2 Thessalonians 1 Cross References - Lamsa

¹ PAUL, and Sil-vaÆnus, and Ti-moÆtheus, unto the Church of the Thes-saloÆni- ans in God our Father and our LORD Jesus Christ: ² Grace be with you, and peace, from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ. ³ We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, my brethren, as it is appropriate to do, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of all of you for one another increases; ⁴ So that even we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God over your faith and patience in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure; ⁵ As an example of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be made worthy of his kingdom, for which you also suffer. ⁶ And if it seems a righteous thing, before the presence of God, he will recompense tribulation to those who oppress you; ⁷ And to you who are oppressed, he shall grant to be at peace with us, when our LORD Jesus Christ shall be revealed from heaven with the host of his angels, ⁸ At which time he will avenge, with flaming fire, those who know not God, and those who do not acknowledge the gospel of our LORD Jesus Christ; ⁹ For they, at the judgment day, shall be rewarded with everlasting destruction from the presence of our LORD, and from the glory of his power; ¹⁰ When he comes to be glorified by his saints and to perform his wonders among his faithful ones, so that our testimony, concerning you, may be believed in that day. ¹¹ Therefore we always pray for you, that God will vouchsafe you worthy of your calling, and satisfy all your desires which are for goodness, and the works of faith with power: ¹² That the name of our LORD Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and our LORD Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are you, when they reproach you and persecute you, and speak against you every kind of bad word, falsely, for my sake, ¹² Then be glad and rejoice, for your reward is increased in heaven; for in this very manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

²² A great many will say to me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out devils, and in your name do many wonders? ²³ Then I will declare to them, I have never known you; keep away from me, O you that work iniquity.

³⁹ The enemy who sowed them is Satan; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰ Therefore, just as the tares are picked out and burned in the fire, so shall it be at the end of the world. ⁴¹ The Son of man will send his angels, and they will pick out from his kingdom all things which cause stumbling, and all workers of iniquity. ⁴² And they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then the righteous ones shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁷ For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then he will reward each man according to his works.

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, Bind his hands and his feet and take him out into darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³⁰ Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in the sky; and then all the generations of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of the sky, with an army and great glory.

³⁶ But concerning that day and that hour, no man knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.

³¹ When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then he will sit upon the throne of his glory.

⁴¹ Then he will also say to those at his left, Go away from me, you cursed, to the everlasting fire, which is prepared for the adversary and his angels.

⁴⁶ And these shall go into everlasting torment, and the righteous into eternal life.

²⁴ The Son of man is going through, just as it is written concerning him; but woe to the man by whose hand the Son of man is betrayed! it would have been far better for that man never to have been born.

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, You say that. But I say to you that from henceforth you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds of the sky.

²⁸ For the earth causes it to yield fruit; and yet first it becomes a blade of grass, then an ear, and at last a full grain in the ear.

³⁸ Whoever, therefore, is ashamed of me and of my words in this sinful and adulterous generation, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with his holy angels.

⁴³ If your hand offends you, cut it off; it is much better for you to go through life maimed, than to have two hands and go to Gehenna, ⁴⁴ Where their worm does not die, and their fire does not quench. ⁴⁵ And if your foot offends you, cut it off; it is much better for you to go through life lame, than to have two feet, and fall into Gehenna, ⁴⁶ Where their worm does not die, and their fire does not quench. ⁴⁷ And if your eye offends you, remove it; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and fall into the Gehenna of fire, ⁴⁸ Where their worm does not die, and their fire does not quench. ⁴⁹ For everything will be salted on fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.

⁶² Jesus said to him, I am; and you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming upon the clouds of the sky.

¹² I say to you, that it will be much easier for Sodom in that day than for that city.

³² Do not be afraid, O little flock; for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

²⁷ And he will say to you, I do not know you where you come from; depart from me, O you workers of iniquity.

