Revelation 20 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Then I saw an angel descend from heaven with the key of the abyss and a huge chain in his hand; ² he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years, ³ flinging him into the abyss and shutting and sealing it on the top of him, to prevent him seducing the nations again until the thousand years were completed — after which he has to be released for a little while. ⁴ And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge — saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ As for the rest of the dead, they did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power, they shall be priests of God and the Christ, and reign along with him during the thousand years. ⁷ But when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison, ⁸ and he will emerge to seduce the nations at the four corners of the earth, even Gog and Magog, mustering them for the fray. Their number was like the sand of the sea, ⁹ and they swarmed over the broad earth, encircling the leaguer of the saints and the beloved City; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them, ¹⁰ and their seducer, the devil, was flung into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the false Prophet also lie, to be tortured day and night for ever and ever. ¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found. ¹² And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened — also another book, the book of Life, was opened — and the dead were judged by what was written in these books, by what they had done. ¹³ The sea gave up its corpses, Death and Hades gave up their dead, and all were judged by what each had done. ¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were flung into the lake of fire, ¹⁵ and whoever was not found enrolled in the book of Life was flung into the lake of fire — which is the second death, the lake of fire.

³¹ And they begged him not to order them off to the abyss.

⁴ For if God did not spare angels who had sinned, but committing them to pits of the nether gloom in Tartarus, reserved them under punishment for doom:

⁶ while the angels who abandoned their own domain, instead of preserving their proper rank, are reserved by him within the nether gloom, in chains eternal, for the doom of the great Day —

¹⁸ I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.

¹ The fifth angel blew, and I saw a Star which had dropped from heaven to earth; he was given the key of the pit of the abyss, ² and he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke poured out of the pit, like the smoke of a huge furnace, till the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

¹ Then I saw another strong angel descend from heaven; he was clad in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, his face like the sun, his feet like columns of fire,

¹ After that I saw another angel descend from heaven, great in might; his radiance lit up the earth,

²⁹ They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?"

²⁹ Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

⁷ shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."

²⁰ But if it is by the finger of God that I cast daemons out, then the Reign of God has reached you already. ²¹ When the strong man in armour guards his homestead, his property is undisturbed; ²² but when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he seizes the panoply on which he relied and divides up the spoil.

³¹ Now is this world to be judged; now the Prince of this world will be expelled.

¹¹ of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged.

²⁰ The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

¹⁴ Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil)

⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

¹¹ they had a king over them, the angel of the abyss — his Hebrew name is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.

⁹ So the huge dragon was thrown down — that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world — thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him.

¹³ And when the dragon found himself thrown down to earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child;

¹⁵ Then from his mouth the serpent poured water after the woman like a river, to sweep her away with a flood;

¹⁷ So, enraged at the woman, the dragon went off to wage war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep God's commandments and hold the testimony of Jesus.

² The Beast I saw resembled a leopard, his feet were like a bear's, and his mouth like a lion's. To him the dragon gave his own power and his own throne and great authority.

⁴ worshipping the dragon for having given authority to the Beast, and worshipping the Beast with the cry, "Who is like the Beast? Who can fight with him?"

²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible.

⁶⁶ So off they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the boulder and setting the guard.

³ but I am afraid of your thoughts getting seduced from a single devotion to Christ, just as the serpent beguiled Eve with his cunning.

¹³ 'Apostles'? They are spurious apostles, false workmen — they are masquerading as 'apostles of Christ.' ¹⁴ No wonder they do, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. ¹⁵ So it is no surprise if his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Their doom will answer to their deeds.

⁹ that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood, ¹⁰ and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them. ¹¹ Therefore God visits them with an active delusion, till they put faith in falsehood,

⁸ Beloved, you must not ignore this one fact, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.

¹⁴ and by dint of the miracles he is allowed to perform in presence of the Beast, he seduces the dwellers on earth; he bids the dwellers on earth erect a statue to the Beast who lived after being wounded by the sword,

¹⁴ demon-spirits performing miracles, who come out to muster the kings of the whole world for battle on the great Day of almighty God. ¹⁵ (Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!) ¹⁶ And they were mustered at the spot called (in Hebrew) Harmagedon.

² with whom the kings of earth have committed vice, and the dwellers on earth have been drunk with the wine of her vice."

⁸ The Beast you have seen was, is not, but is to rise from the abyss — yet to perdition he shall go — and the dwellers on earth will wonder (all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life), when they see that the Beast was, is not, but is coming.

¹ Then I saw an angel descend from heaven with the key of the abyss and a huge chain in his hand;

⁷ But when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison, ⁸ and he will emerge to seduce the nations at the four corners of the earth, even Gog and Magog, mustering them for the fray. Their number was like the sand of the sea, ⁹ and they swarmed over the broad earth, encircling the leaguer of the saints and the beloved City; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them, ¹⁰ and their seducer, the devil, was flung into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the false Prophet also lie, to be tortured day and night for ever and ever.

¹⁰ The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?" ¹¹ He replied, "Elijah to come and restore all things? ¹² Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him — they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way." ¹³ Then the disciples realized he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

²⁸ Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹⁰ And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

¹⁶ But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

²⁷ so the king at once sent one of the guard with orders to bring his head. The man went and beheaded him in the prison,

¹¹ So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

¹⁷ he will go in front of Him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make a people ready and prepared for the Lord."

