> will be neither barren <f>[11†]</f>nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.


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For he who lacks these things is <f>[12†]</f>shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.


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<pb/>Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent <f>[13†]</f>to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;


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for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.


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<pb/>For this reason <f>[14†]</f>I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, <f>[15†]</f>though you know and are established in the present truth.


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<f>[18†]</f>knowing that shortly I <i>must</i> put off my tent, just as <f>[19†]</f>our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.


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Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.


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<pb/>For we did not follow <f>[20†]</f>cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the <f>[21†]</f>power and <f>[22†]</f>coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were <f>[23†]</f>eyewitnesses of His majesty.


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For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: <f>[24†]</f>“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”


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And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on <f>[25†]</f>the holy mountain.


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<pb/>And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a <f>[26†]</f>light that shines in a dark place, <f>[27†]</f>until <f>[28†]</f>the day dawns and the morning star rises in your <f>[29†]</f>hearts;


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for <f>[31†]</f>prophecy never came by the will of man, <f>[32†]</f>but holy men of God spoke <i>as</i> <i>they</i> <i>were</i> moved by the Holy Spirit.


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<pb/>But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be <f>[1†]</f>false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, <i>and</i> bring on themselves swift destruction.


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By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.


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<pb/>For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast <i>them</i> down to hell and delivered <i>them</i> into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;


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and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, <i>one</i> <i>of</i> eight <i>people</i>, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;


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and turning the cities of <f>[2†]</f>Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned <i>them</i> to destruction, making <i>them</i> an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;


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and <f>[3†]</f>delivered righteous Lot, <i>who</i> <i>was</i> oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked


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(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, <f>[4†]</f>tormented <i>his</i> righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing <i>their</i> lawless deeds)—


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<i>then</i> <f>[5†]</f>the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,


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and especially <f>[6†]</f>those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. <f>[7†]</f><i>They</i> <i>are</i> presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,


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whereas <f>[8†]</f>angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.


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<pb/>But these, <f>[9†]</f>like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,


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<f>[10†]</f><i>and</i> will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure <f>[11†]</f>to carouse in the daytime. <f>[12†]</f><i>They</i> <i>are</i> spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while <f>[13†]</f>they feast with you,


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having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. <f>[14†]</f>They have a heart trained in covetous practices, <i>and</i> <i>are</i> accursed children.


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They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of <f>[15†]</f>Balaam the <i>son</i> of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;


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


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<pb/> <f>[16†]</f>These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.


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<pb/>For when they speak great swelling <i>words</i> of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error.


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While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; <f>[17†]</f>for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.


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For if, after they <f>[18†]</f>have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are <f>[19†]</f>again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.


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For <f>[20†]</f>it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known <i>it,</i> to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.


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But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: <f>[21†]</f>“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”


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<pb/>Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in <i>both</i> <i>of</i> which <f>[1†]</f>I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),


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that you may be mindful of the words <f>[2†]</f>which were spoken before by the holy prophets, <f>[3†]</f>and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,


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knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, <f>[4†]</f>walking according to their own lusts,


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and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as <i>they</i> <i>were</i> from the beginning of <f>[5†]</f>creation.”


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For this they willfully forget: that <f>[6†]</f>by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth <f>[7†]</f>standing out of water and in the water,


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<pb/>But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day <i>is</i> as a thousand years, and <f>[11†]</f>a thousand years as one day.


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<f>[12†]</f>The Lord is not slack concerning <i>His</i> promise, as some count slackness, but <f>[13†]</f>is longsuffering toward us, <f>[14†]</f>not willing that any should perish but <f>[15†]</f>that all should come to repentance.


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<pb/>But <f>[16†]</f>the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which <f>[17†]</f>the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.


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Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner <i>of</i> <i>persons</i> ought you to be <f>[18†]</f>in holy conduct and godliness,


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<f>[19†]</f>looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will <f>[20†]</f>be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will <f>[21†]</f>melt with fervent heat?


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Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for <f>[22†]</f>new heavens and a <f>[23†]</f>new earth in which righteousness dwells.


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<pb/>Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent <f>[24†]</f>to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;


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and consider <i>that</i> <f>[25†]</f>the longsuffering of our Lord <i>is</i> salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,


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as also in all his <f>[26†]</f>epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable <i>people</i> twist to their own destruction, as <i>they</i> <i>do</i> also the <f>[27†]</f>rest of the Scriptures.


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<pb/>You therefore, beloved, <f>[28†]</f>since you know <i>this</i> beforehand, <f>[29†]</f>beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;


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<f>[30†]</f>but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. <pb/> <f>[31†]</f>To Him <i>be</i> the glory both now and forever. Amen.


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<pb/>That <f>[1†]</f>which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have <f>[2†]</f>seen with our eyes, <f>[3†]</f>which we have looked upon, and <f>[4†]</f>our hands have handled, concerning the <f>[5†]</f>Word of life—


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<f>[6†]</f>the life <f>[7†]</f>was manifested, and we have seen, <f>[8†]</f>and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was <f>[9†]</f>with the Father and was manifested to us—


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that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship <i>is</i> <f>[10†]</f>with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.


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<pb/> <f>[12†]</f>This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that <f>[13†]</f>God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.


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<f>[14†]</f>If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.


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But if we <f>[15†]</f>walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and <f>[16†]</f>the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.


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If we <f>[17†]</f>confess our sins, He is <f>[18†]</f>faithful and just to forgive us <i>our</i> sins and to <f>[19†]</f>cleanse us from all unrighteousness.


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<pb/>My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, <f>[1†]</f>we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.


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And <f>[2†]</f>He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but <f>[3†]</f>also for the whole world.


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He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a <f>[4†]</f>liar, and the truth is not in him.


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<pb/>Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had <f>[9†]</f>from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.


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Again, <f>[10†]</f>a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, <f>[11†]</f>because the darkness is passing away, and <f>[12†]</f>the true light is already shining.


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<f>[14†]</f>He who loves his brother abides in the light, and <f>[15†]</f>there is no cause for stumbling in him.


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But he who <f>[16†]</f>hates his brother is in darkness and <f>[17†]</f>walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.


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<pb/><t>I write to you, little children, </t><t>Because <f>[18†]</f>your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.</t>


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<t>I write to you, fathers, </t><t>Because you have known Him <i>who</i> <i>is</i> <f>[19†]</f>from the beginning. </t><t>I write to you, young men, </t><t>Because you have overcome the wicked one. </t><t>I write to you, little children, </t><t>Because you have <f>[20†]</f>known the Father.</t>


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<t>I have written to you, fathers, </t><t>Because you have known Him <i>who</i> <i>is</i> from the beginning. </t><t>I have written to you, young men, </t><t>Because <f>[21†]</f>you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, </t><t>And you have overcome the wicked one.</t>


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<pb/> <f>[22†]</f>Do not love the world or the things in the world. <f>[23†]</f>If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


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For all that <i>is</i> in the world—the lust of the flesh, <f>[24†]</f>the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.


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And <f>[25†]</f>the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.


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<pb/> <f>[26†]</f>Little children, <f>[27†]</f>it is the last hour; and as you have heard that <f>[28†]</f>the Antichrist is coming, <f>[29†]</f>even now many antichrists have come, by which we know <f>[30†]</f>that it is the last hour.


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<f>[31†]</f>They went out from us, but they were not of us; for <f>[32†]</f>if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but <i>they</i> <i>went</i> <i>out</i> <f>[33†]</f>that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.


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<pb/>But <f>[34†]</f>you have an anointing <f>[35†]</f>from the Holy One, and <f>[36†]</f>you know all things.


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I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.


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<pb/> <f>[37†]</f>Who is a liar but he who denies that <f>[38†]</f>Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.


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<f>[39†]</f>Whoever denies the Son does not have the <f>[40†]</f>Father either; <f>[41†]</f>he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.


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<pb/>Therefore let that abide in you <f>[42†]</f>which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, <f>[43†]</f>you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.