³² It was right for us to make merry and rejoice; for this your brother was dead and has come to life; and was lost and is found.

²⁵ Abraham said to him, My son, remember you received your pleasures when you were living, and Lazarus his hardships; and behold now he is comfortable here, and you are suffering.

²⁵ Abraham said to him, My son, remember you received your pleasures when you were living, and Lazarus his hardships; and behold now he is comfortable here, and you are suffering. ²⁶ Besides all these things, a great gulf is fixed between us and you; so that those who wish to cross over from here to you cannot, neither from there to cross over to us.

⁵ And the apostles said to our Lord, Increase our faith.

³⁰ Such will it be in the day when the Son of man appears.

³⁵ But those who are worthy of the other world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither take women in marriage nor are women given in marriage to men.

³⁶ Therefore keep watch all the time and pray, so that you may be worthy to escape all these things which are to happen, and that you may stand before the Son of man.

³ Everything came to be by his hand; and without him not even one thing came to be of what was created.

⁵¹ He said to him, Truly, truly, I say to all of you, that from now on you will see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending to the Son of man.

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and yet men have loved darkness more than light, because their works were evil.

¹⁴ After a while, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, Behold, you are healed; do not sin again, for something worse might happen to you than the first.

²⁷ Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you; for this one God the Father has sealed. ²⁸ They said to him, What shall we do to work the works of God? ²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you should believe in him whom he has sent.

¹⁹ They said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered and said to them, You know neither me, nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.

⁴ Jesus said, This is not a sickness of death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified on his account.

² Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he cuts out; and the one which bears fruit, he prunes so that it may bring forth more fruit.

¹⁰ And everything which is mine, is yours; and what is yours is mine; and I am glorified by them.

²¹ So that they all may be one; just as you, my Father, art with me, and I am with you, that they also may be one with us; so that the world may believe you sent me. ²² And the glory which you gave me, I gave to them; so that they may be one just as we are one. ²³ I with them and you with me, that they may become perfected in one; so that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them just as you loved me. ²⁴ O Father, I wish that those whom you have given me, may also be with me where I am; so that they may see my glory which you have given me; for you have loved me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵ O my righteous Father, the world did not know you, but I have known you; and these have known that you have sent me. ²⁶ And I have made your name known to them, and I am still making it known; so that the love with which you loved me may be among them, and I be with them.

¹¹ And they said to them, Men of GalÆi-lee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus who has ascended from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him ascend into heaven.

⁷ And the word of God spread; and the number of the converts in Jerusalem increased greatly; and many people of Jewish faith became converts.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and BarÆna-bas said to them boldly, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but because you reject it, you have decided against yourselves and you are unworthy of everlasting life, so behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

²² Strengthening the souls of the converts, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that only through much tribulation can we enter into the kingdom of God.

¹ THEN he arrived at the city of DerÆbe and LysÆtra: there was there a disciple whose name was TimoÆthe-us, the son of a Jewess convert, but whose father was a SyrÆian.

⁵ And by him we have received grace and apostleship among all the Gentiles, so that they may hear the faith which is under his name,

⁷ To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called and sanctified: Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ. ⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith has been heard of throughout the world. ⁹ For God, whom I serve in spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness that unceasingly I make mention of you in my prayers;

²⁸ And as they did not consent in themselves to know God, God has given them over to a weak mind, to do the things which should not be done; as,

⁵ Because of the hardness and impenitence of your heart you are laying up for yourself a treasure of wrath for the day of wrath and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

⁷ To those who continue patiently in good works seeking glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.

⁷ To those who continue patiently in good works seeking glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. ⁸ But to those who are stubborn and do not obey the truth, but obey iniquity, to them he will render indignation and wrath,

³ And not only so, but we also glory in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation perfects patience in us; ⁴ And patience, experience; and experience, hope: ⁵ And hope causes no one to be ashamed; because the love of God is poured in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

¹⁶ Do you not know, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are, for you obey him, whether it be to sin or whether it be of obedience to righteousness?

¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ; so that if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.

²⁵ But if we hope for that which we do not see, then do we wait for it in patience.

³⁰ Moreover, those he did mark in advance, he has called, and those he has called, he has declared righteous, and those he has declared righteous, he has glorified.

²³ But he poured his mercy upon the favored vessels, which were prepared for the glory of God. ²⁴ Namely, ourselves, the called ones, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.

¹⁶ For all have not heard the preaching of the gospel. For Isaiah said, My LORD, who has believed the echoes of our voice?

¹² Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.

¹⁸ For I can scarcely speak of anything which Christ has not wrought by me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

²⁶ For God is the only wise one, and to him be glory through Jesus Christ for ever and ever: Amen.

³ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and from our LORD Jesus Christ. ⁴ I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God that has been given to you by Jesus Christ;

⁶ Because the testimony of Christ has been confirmed in you:

⁸ Who will also strengthen you to the end so that you may be blameless in the day of our LORD Jesus Christ.

¹³ Every manÆs work shall be plainly seen: for the light of day shall expose it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall test every manÆs work and show of what sort it is.

¹⁷ But every man, according as the LORD has distributed to him, and every man, as God has called him, so let him walk. And this I command also for all the churches.

³⁴ Awake your hearts to righteousness and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I say this to your shame.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Ti-moÆthe-us, was not yes and no, but with him always yes.

¹⁷ For while the troubles of the present time are little and light, a great and limitless glory for ever and ever is prepared for us.

¹⁴ For I was not shamed in the things which I have boasted to him about you; but just as all the things about which we have spoken to you are true, even so our boasting to Titus is found to be true.

⁹ For you know the gracious gift of our LORD Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might be rich.

² For I know that you have made up your minds, and that is why I boasted of you to the Macedonians stating that A-chaÆia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up a great many people.

⁴ Lest it happen some Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared and we would be ashamed for, because of our pride in you, we would not say anything which would put the blame on you.

⁵ Casting down imaginations, and every false thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and to capture every thought to the obedience of Christ;

⁴ For though Jesus was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. As we are weak with him, so we are alive with him by the power of God who is among you.

²⁴ And they praised God because of me.

¹ O FOOLISH Galatians, who has be witched you from your faith after Jesus Christ, crucified, has been pictured before your eyes?

⁸ Howbeit then, when you did not know God, you served those things which from their nature were not gods.

² Peace be with you and grace from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ:

⁵ And he marked us with his love to be his from the beginning, and adopted us to be sons through Jesus Christ, as it pleased his will. ⁶ To the praise of the glory of his grace that he has poured upon us by his beloved one.

⁹ And because he has made known to us the mystery of his will, as he has ordained from the very beginning, to work through it;

¹² That we should become the first to trust in Christ, to his honor and his glory:

¹⁴ Which is the pledge of our inheritance, for the salvation of those who are saved, and for the glory of his honour.

¹⁶ Never cease to give thanks for your sakes and to mention you in my prayers;

¹⁸ And so that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the glorious riches of his inheritance in the saints; ¹⁹ And what is the exceeding greatness of his power in us as the result of the things we believe, according to the skill of his mighty power, ²⁰ Which he wrought through Christ, when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in heaven,

⁷ In the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ To the intent that through the church the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the angels and powers which are in heaven,

¹⁴ For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ For whom all fatherhood in heaven and in earth is named, ¹⁶ To grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit;

¹⁶ To grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit; ¹⁷ That Christ may dwell in you by faith, and in your hearts by love, strengthening your understanding and your foundation; ¹⁸ So that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the height and depth and length and breadth; ¹⁹ And to know the love of Christ which surpasses all knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fulness of God. ²⁰ Now to him who is able by power to do for us more than anyone else, and to do for us more than we ask or think, according to his mighty power that works in us, ²¹ Unto him be glory in his church by Jesus Christ throughout all ages, world without end: Amen.