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But the <f>[45†]</f>anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and <f>[46†]</f>you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing <f>[47†]</f>teaches you concerning 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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<pb/>And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have <f>[48†]</f>confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.


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<f>[49†]</f>If you know that He is righteous, you know that <f>[50†]</f>everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.


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<pb/>Behold <f>[1†]</f>what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that <f>[2†]</f>we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, <f>[3†]</f>because it did not know Him.


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Beloved, <f>[4†]</f>now we are children of God; and <f>[5†]</f>it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, <f>[6†]</f>we shall be like Him, for <f>[7†]</f>we shall see Him as He is.


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And you know <f>[10†]</f>that He was manifested <f>[11†]</f>to take away our sins, and <f>[12†]</f>in Him there is no sin.


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


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<f>[13†]</f>He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, <f>[14†]</f>that He might destroy the works of the devil.


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Whoever has been <f>[15†]</f>born of God does not sin, for <f>[16†]</f>His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.


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<pb/>In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor <i>is</i> he who does not love his brother.


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For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, <f>[17†]</f>that we should love one another,


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not as <f>[18†]</f>Cain <i>who</i> was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.


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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love <i>his</i> brother abides in death.


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<f>[20†]</f>Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that <f>[21†]</f>no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.


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<pb/> <f>[22†]</f>By this we know love, <f>[23†]</f>because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down <i>our</i> lives for the brethren.


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But <f>[24†]</f>whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?


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<pb/>My little children, <f>[25†]</f>let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.


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And <f>[29†]</f>whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments <f>[30†]</f>and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.


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And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ <f>[31†]</f>and love one another, as He gave us commandment.


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<pb/>Now <f>[32†]</f>he who keeps His commandments <f>[33†]</f>abides in Him, and He in him. And <f>[34†]</f>by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.


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<pb/>Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but <f>[1†]</f>test the spirits, whether they are of God; because <f>[2†]</f>many false prophets have gone out into the world.


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By this you know the Spirit of God: <f>[3†]</f>Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,


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and every spirit that 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 was coming, and is now already in the world.


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<pb/>You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than <f>[4†]</f>he who is in the world.


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<f>[5†]</f>They are of the world. Therefore they speak <i>as</i> of the world, and <f>[6†]</f>the world hears them.


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We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. <f>[7†]</f>By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.


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<pb/> <f>[8†]</f>Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who <f>[9†]</f>loves is born of God and knows God.


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<f>[10†]</f>In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten <f>[11†]</f>Son into the world, that we might live through Him.


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In this is love, <f>[12†]</f>not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son <f>[13†]</f><i>to</i> <i>be</i> the propitiation for our sins.


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<pb/> <f>[15†]</f>No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.


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<f>[16†]</f>By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.


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And <f>[17†]</f>we have seen and testify that <f>[18†]</f>the Father has sent the Son <i>as</i> Savior of the world.


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And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and <f>[20†]</f>he who abides in love abides in God, and God <f>[21†]</f>in him.


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<pb/>Love has been perfected among us in this: that <f>[22†]</f>we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.


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<pb/> <f>[24†]</f>If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God <f>[25†]</f>whom he has not seen?


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<pb/>Whoever believes that <f>[1†]</f>Jesus is the Christ is <f>[2†]</f>born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.


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By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and <f>[3†]</f>keep His commandments.


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<f>[4†]</f>For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And <f>[5†]</f>His commandments are not burdensome.


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For <f>[6†]</f>whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that <f>[7†]</f>has overcome the world—our faith.


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<pb/>This is He who came <f>[9†]</f>by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. <f>[10†]</f>And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.


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For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, <f>[11†]</f>the Word, and the Holy Spirit; <f>[12†]</f>and these three are one.


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And there are three that bear witness on earth: <f>[13†]</f>the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.


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<pb/>If we receive <f>[14†]</f>the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; <f>[15†]</f>for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.


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He who believes in the Son of God <f>[16†]</f>has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God <f>[17†]</f>has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.


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These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may <i>continue</i> <i>to</i> believe in the name of the Son of God.


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<pb/>Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that <f>[19†]</f>if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.


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<pb/>If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin <i>which</i> <i>does</i> not <i>lead</i> to death, he will ask, and <f>[20†]</f>He will give him life for those who commit sin not <i>leading</i> to death. <f>[21†]</f>There is sin <i>leading</i> to death. <f>[22†]</f>I do not say that he should pray about that.


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<pb/>We know that <f>[24†]</f>whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God <f>[25†]</f>keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.


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<pb/>We know that we are of God, and <f>[26†]</f>the whole world lies <i>under</i> <i>the</i> <i>sway</i> <i>of</i> the wicked one.


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<pb/>And we know that the <f>[27†]</f>Son of God has come and <f>[28†]</f>has given us an understanding, <f>[29†]</f>that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. <f>[30†]</f>This is the true God <f>[31†]</f>and eternal life.


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<pb/>The Elder, <pb/>To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known <f>[1†]</f>the truth,


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<pb/> <f>[2†]</f>Grace, mercy, <i>and</i> peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.


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<pb/>I <f>[3†]</f>rejoiced greatly that I have found <i>some</i> of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.


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And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: <f>[4†]</f>that we love one another.


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<f>[5†]</f>This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that <f>[6†]</f>as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.


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<pb/>For <f>[7†]</f>many deceivers have gone out into the world <f>[8†]</f>who do not confess Jesus Christ <i>as</i> coming in the flesh. <f>[9†]</f>This is a deceiver and an antichrist.


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<f>[10†]</f>Look to yourselves, <f>[11†]</f>that we do not lose those things we worked for, but <i>that</i> we may receive a full reward.


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<pb/> <f>[12†]</f>Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.


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<pb/> <f>[14†]</f>Having many things to write to you, I did not wish <i>to</i> <i>do</i> <i>so</i> with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, <f>[15†]</f>that our joy may be full.


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<pb/>Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.


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who have borne witness of your love before the church. <i>If</i> you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,


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<pb/>I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.


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Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does, <f>[7†]</f>prating against us with malicious words. And not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish to, putting <i>them</i> out of the church.


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<pb/>Beloved, <f>[8†]</f>do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. <f>[9†]</f>He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen <f>[10†]</f>God.


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<pb/>Demetrius <f>[11†]</f>has a <i>good</i> testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness, <f>[12†]</f>and you know that our testimony is true.


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but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. <pb/>Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.


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<pb/>Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and <f>[1†]</f>brother of James, <pb/>To those who are <f>[2†]</f>called, sanctified by God the Father, and <f>[3†]</f>preserved in Jesus Christ:


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<pb/>Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you <f>[5†]</f>concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting <f>[6†]</f>you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.


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For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.


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<pb/>But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that <f>[7†]</f>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 proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;


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as <f>[8†]</f>Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.


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<pb/> <f>[9†]</f>Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and <f>[10†]</f>speak evil of dignitaries.


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Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, <f>[11†]</f>“The Lord rebuke you!”


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<f>[12†]</f>But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.


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Woe to them! For they have gone in the way <f>[13†]</f>of Cain, <f>[14†]</f>have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished <f>[15†]</f>in the rebellion of Korah.


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<pb/>These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;


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<f>[16†]</f>raging waves of the sea, <f>[17†]</f>foaming up their own shame; wandering stars <f>[18†]</f>for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.


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<pb/>Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,


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to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the <f>[19†]</f>harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”


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<pb/>These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they <f>[20†]</f>mouth great swelling words, <f>[21†]</f>flattering people to gain advantage.


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<f>[22†]</f>But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:


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how they told you that <f>[23†]</f>there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.


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<pb/>But you, beloved, <f>[24†]</f>building yourselves up on your most holy faith, <f>[25†]</f>praying in the Holy Spirit,


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keep yourselves in the love of God, <f>[26†]</f>looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.


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but <f>[27†]</f>others save with fear, <f>[28†]</f>pulling them out of the fire, hating even <f>[29†]</f>the garment defiled by the flesh.


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<pb/><t> <f>[30†]</f>Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, </t><t>And <f>[31†]</f>to present you faultless </t><t>Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,</t>


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<t>To God our Savior, </t><t>Who alone is wise, </t><t>Be glory and majesty, </t><t>Dominion and power, </t><t>Both now and forever. </t><t>Amen.</t>


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<pb/>The Revelation of Jesus Christ, <f>[1†]</f>which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And <f>[2†]</f>He sent and signified <i>it</i> by His angel to His servant John,


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<f>[3†]</f>who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things <f>[4†]</f>that he saw.


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<f>[5†]</f>Blessed <i>is</i> he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for <f>[6†]</f>the time <i>is</i> near.


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<pb/>John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: <pb/>Grace to you and peace from Him <f>[7†]</f>who is and <f>[8†]</f>who was and who is to come, <f>[9†]</f>and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,


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and from Jesus Christ, <f>[10†]</f>the faithful <f>[11†]</f>witness, the <f>[12†]</f>firstborn from the dead, and <f>[13†]</f>the ruler over the kings of the earth. <pb/>To Him <f>[14†]</f>who loved us <f>[15†]</f>and washed us from our sins in His own blood,


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and has <f>[16†]</f>made us kings and priests to His God and Father, <f>[17†]</f>to Him <i>be</i> glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.


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<pb/>Behold, He is coming with <f>[18†]</f>clouds, and every eye will see Him, even <f>[19†]</f>they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.


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<pb/> <f>[20†]</f><J>“I am the Alpha and the Omega, </J><i><J>the</J></i><J> Beginning and </J><i><J>the</J></i><J> End,”</J> says the Lord, <f>[21†]</f><J>“who is and who was and who is to come, the </J> <f>[22†]</f><J>Almighty.”</J>


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<pb/>I, John, both your brother and <f>[23†]</f>companion in the tribulation and <f>[24†]</f>kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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<f>[25†]</f>I was in the Spirit on <f>[26†]</f>the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me <f>[27†]</f>a loud voice, as of a trumpet,


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saying, <J>“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,”</J> and, <J>“What you see, write in a book and send </J><i><J>it</J></i><J> to the seven churches </J><J>which are in Asia:</J><J> to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”</J>


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<pb/>Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned <f>[28†]</f>I saw seven golden lampstands,


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<f>[29†]</f>and in the midst of the seven lampstands <f>[30†]</f><i>One</i> like the Son of Man, <f>[31†]</f>clothed with a garment down to the feet and <f>[32†]</f>girded about the chest with a golden band.


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His head and <f>[33†]</f>hair <i>were</i> white like wool, as white as snow, and <f>[34†]</f>His eyes like a flame of fire;


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<f>[35†]</f>His feet <i>were</i> like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and <f>[36†]</f>His voice as the sound of many waters;


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<f>[37†]</f>He had in His right hand seven stars, <f>[38†]</f>out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, <f>[39†]</f>and His countenance <i>was</i> like the sun shining in its strength.


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And <f>[40†]</f>when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But <f>[41†]</f>He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, <J>“Do not be afraid; </J> <f>[42†]</f><J>I am the First and the Last.</J>


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<f>[43†]</f><J>I </J><i><J>am</J></i><J> He who lives, and was dead, and behold, </J> <f>[44†]</f><J>I am alive forevermore. Amen. And </J> <f>[45†]</f><J>I have the keys of </J><J>Hades and of Death.</J>


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<J>Write</J><J> the things which you have </J> <f>[46†]</f><J>seen, </J> <f>[47†]</f><J>and the things which are, </J> <f>[48†]</f><J>and the things which will take place after this.</J>


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<J>The </J><J>mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are </J> <f>[49†]</f><J>the </J><J>angels of the seven churches, and </J> <f>[50†]</f><J>the seven lampstands </J><J>which you saw</J><J> are the seven churches.</J>


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<pb/><J>“To the </J><J>angel of the church of Ephesus write,</J> <pb/><J>‘These things says </J> <f>[1†]</f><J>He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, </J> <f>[2†]</f><J>who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:</J>


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<f>[3†]</f><J>“I know your works, your labor, your </J><J>patience, and that you cannot </J><J>bear those who are evil. And </J> <f>[4†]</f><J>you have tested those </J> <f>[5†]</f><J>who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;</J>


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<J>and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have </J> <f>[6†]</f><J>not become weary.</J>


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<J>Nevertheless I have </J><i><J>this</J></i><J> against you, that you have left your first love.</J>


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<J>Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, </J> <f>[7†]</f><J>or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.</J>


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<pb/> <f>[8†]</f><J>“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give </J> <f>[9†]</f><J>to eat from </J> <f>[10†]</f><J>the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’</J>


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<pb/><J>“And to the </J><J>angel of the church in Smyrna write,</J> <pb/><J>‘These things says </J> <f>[11†]</f><J>the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life:</J>


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<J>“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are </J> <f>[12†]</f><J>rich); and </J><i><J>I know</J></i><J> the blasphemy of </J> <f>[13†]</f><J>those who say they are Jews and are not, </J> <f>[14†]</f><J>but </J><i><J>are</J></i><J> a </J><J>synagogue of Satan.</J>


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<f>[15†]</f><J>Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw </J><i><J>some</J></i><J> of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. </J> <f>[16†]</f><J>Be faithful until death, and I will give you </J> <f>[17†]</f><J>the crown of life.</J>


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<pb/> <f>[18†]</f><J>“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by </J> <f>[19†]</f><J>the second death.” ’</J>


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<pb/><J>“And to the </J><J>angel of the church in Pergamos write,</J> <pb/><J>‘These things says </J> <f>[20†]</f><J>He who has the sharp two-edged sword:</J>


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<J>“I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne </J><i><J>is.</J></i><J> And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas </J><i><J>was</J></i><J> My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.</J>


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<J>But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of </J> <f>[21†]</f><J>Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, </J> <f>[22†]</f><J>to eat things sacrificed to idols, </J> <f>[23†]</f><J>and to commit sexual immorality.</J>


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


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<J>Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and </J> <f>[24†]</f><J>will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.</J>


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<pb/><J>“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden </J> <f>[25†]</f><J>manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone </J> <f>[26†]</f><J>a new name written which no one knows except him who receives </J><i><J>it.</J></i><J>” ’</J>


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<pb/><J>“And to the </J><J>angel of the church in Thyatira write,</J> <pb/><J>‘These things says the Son of God, </J> <f>[27†]</f><J>who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:</J>


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<f>[28†]</f><J>“I know your works, love, </J><J>service, faith,</J><J> and your </J><J>patience; and </J><i><J>as</J></i><J> for your works, the last </J><i><J>are</J></i><J> more than the first.</J>


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<J>Nevertheless I have </J><J>a few things against you, because you allow</J> <J>that woman</J> <f>[29†]</f><J>Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, </J><J>to teach and seduce</J><J> My servants </J> <f>[30†]</f><J>to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.</J>


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<J>And I gave her time </J> <f>[31†]</f><J>to </J><J>repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.</J>


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<J>Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of </J><J>their</J><J> deeds.</J>


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<J>I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who </J> <f>[32†]</f><J>searches</J><J> the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.</J>


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<pb/><J>“Now to you I say, </J><J>and</J><J> to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the </J> <f>[33†]</f><J>depths of Satan, as they say, </J> <f>[34†]</f><J>I </J><J>will</J><J> put on you no other burden.</J>


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<J>And he who overcomes, and keeps </J> <f>[36†]</f><J>My works until the end, </J> <f>[37†]</f><J>to him I will give power over the nations—</J>


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<pb/><t><J>‘He</J> <f>[38†]</f><J> shall rule them with a rod of iron;</J> </t><t><J>They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’</J><J>—</J> </t> <pb/><J>as I also have received from My Father;</J>