¹ I THEREFORE, a prisoner of our LORD, beseech you to live as is worthy of the rank to which you are called,

²⁰ Giving thanks always for all men to God the Father in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ.

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun the good work among you, the same will continue it until the day of our LORD Jesus Christ: ⁷ And this is the right way for me to think of you all, because I have you in my heart, because through all my imprisonment and my defense and confirmation of the truth of the gospel, you have been partakers with me of grace.

⁹ And for this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding:

⁹ And for this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding: ¹⁰ So that you may choose the things that are excellent; and that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ; ¹¹ And be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and the praise of God.

²⁸ And that in nothing are you terrified by our adversaries, whose conduct is the sign of their own destruction, but your salvation, and this is from God.

⁹ Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name; ¹⁰ That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and those under the earth, ¹¹ And every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is the LORD, to the glory of God his Father.

¹³ For it is God who inspires you with the will to do the good things which you desire to do.

⁹ And be found in him, since I have no righteousness of my own gained from the law, but the righteousness which comes through the faith of Christ; that is, the righteousness which comes from God:

¹⁴ I press toward the goal to receive the prize of victory of GodÆs highest calling through Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame; whose thought is on earthly things.

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you might be filled with the knowledge of the will of God in all wisdom and in all spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ That you might live a righteous life, please God with all good works, and bring forth good fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God; ¹¹ And be strengthened with all might, according to the greatness of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering, ¹² So that you may joyfully give thanks to God the Father, who has enlightened us and made us worthy partakers of the inheritance of the saints;

¹² So that you may joyfully give thanks to God the Father, who has enlightened us and made us worthy partakers of the inheritance of the saints; ¹³ And has delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us to the kingdom of his beloved Son:

¹⁶ And through him were created all things that are in heaven, and on earth, visible and invisible; whether imperial thrones, or lordships, or angelic orders, or dominions, all things were in his hand and were created by him:

⁹ For in him is embodied all the fulness of the Godhead. ¹⁰ And it is through him that you also have been made complete, for he is the head of all angelic orders and powers:

²⁵ But the wrongdoer shall be rewarded according to the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons.

¹ PAUL, and Sil-vaÆnus, and Ti-moÆtheus, unto the church of the Thes-saloÆni- ans which is in God the Father and in our LORD Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father, and the LORD Jesus Christ. ² We give thanks to God always for you all, remembering you continually in our prayers;

² We give thanks to God always for you all, remembering you continually in our prayers; ³ Mentioning before God the Father the works of your faith and the labor of your love, and the patience of your hope in our LORD Jesus Christ.

³ Mentioning before God the Father the works of your faith and the labor of your love, and the patience of your hope in our LORD Jesus Christ.

³ Mentioning before God the Father the works of your faith and the labor of your love, and the patience of your hope in our LORD Jesus Christ. ⁴ For we know that you are the elected ones, my brethren, and beloved of God. ⁵ For our preaching to you was not in words only, but also in power, and with the Holy Spirit, and with sincere assurance; and you know also how we lived among you for your sakes.

⁵ For our preaching to you was not in words only, but also in power, and with the Holy Spirit, and with sincere assurance; and you know also how we lived among you for your sakes. ⁶ And you became followers of us, and of our LORD, for you welcomed the word with much tribulation and with joy of the Holy Spirit: ⁷ Thus you have become examples to all the believers in Mac-e-doÆni-a and A-chaÆia. ⁸ Not only have you sounded out the word of our LORD in Mac-e-doÆni-a and A-chaÆia but also, in every place your faith in God has been heard so that we need not speak anything about you. ⁹ For these people themselves relate how we entered first among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God; ¹⁰ To wait for his Son from heaven, even Jesus, whom he raised from the dead, for it is he who will deliver us from the wrath to come.