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<pb/><J>“And to the </J><J>angel of the church in Sardis write,</J> <pb/><J>‘These things says He who </J> <f>[1†]</f><J>has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.</J>


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<J>Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before </J><J>God.</J>


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<f>[2†]</f><J>Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and </J> <f>[3†]</f><J>repent. </J> <f>[4†]</f><J>Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you </J> <f>[5†]</f><J>as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.</J>


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<J>You</J><J> have </J> <f>[6†]</f><J>a few names </J><J>even in Sardis who have not </J> <f>[7†]</f><J>defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me </J> <f>[8†]</f><J>in white, for they are worthy.</J>


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<J>He who overcomes </J> <f>[9†]</f><J>shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not </J> <f>[10†]</f><J>blot out his name from the </J> <f>[11†]</f><J>Book of Life; but </J> <f>[12†]</f><J>I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.</J>


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<pb/><J>“And to the </J><J>angel of the church in Philadelphia write,</J> <pb/><J>‘These things says </J> <f>[14†]</f><J>He who is holy, </J> <f>[15†]</f><J>He who is true, </J> <f>[16†]</f><J>“He who has the key of David, </J> <f>[17†]</f><J>He who opens and no one shuts, and </J> <f>[18†]</f><J>shuts and no one opens”</J><J>:</J>


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<f>[19†]</f><J>“I know your works. See, I have set before you </J> <f>[20†]</f><J>an open door, </J><J>and no one can shut it;</J><J> for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.</J>


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<J>Indeed I will make </J> <f>[21†]</f><i><J>those</J></i><J> of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed </J> <f>[22†]</f><J>I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.</J>


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<J>Because you have kept </J><J>My command to persevere, </J> <f>[23†]</f><J>I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon </J> <f>[24†]</f><J>the whole world, to test those who dwell </J> <f>[25†]</f><J>on the earth.</J>


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<J>Behold,</J> <f>[26†]</f><J>I am coming quickly! </J> <f>[27†]</f><J>Hold fast what you have, that no one may take </J> <f>[28†]</f><J>your crown.</J>


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<J>He who overcomes, I will make him </J> <f>[29†]</f><J>a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall </J> <f>[30†]</f><J>go out no more. </J> <f>[31†]</f><J>I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the </J> <f>[32†]</f><J>New Jerusalem, which </J> <f>[33†]</f><J>comes down out of heaven from My God. </J> <f>[34†]</f><J>And </J><i><J>I will write on him</J></i><J> My new name.</J>


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<pb/><J>“And to the </J><J>angel of the church </J><J>of the Laodiceans</J><J> write,</J> <pb/> <f>[36†]</f><J>‘These things says the Amen, </J> <f>[37†]</f><J>the Faithful and True Witness, </J> <f>[38†]</f><J>the Beginning of the creation of God:</J>


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<f>[39†]</f><J>“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.</J>


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<J>So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither </J><J>cold nor hot,</J><J> I will vomit you out of My mouth.</J>


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<J>Because you say, </J> <f>[40†]</f><J>‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—</J>


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<J>I counsel you </J> <f>[41†]</f><J>to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and </J> <f>[42†]</f><J>white garments, that you may be clothed, </J><i><J>that</J></i><J> the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.</J>


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<f>[43†]</f><J>As many as I love, I rebuke and </J> <f>[44†]</f><J>chasten.</J><J> Therefore be </J><J>zealous and repent.</J>


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<J>Behold, </J> <f>[45†]</f><J>I stand at the door and knock. </J> <f>[46†]</f><J>If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, </J> <f>[47†]</f><J>I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.</J>


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<J>To him who overcomes </J> <f>[48†]</f><J>I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.</J>


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<pb/> <f>[49†]</f><J>“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ ”</J>


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<pb/>After these things I looked, and behold, a door <i>standing</i> <f>[1†]</f>open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard <i>was</i> like a <f>[2†]</f>trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”


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<pb/>Immediately <f>[3†]</f>I was in the Spirit; and behold, <f>[4†]</f>a throne set in heaven, and <i>One</i> sat on the throne.


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And He who sat there was <f>[5†]</f>like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; <f>[6†]</f>and <i>there</i> <i>was</i> a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.


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<f>[7†]</f>Around the throne <i>were</i> twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, <f>[8†]</f>clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.


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And from the throne proceeded <f>[9†]</f>lightnings, thunderings, and voices. <f>[10†]</f>Seven lamps of fire <i>were</i> burning before the throne, which are <f>[11†]</f>the seven Spirits of God.


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<pb/>Before the throne <i>there</i> was <f>[12†]</f>a sea of glass, like crystal. <f>[13†]</f>And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, <i>were</i> four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.


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<i>The</i> four living creatures, each having <f>[15†]</f>six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: <pb/><t> <f>[16†]</f>“Holy, holy, holy, </t><t> <f>[17†]</f>Lord God Almighty, </t><t> <f>[18†]</f>Who was and is and is to come!”</t>


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<pb/>Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, <f>[19†]</f>who lives forever and ever,


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<f>[20†]</f>the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:


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<pb/><t>“You <f>[21†]</f> are worthy, O Lord, </t><t>To receive glory and honor and power; </t><t> <f>[22†]</f>For You created all things, </t><t>And by <f>[23†]</f>Your will they exist and were created.”</t>


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<pb/>And I saw in the right <i>hand</i> of Him who sat on the throne <f>[1†]</f>a scroll written inside and on the back, <f>[2†]</f>sealed with seven seals.


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Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, <f>[3†]</f>“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”


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But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, <f>[4†]</f>the Lion of the tribe of <f>[5†]</f>Judah, <f>[6†]</f>the Root of David, has <f>[7†]</f>prevailed to open the scroll <f>[8†]</f>and to loose its seven seals.”


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<pb/>And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood <f>[9†]</f>a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and <f>[10†]</f>seven eyes, which are <f>[11†]</f>the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.


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<pb/>Now when He had taken the scroll, <f>[13†]</f>the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the <f>[14†]</f>prayers of the saints.


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And <f>[15†]</f>they sang a new song, saying: <pb/><t> <f>[16†]</f>“You are worthy to take the scroll, </t><t>And to open its seals; </t><t>For You were slain, </t><t>And <f>[17†]</f>have redeemed us to God <f>[18†]</f>by Your blood </t><t>Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,</t>


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<t>And have made us <f>[19†]</f>kings and <f>[20†]</f>priests to our God; </t><t>And we shall reign on the earth.”</t>


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saying with a loud voice: <pb/><t>“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain </t><t>To receive power and riches and wisdom, </t><t>And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”</t>


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<pb/>And <f>[21†]</f>every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: <pb/><t> <f>[22†]</f>“Blessing and honor and glory and power </t><t><i>Be</i> to Him <f>[23†]</f>who sits on the throne, </t><t>And to the Lamb, forever and ever!”</t>


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<pb/>Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.


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<pb/>Now <f>[1†]</f>I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard <f>[2†]</f>one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.”


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And I looked, and behold, <f>[3†]</f>a white horse. <f>[4†]</f>He who sat on it had a bow; <f>[5†]</f>and a crown was given to him, and he went out <f>[6†]</f>conquering and to conquer.


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<pb/>When He opened the second seal, <f>[7†]</f>I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.”


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<f>[8†]</f>Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to <f>[9†]</f>take peace from the earth, and that <i>people</i> should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.


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<pb/>When He opened the third seal, <f>[10†]</f>I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, <f>[11†]</f>a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of <f>[12†]</f>scales in his hand.


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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and <f>[13†]</f>do not harm the oil and the wine.”


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<pb/>When He opened the fourth seal, <f>[14†]</f>I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.”


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<f>[15†]</f>So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, <f>[16†]</f>to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, <f>[17†]</f>and by the beasts of the earth.


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<pb/>When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under <f>[18†]</f>the altar <f>[19†]</f>the souls of those who had been slain <f>[20†]</f>for the word of God and for <f>[21†]</f>the testimony which they held.


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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, <f>[22†]</f>“How long, O Lord, <f>[23†]</f>holy and true, <f>[24†]</f>until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”


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Then a <f>[25†]</f>white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them <f>[26†]</f>that they should rest a little while longer, until both <i>the</i> <i>number</i> <i>of</i> their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they <i>were,</i> was completed.


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<pb/>I looked when He opened the sixth seal, <f>[27†]</f>and behold, there was a great earthquake; and <f>[28†]</f>the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.


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<f>[29†]</f>And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.


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<f>[30†]</f>Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and <f>[31†]</f>every mountain and island was moved out of its place.


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And the <f>[32†]</f>kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, <f>[33†]</f>hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,


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<f>[34†]</f>and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who <f>[35†]</f>sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!


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<pb/>After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, <f>[1†]</f>holding the four winds of the earth, <f>[2†]</f>that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.


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Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,


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saying, <f>[3†]</f>“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God <f>[4†]</f>on their foreheads.”


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<f>[5†]</f>And I heard the number of those who were sealed. <f>[6†]</f>One hundred <i>and</i> forty-four thousand <f>[7†]</f>of all the tribes of the children of Israel <i>were</i> sealed:


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<pb/><t>of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed;</t>


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<t>of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed;</t>


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<t>of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed;</t>


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<t>of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed; </t><t>of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand <i>were</i> sealed.</t>


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<pb/>After these things I looked, and behold, <f>[8†]</f>a great multitude which no one could number, <f>[9†]</f>of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, <f>[10†]</f>clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,


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and crying out with a loud voice, saying, <f>[11†]</f>“Salvation <i>belongs</i> to our God <f>[12†]</f>who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”


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<f>[13†]</f>All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and <f>[14†]</f>worshiped God,


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<f>[15†]</f>saying: <pb/><t>“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, </t><t>Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, </t><t><i>Be</i> to our God forever and ever. </t><t>Amen.”</t>


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<pb/>Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in <f>[16†]</f>white robes, and where did they come from?”


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<pb/>And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” <pb/>So he said to me, <f>[17†]</f>“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and <f>[18†]</f>washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.


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Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will <f>[19†]</f>dwell among them.


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<f>[20†]</f>They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; <f>[21†]</f>the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;


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for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne <f>[22†]</f>will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. <f>[23†]</f>And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”


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<pb/>When <f>[1†]</f> He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.


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<f>[2†]</f>And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, <f>[3†]</f>and to them were given seven trumpets.


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Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer <i>it</i> with <f>[4†]</f>the prayers of all the saints upon <f>[5†]</f>the golden altar which was before the throne.


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And <f>[6†]</f>the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.


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Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw <i>it</i> to the earth. And <f>[7†]</f>there were noises, thunderings, <f>[8†]</f>lightnings, <f>[9†]</f>and an earthquake.


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<pb/>The first angel sounded: <f>[10†]</f>And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown <f>[11†]</f>to the earth. And a third <f>[12†]</f>of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.


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<pb/>Then the second angel sounded: <f>[13†]</f>And <i>something</i> like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, <f>[14†]</f>and a third of the sea <f>[15†]</f>became blood.


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<f>[16†]</f>And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.


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<pb/>Then the third angel sounded: <f>[17†]</f>And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, <f>[18†]</f>and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.


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<f>[19†]</f>The name of the star is Wormwood. <f>[20†]</f>A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.


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<pb/> <f>[21†]</f>Then the fourth angel sounded: 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 were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.


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<pb/>And I looked, <f>[22†]</f>and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, <f>[23†]</f>“Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”


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<pb/>Then the fifth angel sounded: <f>[1†]</f>And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to <f>[2†]</f>the bottomless pit.


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And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the <f>[3†]</f>sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.


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Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, <f>[4†]</f>as the scorpions of the earth have power.


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They were commanded <f>[5†]</f>not to harm <f>[6†]</f>the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have <f>[7†]</f>the seal of God on their foreheads.


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And they were not given <i>authority</i> to kill them, <f>[8†]</f>but to torment them <i>for</i> five months. Their torment <i>was</i> like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.


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In those days <f>[9†]</f>men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.


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<pb/> <f>[10†]</f>The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. <f>[11†]</f>On their heads were crowns of something like gold, <f>[12†]</f>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> <f>[14†]</f>like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle.


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They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power <i>was</i> to hurt men five months.


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And they had as king over them <f>[15†]</f>the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew <i>is</i> Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.


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<pb/>Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the <f>[17†]</f>golden altar which is before God,


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saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound <f>[18†]</f>at the great river Euphrates.”


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So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a <f>[19†]</f>third of mankind.


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Now <f>[20†]</f>the number of the army <f>[21†]</f>of the horsemen <i>was</i> two hundred million; <f>[22†]</f>I heard the number of them.


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And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; <f>[23†]</f>and the heads of the horses <i>were</i> like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.


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By these three <i>plagues</i> a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.


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For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; <f>[24†]</f>for their tails <i>are</i> like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.


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<pb/>But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, <f>[25†]</f>did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship <f>[26†]</f>demons, <f>[27†]</f>and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.


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And they did not repent of their murders <f>[28†]</f>or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.


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<pb/>I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. <f>[1†]</f>And a rainbow <i>was</i> on <f>[2†]</f>his head, his face <i>was</i> like the sun, and <f>[3†]</f>his feet like pillars of fire.


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He had a little book open in his hand. <f>[4†]</f>And he set his right foot on the sea and <i>his</i> left <i>foot</i> on the land,


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and cried with a loud voice, as <i>when</i> a lion roars. When he cried out, <f>[5†]</f>seven thunders uttered their voices.


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Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, <f>[6†]</f>“Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”


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<pb/>The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land <f>[7†]</f>raised up his hand to heaven


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and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, <f>[8†]</f>who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, <f>[9†]</f>that there should be delay no longer,


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but <f>[10†]</f>in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.


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<pb/>Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”


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<pb/>So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.” <pb/>And he said to me, <f>[11†]</f>“Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”


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<pb/>Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, <f>[12†]</f>and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, <f>[13†]</f>my stomach became bitter.


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<pb/>Then I was given <f>[1†]</f>a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, <f>[2†]</f>“Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.


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But leave out <f>[3†]</f>the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, <f>[4†]</f>for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will <f>[5†]</f>tread the holy city underfoot <i>for</i> <f>[6†]</f>forty-two months.


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And I will give <i>power</i> to my two <f>[7†]</f>witnesses, <f>[8†]</f>and they will prophesy <f>[9†]</f>one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”


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<pb/>These are the <f>[10†]</f>two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.


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And if anyone wants to harm them, <f>[11†]</f>fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. <f>[12†]</f>And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.


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These <f>[13†]</f>have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.


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<pb/>When they <f>[14†]</f>finish their testimony, <f>[15†]</f>the beast that ascends <f>[16†]</f>out of the bottomless pit <f>[17†]</f>will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.


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And their dead bodies <i>will</i> <i>lie</i> in the street of <f>[18†]</f>the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, <f>[19†]</f>where also our Lord was crucified.


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<f>[20†]</f>Then <i>those</i> from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, <f>[21†]</f>and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.


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<f>[22†]</f>And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, <f>[23†]</f>and send gifts to one another, <f>[24†]</f>because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.


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<pb/> <f>[25†]</f>Now after the three-and-a-half days <f>[26†]</f>the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.


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And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” <f>[27†]</f>And they ascended to heaven <f>[28†]</f>in a cloud, <f>[29†]</f>and their enemies saw them.


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In the same hour <f>[30†]</f>there was a great earthquake, <f>[31†]</f>and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid <f>[32†]</f>and gave glory to the God of heaven.


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<pb/>Then <f>[34†]</f>the seventh angel sounded: <f>[35†]</f>And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, <f>[36†]</f>“The kingdoms of this world have become <i>the</i> <i>kingdoms</i> of our Lord and of His Christ, <f>[37†]</f>and He shall reign forever and ever!”