¹ SO you yourselves, my brethren, know that our entrance among you was not in vain:

¹² And we bore the testimony to you, so that you may live a life worthy of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory. ¹³ For this cause also we thank God continually, because, when you received the word of God which you heard from us you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which works effectively in you who believe.

¹³ For this cause also we thank God continually, because, when you received the word of God which you heard from us you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which works effectively in you who believe. ¹⁴ For you, my brethren, have taken the pattern of the churches of God in Judµa which are in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered from the people of your own tribe, even as they have suffered from the Jews;

¹⁹ For what is our hope, our joy, or crown of our glorying? Is it not you in the presence of our LORD Jesus when he comes?

² And send Ti-moÆthe-us, our brother, a minister of God, and our helper in the gospel of Christ, to sustain you and comfort you concerning your faith: ³ So that no man among you might be disheartened by these tribulations: for you, yourselves, know that this is our destiny. ⁴ For verily when we were with you, we told you before, that we should suffer tribulations; even as it has come to pass, and as you know. ⁵ For this reason also, when I could no longer wait, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor was in vain. ⁶ But now since Ti-moÆthe-us has returned to us from you, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, just as we also long to see you:

⁶ But now since Ti-moÆthe-us has returned to us from you, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, just as we also long to see you: ⁷ Therefore, our brethren, we have been comforted by you, in the midst of all our distress and tribulations because of your faith: ⁸ Now we can live happily, if you stand firm in our LORD. ⁹ What thanks can we offer to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes,

⁹ What thanks can we offer to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes, ¹⁰ Except, before God to abundantly offer supplication, night and day, to see your faces, and to complete that which is lacking in your faith? ¹¹ Now may God, our Father, and our LORD Jesus Christ, direct our journey unto you, ¹² And may the LORD increase and enrich your love toward one another and toward all men, even as we love you:

¹² And may the LORD increase and enrich your love toward one another and toward all men, even as we love you: ¹³ And may he strengthen your hearts to be without blemish in holiness before God our Father, at the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ with all his saints.

¹ FROM this time then, my brethren, we beseech you and entreat you earnestly by our LORD Jesus, that as you have been taught by us how you ought to live and to please God, so you will increase more and more.

⁵ And not through the passion of lust, even as the rest of the Gentiles who know not God:

⁹ Now concerning brotherly love, you do not need me to write to you for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. ¹⁰ And indeed you show it toward all the brethren who are in Mac-e-doÆni-a; but I beseech you, my brethren, that you increase your love more and more;

¹⁶ For our LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout and the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and those who died in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we, who are alive, and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet our LORD in the air: and so shall we ever be with our LORD.

³ For when they shall say: Peace and tranquility; then sudden destruction will come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

⁵ As an example of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be made worthy of his kingdom, for which you also suffer. ⁶ And if it seems a righteous thing, before the presence of God, he will recompense tribulation to those who oppress you; ⁷ And to you who are oppressed, he shall grant to be at peace with us, when our LORD Jesus Christ shall be revealed from heaven with the host of his angels,

¹⁰ When he comes to be glorified by his saints and to perform his wonders among his faithful ones, so that our testimony, concerning you, may be believed in that day. ¹¹ Therefore we always pray for you, that God will vouchsafe you worthy of your calling, and satisfy all your desires which are for goodness, and the works of faith with power: ¹² That the name of our LORD Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and our LORD Jesus Christ.

⁸ Then shall the Wicked be exposed, that one whom our LORD Jesus shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the revelation of his coming:

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, my brethren beloved of our LORD, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through holiness of the Spirit and through a true faith: ¹⁴ And it is to these things that God called you by our preaching, to be the glory of our LORD Jesus Christ.

⁵ And may our LORD direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

¹² For this cause I suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure he will take care of me until that day.

¹⁸ Let our LORD grant to him, that he may find mercy in heaven, where our LORD is, in that day: and of how he ministered to me at EphÆe-sus, you know very well.

¹² If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

⁸ Henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, which my LORD, the righteous judge, will give me at that day: and not to me only but also to all those who eagerly await his appearance.

¹¹ For the grace of God that brings salvation has been revealed to all men.

¹³ Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

⁴ But after the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour was manifested, ⁵ Not so much by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour, ⁷ That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs to the hope of eternal life.

³ How shall we escape, if we neglect the very things which are our salvation and which were first spoken by our LORD, and were proved to us by those who had heard him,

¹ FROM henceforth, O my holy brethren, called by a call from heaven, look to this Apostle and High Priest of our faith, Jesus Christ:

¹ LET us therefore fear, while the prom ise of entering into his rest remains, lest some amongst you find they are prevented from entering.

⁹ It is therefore the duty of the people of God to keep the Sabbath.

¹¹ Let us strive therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall like those who were disobedient.

⁹ And he grew to be perfect, and became the author of life everlasting to all who obey him;

¹⁵ And so he was patient, and obtained the promise.

²⁸ So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; so that at his second coming, he shall appear without our sins for the salvation of those who look for him.

²⁷ But he is ready for the fearful judgment and the fiery indignation which shall consume the adversaries.

²⁹ How much more punishment do you think he will receive who has trodden underfoot the Son of God, and has considered the blood of his covenant, through which he had been sanctified, as ordinary blood and has blasphemed the Spirit of Grace? ³⁰ For we know him who said, Vengeance is mine, and I will repay, saith the LORD. And again, The LORD shall judge his people.

³² Remember, therefore, the former days, in which, after you received baptism, you endured a great fight of suffering. ³³ By reproach and trouble, you were made an object of ridicule; and you have also become companions of those men who have also endured these things.

³⁶ For you have need of patience in order that you may do the will of God and receive the promise.

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called to depart for the land which he was to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

¹ THEREFORE, seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us; ² And let us look to Jesus, who was the author and the perfecter of our faith; and who, instead of the joy which he could have had, endured the cross, suffered shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

² And let us look to Jesus, who was the author and the perfecter of our faith; and who, instead of the joy which he could have had, endured the cross, suffered shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ See, therefore, how much he has suffered from the hands of sinners, from those who were a contradiction to themselves, lest you become weary and faint in your soul.

²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

³ For you know that the trial of faith will increase your patience. ⁴ And let patience be a perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.

⁷ But you, my brethren, be patient, until the coming of the LORD, just as the husbandman waits for the precious crops of his field, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and the latter rain. ⁸ You be patient also: strengthen your hearts: for the coming of our LORD is at hand.

¹¹ Behold, we count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen what the LORD did for him at the end; for the LORD is very merciful and compassionate.

² Who have been chosen by the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to be obedient and to sprinkle the blood of our LORD Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace, be multiplied.

⁷ So that the proof of your faith, being much more precious than refined gold which has been purified by fire, may be made manifest for the glory and honour and praise at the appearing of Jesus Christ, ⁸ Whom you have not seen, but whom you yet love, and in whose faith you rejoice with exceeding joy that cannot be described;

²² Let your souls be sanctified by obedience to the truth, and be filled with sincere love, so that you may love one another with pure and perfect hearts:

⁹ But you are a chosen people; ministers to the kingdom, a holy people, a congregation redeemed to proclaim the glories of him who has called you out of darkness to his marvelous light:

⁶ Even as Sara was submissive to Abraham and called him my LORD: whose daughters you are by reason of good works, and so long as you are not confused by any kind of false value.

²² Who is taken up to heaven, and is at the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you.

¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. ¹⁵ But let none of you suffer the fate of a murderer, or a thief, or a malefactor. ¹⁶ If any man suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorify God through that very name. ¹⁷ For the time is come that judgment must begin with the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

¹⁷ For the time is come that judgment must begin with the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? ¹⁸ And if the righteous scarcely be saved, how shall the wicked and the sinner stand judgment?