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And <f>[38†]</f>the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and <f>[39†]</f>worshiped God,


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saying: <pb/><t>“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, </t><t>The One <f>[40†]</f>who is and who was and who is to come, </t><t>Because You have taken Your great power <f>[41†]</f>and reigned.</t>


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<t>The nations were <f>[42†]</f>angry, and Your wrath has come, </t><t>And the time of the <f>[43†]</f>dead, that they should be judged, </t><t>And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, </t><t>And those who fear Your name, small and great, </t><t>And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”</t>


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<pb/>Then <f>[44†]</f>the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And <f>[45†]</f>there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, <f>[46†]</f>and great hail.


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<pb/>Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.


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<pb/>And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, <f>[2†]</f>a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.


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<f>[3†]</f>His tail drew a third <f>[4†]</f>of the stars of heaven <f>[5†]</f>and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood <f>[6†]</f>before the woman who was ready to give birth, <f>[7†]</f>to devour her Child as soon as it was born.


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She bore a male Child <f>[8†]</f>who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was <f>[9†]</f>caught up to God and His throne.


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Then <f>[10†]</f>the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there <f>[11†]</f>one thousand two hundred and sixty days.


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<pb/>And war broke out in heaven: <f>[12†]</f>Michael and his angels fought <f>[13†]</f>with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,


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So <f>[14†]</f>the great dragon was cast out, <f>[15†]</f>that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, <f>[16†]</f>who deceives the whole world; <f>[17†]</f>he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.


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<pb/>Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, <f>[18†]</f>“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, <f>[19†]</f>who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.


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And <f>[20†]</f>they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, <f>[21†]</f>and they did not love their lives to the death.


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Therefore <f>[22†]</f>rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! <f>[23†]</f>Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, <f>[24†]</f>because he knows that he has a short time.”


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<pb/>Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted <f>[25†]</f>the woman who gave birth to the male <i>Child.</i>


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<f>[26†]</f>But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, <f>[27†]</f>that she might fly <f>[28†]</f>into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished <f>[29†]</f>for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.


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So the serpent <f>[30†]</f>spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.


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But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.


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And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.


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<pb/>Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw <f>[1†]</f>a beast rising up out of the sea, <f>[2†]</f>having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a <f>[3†]</f>blasphemous name.


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Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like <i>the</i> <i>feet</i> <i>of</i> a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The <f>[4†]</f>dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.


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And I saw one of his heads <f>[5†]</f>as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And <f>[6†]</f>all the world marveled and followed the beast.


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So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, <f>[7†]</f>“Who <i>is</i> like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”


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<pb/>And he was given <f>[8†]</f>a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for <f>[9†]</f>forty-two months.


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Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, <f>[10†]</f>His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.


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It was granted to him <f>[11†]</f>to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And <f>[12†]</f>authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.


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All who dwell on the earth will worship him, <f>[13†]</f>whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain <f>[14†]</f>from the foundation of the world.


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<f>[16†]</f>He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; <f>[17†]</f>he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. <f>[18†]</f>Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.


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<pb/>Then I saw another beast <f>[19†]</f>coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.


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And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, <f>[20†]</f>whose deadly wound was healed.


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<f>[21†]</f>He performs great signs, <f>[22†]</f>so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.


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<f>[23†]</f>And he deceives those who dwell on the earth <f>[24†]</f>by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword <f>[25†]</f>and lived.


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He was granted <i>power</i> to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak <f>[26†]</f>and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.


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He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, <f>[27†]</f>to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,


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and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or <f>[28†]</f>the name of the beast, <f>[29†]</f>or the number of his name.


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<pb/> <f>[30†]</f>Here is wisdom. Let him who has <f>[31†]</f>understanding calculate <f>[32†]</f>the number of the beast, <f>[33†]</f>for it is the number of a man: His number <i>is</i> 666.


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<pb/>Then I looked, and behold, a <f>[1†]</f>Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him <f>[2†]</f>one hundred <i>and</i> forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name <f>[3†]</f>written on their foreheads.


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And I heard a voice from heaven, <f>[4†]</f>like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of <f>[5†]</f>harpists playing their harps.


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They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song <f>[6†]</f>except the hundred <i>and</i> forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.


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These are the ones who were not defiled with women, <f>[7†]</f>for they are virgins. These are the ones <f>[8†]</f>who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These <f>[9†]</f>were redeemed from <i>among</i> men, <f>[10†]</f><i>being</i> firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.


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And <f>[11†]</f>in their mouth was found no deceit, for <f>[12†]</f>they are without fault before the throne of God.


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<pb/>Then I saw another angel <f>[13†]</f>flying in the midst of heaven, <f>[14†]</f>having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth— <f>[15†]</f>to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—


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saying with a loud voice, <f>[16†]</f>“Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; <f>[17†]</f>and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”


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<pb/>And another angel followed, saying, <f>[18†]</f>“Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because <f>[19†]</f>she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”


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<pb/>Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, <f>[20†]</f>“If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives <i>his</i> <f>[21†]</f>mark on his forehead or on his hand,


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he himself <f>[22†]</f>shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is <f>[23†]</f>poured out full strength into <f>[24†]</f>the cup of His indignation. <f>[25†]</f>He shall be tormented with <f>[26†]</f>fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.


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And <f>[27†]</f>the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”


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<pb/> <f>[28†]</f>Here is the patience of the saints; <f>[29†]</f>here <i>are</i> those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.


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<pb/>Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: <f>[30†]</f>‘Blessed <i>are</i> the dead <f>[31†]</f>who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” <pb/>“Yes,” says the Spirit, <f>[32†]</f>“that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow <f>[33†]</f>them.”


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<pb/>Then I looked, 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 <f>[34†]</f>came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, <f>[35†]</f>“Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest <f>[36†]</f>of the earth is ripe.”


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<pb/>And another angel came out from the altar, <f>[37†]</f>who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, <f>[38†]</f>“Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.”


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So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw <i>it</i> into <f>[39†]</f>the great winepress of the wrath of God.


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And <f>[40†]</f>the winepress was trampled <f>[41†]</f>outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, <f>[42†]</f>up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.


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<pb/>Then <f>[1†]</f>I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: <f>[2†]</f>seven angels having the seven last plagues, <f>[3†]</f>for in them the wrath of God is complete.


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<pb/>And I saw <i>something</i> like <f>[4†]</f>a sea of glass <f>[5†]</f>mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, <f>[6†]</f>over his image and over his mark <i>and</i> over the <f>[7†]</f>number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, <f>[8†]</f>having harps of God.


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They sing <f>[9†]</f>the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the <f>[10†]</f>Lamb, saying: <pb/><t> <f>[11†]</f>“Great and marvelous <i>are</i> Your works, </t><t>Lord God Almighty! </t><t> <f>[12†]</f>Just and true <i>are</i> Your ways, </t><t>O King of the saints!</t>


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<t> <f>[13†]</f>Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? </t><t>For <i>You</i> alone <i>are</i> <f>[14†]</f>holy. </t><t>For <f>[15†]</f>all nations shall come and worship before You, </t><t>For Your judgments have been manifested.”</t>


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<pb/>After these things I looked, and behold, <f>[16†]</f>the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.


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And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, <f>[17†]</f>clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.


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<f>[18†]</f>Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God <f>[19†]</f>who lives forever and ever.


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<f>[20†]</f>The temple was filled with smoke <f>[21†]</f>from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.


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<pb/>Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying <f>[1†]</f>to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls <f>[2†]</f>of the wrath of God on the earth.”


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<pb/>So the first went and poured out his bowl <f>[3†]</f>upon the earth, and a foul and <f>[4†]</f>loathsome sore came upon the men <f>[5†]</f>who had the mark of the beast and those <f>[6†]</f>who worshiped his image.


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<pb/>Then the second angel poured out his bowl <f>[7†]</f>on the sea, and <f>[8†]</f>it became blood as of a dead <i>man;</i> <f>[9†]</f>and every living creature in the sea died.