¹⁰ But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, whom God has given to us; will strengthen us to endure these little afflictions that we may be made steadfast and remain in him for ever.

⁵ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; ⁶ And to knowledge, self-control; and to selfcontrol, patience; and to patience; godliness;

⁶ And to knowledge, self-control; and to selfcontrol, patience; and to patience; godliness; ⁷ And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For when these things are found among you and abound, you are not empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. ¹⁰ For this very reason, my brethren, be diligent; for through your good deeds, you make your calling and your election sure: and when you do these things, you shall never fall:

¹³ Therefore I think it is right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

¹⁷ These men are springs without water, as clouds that are carried with a tempest; the mist of darkness is reserved to them forever.

⁷ But the present heavens and earth are sustained by his word, and are reserved for fire on the day of judgment which is the day of destruction of ungodly men.

¹⁰ But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night, when the heavens shall suddenly pass away, and the universe shall separate as it burns, and the earth also and the works that are in it, shall pass away. ¹¹ Now since all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in your holy conduct and godliness, ¹² Looking for and longing for the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being tested with fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

¹⁸ But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ, and of God the Father. To him be glory both now and forever, and through all eternity. Amen.

¹³ Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. ¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the LORD cometh with ten thousands of his saints, ¹⁵ To execute judgment upon all, and to punish all who are ungodly for all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and for all the harsh words which the ungodly sinners have spoken. *

⁴ John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven spirits which are before his throne;

⁷ Behold he comes with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, even the men who pierced him: and all the kindreds of the earth shall wail over him. Even so, Amen.

⁴ But you have a few members at Sardis who have not defiled their names; and they shall walk with me in white for they are worthy.

¹⁰ And have made them to our God kings and priests: and they shall reign on the earth.

¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice saying, How long, O LORD, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?

¹⁶ And said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: ¹⁷ For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?

¹¹ And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before his throne on their faces, and worshipped God. ¹² Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power and might to our God for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁴ And I said to him, My LORD, you know. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne shall shelter them. ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more; neither thirst anymore; neither shall they be stricken by the sun, nor by the heat. ¹⁷ For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of living water. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

¹⁸ And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and to reward your servants, the prophets, and the saints, and those who fear your name, small and great; and to destroy those who corrupt the earth.

¹⁰ He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with bitterness in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and before the throne: ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever: and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night. ¹² Here is the patience of the saints: here are they who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. ¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the LORD from henceforth: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, for their works will follow them.

⁴ Who shall not fear you, O LORD, and glorify your name? For you only are holy: All nations shall come and worship before you; for your righteousness has been revealed.

⁵ Then I heard the angel who has charge over waters say, You are righteous, O Holy One, who is and was, because you have condemned them. ⁶ For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. ⁷ And I heard another out of the altar say, Yes, O LORD God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.

²⁰ Rejoice over her, O heaven, and angels, apostles, and prophets, for God has avenged you on her.

²⁴ And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all who were slain upon the earth.

² For his judgments are true and righteous: for he has condemned the great harlot, who has corrupted the earth with her adultery, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

¹⁰ And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also are the beast and the false prophet; and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. ¹¹ And I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose presence the earth and the heavens fled away; and there was no place found for them.

¹⁴ And death and Sheol were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, which is the burning fire.

¹⁴ And death and Sheol were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, which is the burning fire. ¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

⁴ And he shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor wailing, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things have passed away.

⁸ But as for the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the sinful, and the abominable, and murderers, and those who commit adultery, and the magicians, and the idolators, and all liars, their portion shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

⁶ And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the LORD God who is the spirit of the prophets sent his angel to show to his servants the things which shortly must come to pass.

⁹ And he said to me, Do not do that: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book: worship God.

¹⁵ For without are the vicious, and magicians, and the immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves to tell lies. ¹⁶ I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.