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<pb/>Then the third angel poured out his bowl <f>[10†]</f>on the rivers and springs of water, <f>[11†]</f>and they became blood.


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And I heard the angel of the waters saying: <pb/><t> <f>[12†]</f>“You are righteous, O Lord, </t><t>The One <f>[13†]</f>who is and who was and who is to be, </t><t>Because You have judged these things.</t>


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<t>For <f>[14†]</f>they have shed the blood <f>[15†]</f>of saints and prophets, </t><t> <f>[16†]</f>And You have given them blood to drink. </t><t>For it is their just due.”</t>


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<pb/>And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, <f>[17†]</f>Lord God Almighty, <f>[18†]</f>true and righteous <i>are</i> Your judgments.”


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<pb/>Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl <f>[19†]</f>on the sun, <f>[20†]</f>and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.


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And men were scorched with great heat, and they <f>[21†]</f>blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; <f>[22†]</f>and they did not repent <f>[23†]</f>and give Him glory.


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<pb/>Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl <f>[24†]</f>on the throne of the beast, <f>[25†]</f>and his kingdom became full of darkness; <f>[26†]</f>and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.


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They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.


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<pb/>Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl <f>[27†]</f>on the great river Euphrates, <f>[28†]</f>and its water was dried up, <f>[29†]</f>so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.


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And I saw three unclean <f>[30†]</f>spirits like frogs <i>coming</i> out of the mouth of <f>[31†]</f>the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of <f>[32†]</f>the false prophet.


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For they are spirits of demons, <f>[33†]</f>performing signs, <i>which</i> go out to the kings of the earth and of <f>[34†]</f>the whole world, to gather them to <f>[35†]</f>the battle of that great day of God Almighty.


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<pb/> <f>[36†]</f><J>“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed </J><i><J>is</J></i><J> he who watches, and keeps his garments, </J> <f>[37†]</f><J>lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”</J>


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<pb/>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, <f>[39†]</f>“It is done!”


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And <f>[40†]</f>there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; <f>[41†]</f>and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake <f>[42†]</f>as had not occurred since men were on the earth.


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Now <f>[43†]</f>the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And <f>[44†]</f>great Babylon <f>[45†]</f>was remembered before God, <f>[46†]</f>to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.


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And great hail from heaven fell upon men, <i>each</i> <i>hailstone</i> about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.


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<pb/>Then <f>[1†]</f>one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, <f>[2†]</f>I will show you the judgment of <f>[3†]</f>the great harlot <f>[4†]</f>who sits on many waters,


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<f>[5†]</f>with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and <f>[6†]</f>the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”


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<pb/>So he carried me away in the Spirit <f>[7†]</f>into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting <f>[8†]</f>on a scarlet beast <i>which</i> <i>was</i> full of <f>[9†]</f>names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.


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The woman <f>[10†]</f>was arrayed in purple and scarlet, <f>[11†]</f>and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, <f>[12†]</f>having in her hand a golden cup <f>[13†]</f>full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.


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And on her forehead a name <i>was</i> written: <pb/> <f>[14†]</f>MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, <pb/>THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS <pb/>AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS <pb/>OF THE EARTH.


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<pb/>I saw <f>[15†]</f>the woman, drunk <f>[16†]</f>with the blood of the saints and with the blood of <f>[17†]</f>the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.


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<pb/>But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.


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The beast that you saw was, and is not, and <f>[18†]</f>will ascend out of the bottomless pit and <f>[19†]</f>go to perdition. And those who <f>[20†]</f>dwell on the earth <f>[21†]</f>will marvel, <f>[22†]</f>whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.


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<pb/> <f>[23†]</f>“Here <i>is</i> the mind which has wisdom: <f>[24†]</f>The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.


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There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, <i>and</i> the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must <f>[25†]</f>continue a short time.


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The <f>[26†]</f>beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.


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<pb/> <f>[27†]</f>“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.


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<f>[28†]</f>These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will <f>[29†]</f>overcome them, <f>[30†]</f>for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; <f>[31†]</f>and those <i>who</i> <i>are</i> with Him <i>are</i> called, chosen, and faithful.”


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<pb/>Then he said to me, <f>[32†]</f>“The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, <f>[33†]</f>are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.


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And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, <f>[34†]</f>these will hate the harlot, make her <f>[35†]</f>desolate <f>[36†]</f>and naked, eat her flesh and <f>[37†]</f>burn her with fire.


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<f>[38†]</f>For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, <f>[39†]</f>until the words of God are fulfilled.


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And the woman whom you saw <f>[40†]</f>is that great city <f>[41†]</f>which reigns over the kings of the earth.”


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<pb/>After <f>[1†]</f> these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, <f>[2†]</f>and the earth was illuminated with his glory.


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And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, <f>[3†]</f>“Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and <f>[4†]</f>has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and <f>[5†]</f>a cage for every unclean and hated bird!


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For all the nations <f>[6†]</f>have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, <f>[7†]</f>and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”


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<pb/>And I heard another voice from heaven saying, <f>[8†]</f>“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.


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<f>[11†]</f>Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; <f>[12†]</f>in the cup which she has mixed, <f>[13†]</f>mix double for her.


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<f>[14†]</f>In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit <i>as</i> <f>[15†]</f>queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’


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Therefore her plagues will come <f>[16†]</f>in one day—death and mourning and famine. And <f>[17†]</f>she will be utterly burned with fire, <f>[18†]</f>for strong <i>is</i> the Lord God who judges her.


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<pb/> <f>[19†]</f>“The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her <f>[20†]</f>will weep and lament for her, <f>[21†]</f>when they see the smoke of her burning,


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standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, <f>[22†]</f>‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! <f>[23†]</f>For in one hour your judgment has come.’


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<pb/>“And <f>[24†]</f>the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:


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<f>[25†]</f>merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;


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and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and <f>[26†]</f>souls of men.


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The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.


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The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,


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and saying, ‘Alas, alas, <f>[27†]</f>that great city <f>[28†]</f>that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!


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<f>[29†]</f>For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ <f>[30†]</f>Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance


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<f>[31†]</f>and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, <f>[32†]</f>‘What <i>is</i> like this great city?’


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<pb/> <f>[33†]</f>“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! <f>[34†]</f>For in one hour she is made desolate.’


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<pb/> <f>[35†]</f>“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and <i>you</i> holy apostles and prophets, for <f>[36†]</f>God has avenged you on her!”


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<pb/>Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw <i>it</i> into the sea, saying, <f>[37†]</f>“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and <f>[38†]</f>shall not be found anymore.


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<f>[39†]</f>The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.


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<f>[40†]</f>The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, <f>[41†]</f>and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For <f>[42†]</f>your merchants were the great men of the earth, <f>[43†]</f>for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.


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And <f>[44†]</f>in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who <f>[45†]</f>were slain on the earth.”


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<pb/>After these things <f>[1†]</f>I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! <f>[2†]</f>Salvation and glory and honor and power <i>belong</i> to the Lord our God!


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For <f>[3†]</f>true and righteous <i>are</i> His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He <f>[4†]</f>has avenged on her the blood of His servants <i>shed</i> by her.”


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And <f>[6†]</f>the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, <f>[7†]</f>“Amen! Alleluia!”


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Then a voice came from the throne, saying, <f>[8†]</f>“Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, <f>[9†]</f>both small and great!”


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<pb/> <f>[10†]</f>And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For <f>[11†]</f>the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!


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Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for <f>[12†]</f>the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”


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And <f>[13†]</f>to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, <f>[14†]</f>for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.


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<pb/>Then he said to me, “Write: <f>[15†]</f>‘Blessed <i>are</i> those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, <f>[16†]</f>“These are the true sayings of God.”


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And <f>[17†]</f>I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, <f>[18†]</f>“See <i>that</i> <i>you</i> <i>do</i> not <i>do</i> <i>that!</i> I am your <f>[19†]</f>fellow servant, and of your brethren <f>[20†]</f>who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the <f>[21†]</f>testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”


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<pb/> <f>[22†]</f>Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, <f>[23†]</f>a white horse. And He who sat on him <i>was</i> called <f>[24†]</f>Faithful and True, and <f>[25†]</f>in righteousness He judges and makes war.


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<f>[26†]</f>His eyes <i>were</i> like a flame of fire, and on His head <i>were</i> many crowns. <f>[27†]</f>He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.


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<f>[28†]</f>He <i>was</i> clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called <f>[29†]</f>The Word of God.


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<f>[30†]</f>And the armies in heaven, <f>[31†]</f>clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.


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Now <f>[32†]</f>out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And <f>[33†]</f>He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. <f>[34†]</f>He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.


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And <f>[35†]</f>He has on <i>His</i> robe and on His thigh a name written: <pb/> <f>[36†]</f>KING OF KINGS AND <pb/>LORD OF LORDS.


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<pb/>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, <f>[37†]</f>“Come and gather together for the supper of the great God,


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<f>[38†]</f>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 sit on them, and the flesh of all <i>people,</i> free and slave, both small and great.”


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<pb/> <f>[39†]</f>And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.


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<f>[40†]</f>Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and <f>[41†]</f>those who worshiped his image. <f>[42†]</f>These two were cast alive into the lake of fire <f>[43†]</f>burning with brimstone.


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And the rest <f>[44†]</f>were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. <f>[45†]</f>And all the birds <f>[46†]</f>were filled with their flesh.


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<pb/>Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, <f>[1†]</f>having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


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He laid hold of <f>[2†]</f>the dragon, that serpent of old, who is <i>the</i> Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;


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and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and <f>[3†]</f>set a seal on him, <f>[4†]</f>so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.


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<pb/>And I saw <f>[5†]</f>thrones, and they sat on them, and <f>[6†]</f>judgment was committed to them. Then <i>I</i> <i>saw</i> <f>[7†]</f>the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, <f>[8†]</f>who had not worshiped the beast <f>[9†]</f>or his image, and had not received <i>his</i> mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they <f>[10†]</f>lived and <f>[11†]</f>reigned with Christ for a thousand years.


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But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This <i>is</i> the first resurrection.


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Blessed and holy <i>is</i> he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such <f>[12†]</f>the second death has no power, but they shall be <f>[13†]</f>priests of God and of Christ, <f>[14†]</f>and shall reign with Him a thousand years.


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and will go out <f>[15†]</f>to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, <f>[16†]</f>Gog and Magog, <f>[17†]</f>to gather them together to battle, whose number <i>is</i> as the sand of the sea.


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<f>[18†]</f>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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The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone <f>[19†]</f>where the beast and the false prophet <i>are.</i> And they <f>[20†]</f>will be tormented day and night forever and ever.


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<pb/>Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face <f>[21†]</f>the earth and the heaven fled away. <f>[22†]</f>And there was found no place for them.


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And I saw the dead, <f>[23†]</f>small and great, standing before God, <f>[24†]</f>and books were opened. And another <f>[25†]</f>book was opened, which is <i>the</i> <i>Book</i> of Life. And the dead were judged <f>[26†]</f>according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.


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The sea gave up the dead who were in it, <f>[27†]</f>and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. <f>[28†]</f>And they were judged, each one according to his works.


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Then <f>[29†]</f>Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. <f>[30†]</f>This is the second death.


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<pb/>Now <f>[1†]</f>I saw a new heaven and a new earth, <f>[2†]</f>for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.


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Then I, John, saw <f>[3†]</f>the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared <f>[4†]</f>as a bride adorned for her husband.


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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, <f>[5†]</f>the tabernacle of God <i>is</i> with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them <i>and</i> <i>be</i> their God.


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<f>[6†]</f>And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; <f>[7†]</f>there shall be no more death, <f>[8†]</f>nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”


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<pb/>Then <f>[9†]</f>He who sat on the throne said, <f>[10†]</f>“Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for <f>[11†]</f>these words are true and faithful.”


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<pb/>And He said to me, <f>[12†]</f>“It is done! <f>[13†]</f>I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. <f>[14†]</f>I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.


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He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and <f>[15†]</f>I will be his God and he shall be My son.


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<f>[16†]</f>But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in <f>[17†]</f>the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”


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<pb/>Then one of <f>[18†]</f>the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you <f>[19†]</f>the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”


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And he carried me away <f>[20†]</f>in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me <f>[21†]</f>the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,


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<f>[22†]</f>having the glory of God. Her light <i>was</i> like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.


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Also she had a great and high wall with <f>[23†]</f>twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are <i>the</i> <i>names</i> of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:


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<f>[24†]</f>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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<pb/>Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and <f>[25†]</f>on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


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The city is laid out as 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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Then he measured its wall: one hundred <i>and</i> forty-four cubits, <i>according</i> to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.


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The construction of its wall was <i>of</i> jasper; and the city <i>was</i> pure gold, like clear glass.


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<f>[27†]</f>The foundations of the wall of the city <i>were</i> adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation <i>wa</i>s jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,


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


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The twelve gates <i>were</i> twelve <f>[28†]</f>pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. <f>[29†]</f>And the street of the city <i>was</i> pure gold, like transparent glass.


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<f>[31†]</f>The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb <i>is</i> its light.


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<f>[32†]</f>And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.


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But <f>[36†]</f>there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s <f>[37†]</f>Book of Life.


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<pb/>And he showed me <f>[1†]</f>a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.


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<f>[2†]</f>In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, <i>was</i> <f>[3†]</f>the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each <i>tree</i> yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree <i>were</i> <f>[4†]</f>for the healing of the nations.


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And <f>[5†]</f>there shall be no more curse, <f>[6†]</f>but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His <f>[7†]</f>servants shall serve Him.


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<f>[8†]</f>They shall see His face, and <f>[9†]</f>His name <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> on their foreheads.


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<f>[10†]</f>There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor <f>[11†]</f>light of the sun, for <f>[12†]</f>the Lord God gives them light. <f>[13†]</f>And they shall reign forever and ever.


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<pb/>Then he said to me, <f>[14†]</f>“These words <i>are</i> faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets <f>[15†]</f>sent His angel to show His servants the things which must <f>[16†]</f>shortly take place.


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<pb/> <f>[17†]</f><J>“Behold, I am coming quickly! </J> <f>[18†]</f><J>Blessed </J><i><J>is</J></i><J> he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”</J>


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<pb/>Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, <f>[19†]</f>I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.


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<pb/>Then he said to me, <f>[20†]</f>“See <i>that</i> <i>you</i> <i>do</i> not <i>do</i> <i>that.</i> For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”


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<f>[21†]</f>And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, <f>[22†]</f>for the time is at hand.


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He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”


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<pb/><J>“And behold, I am coming quickly, and </J> <f>[23†]</f><J>My reward </J><i><J>is</J></i><J> with Me, </J> <f>[24†]</f><J>to give to every one according to his work.</J>


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<f>[25†]</f><J>I am the Alpha and the Omega, </J><i><J>the</J></i> <J>Beginning and </J><i><J>the</J></i><J> End, the First and the Last.”</J>


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<pb/> <f>[26†]</f>Blessed <i>are</i> those who do His commandments, that they may have the right <f>[27†]</f>to the tree of life, <f>[28†]</f>and may enter through the gates into the city.


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But <f>[29†]</f>outside <i>are</i> <f>[30†]</f>dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.


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<pb/> <f>[31†]</f><J>“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. </J> <f>[32†]</f><J>I am the Root and the Offspring of David, </J> <f>[33†]</f><J>the Bright and Morning Star.”</J>


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<pb/>And the Spirit and <f>[34†]</f>the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” <f>[35†]</f>And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.


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<pb/>For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: <f>[36†]</f>If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;


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and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, <f>[37†]</f>God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and <i>from</i> the things which are written in this book.


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<pb/>He who testifies to these things says, <J>“Surely I am coming quickly.”</J> <pb/>Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!