⁷ When Herod the tetrarch heard all that was going on, he was quite at a loss; for some said that John had risen from the dead, ⁸ some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had arisen. ⁹ Herod said, "John I beheaded. But who is this, of whom I hear such tales?" And he made efforts to see him.

³⁰ I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹⁹ A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too.

¹⁷ and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ — for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory.

¹⁵ For if their exclusion means that the world is reconciled to God, what will their admission mean? Why, it will be life from the dead!

² Do you not know the saints are to manage the world? If the world is to come under your jurisdiction, are you incompetent to adjudicate upon trifles? ³ Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues?

¹² if we endure, then we shall reign with him, if we disown him, then he shall disown us,

⁹ I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

²¹ 'The conqueror I will allow to sit beside me on my throne, as I myself have conquered and sat down beside my Father on his throne.'

⁹ singing a new song: "Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation; ¹⁰ thou hast made them kings and priests for our God, and they shall reign on earth."

⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore;

³ But I will allow my two witnesses to prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth

⁷ But, when they have finished their testimony, the Beast that ascends from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

¹¹ But after three days and a half the breath of life from God entered them; they stood on their feet (terror fell on those who saw them)

¹⁵ Then the seventh angel blew; and loud voices followed in heaven, crying, "The rule of the world has passed to our Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever."

¹¹ But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

¹² He exerts the full authority of the first Beast in his presence, causing the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first Beast, whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ He performs amazing miracles, even making fire descend from heaven on earth in the sight of men, ¹⁴ and by dint of the miracles he is allowed to perform in presence of the Beast, he seduces the dwellers on earth; he bids the dwellers on earth erect a statue to the Beast who lived after being wounded by the sword, ¹⁵ and to this statue of the Beast he was allowed to impart the breath of life, so that the statue of the Beast should actually speak. He has everyone put to death who will not worship the statue of the Beast, ¹⁶ and he obliges all men, low and high, rich and poor, freemen and slaves alike, to have a mark put upon their right hand or their forehead, ¹⁷ so that no one can buy or sell unless he bears the mark, that is, the name of the Beast or the cipher of his name.

¹¹ the smoke of their torture rises for ever and ever, and they get no rest from it, day and night, these worshippers of the Beast and his statue, and all who are marked with his name."

² And I saw what was like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and, standing beside the sea of glass, those who came off conquerors from the Beast and his statue and the cipher of his name; they had harps of God

⁶ Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power, they shall be priests of God and the Christ, and reign along with him during the thousand years.

⁵ Night there shall be none; they need no lamp or sun to shine upon them, for the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign for ever and ever.

¹⁴ Then you will be blessed; for as they have no means of repaying you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

¹¹ to see if I too can attain the resurrection from the dead.

²⁰ But the Beast was seized, together with the false Prophet who had performed in his presence the miracles by means of which he seduced those who received the mark of the Beast and worshipped his statue; both of them were flung alive into the lake of fire that blazes with brimstone, ²¹ while the rest were killed by the sword of him who is seated on the horse, by the sword that issues from his lips. And all the birds were glutted with their flesh.

⁸ and he will emerge to seduce the nations at the four corners of the earth, even Gog and Magog, mustering them for the fray. Their number was like the sand of the sea, ⁹ and they swarmed over the broad earth, encircling the leaguer of the saints and the beloved City; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them,

¹⁵ Hearing this, one of his fellow guests said to him, "Blessed is he who feasts in the Realm of God!"

¹ Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.

⁵ come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁹ But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light —

⁶ he has made us a realm of priests for his God and Father, — to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever: Amen.

¹¹ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror shall not be injured by the second death.'

¹⁰ thou hast made them kings and priests for our God, and they shall reign on earth."

¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: — 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Even so, it is the voice of the Spirit — blessed in resting from their toils; for what they have done goes with them.'"

⁴ And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge — saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ As for the rest of the dead, they did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were flung into the lake of fire,

⁸ but as for the craven, the faithless, the abominable, as for murderers, the immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and liars of all kinds — their lot is the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

⁷ Lo, I am coming very soon; blessed is he who lays to heart the words of the prophecy of this book!"

² he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years,

¹² Thus a single man, though he was physically impotent, had issue in number like the stars in heaven, countless as the sand on the seashore.

¹⁴ demon-spirits performing miracles, who come out to muster the kings of the whole world for battle on the great Day of almighty God.

³ flinging him into the abyss and shutting and sealing it on the top of him, to prevent him seducing the nations again until the thousand years were completed — after which he has to be released for a little while.

¹⁰ and their seducer, the devil, was flung into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the false Prophet also lie, to be tortured day and night for ever and ever.

¹⁶ So Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." ¹⁷ Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you. ¹⁸ Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.

⁵⁴ So when the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, will you have us bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"

²⁹ but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

⁴³ A time is coming for you when your enemies will throw up ramparts round you and encircle you and besiege you on every side

²⁰ But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away.

⁸ in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

¹³ Let us go to him outside the camp, then, bearing his obloquy

⁵ whoever tries to harm them, fire will issue from their mouth and consume their enemies; whoever should try to harm them, so must he be killed."

¹³ He performs amazing miracles, even making fire descend from heaven on earth in the sight of men,

⁴¹ Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

⁴⁶ So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

¹⁰ he shall drink the wine of God's passion, poured out untempered in the cup of his anger, and shall be tortured with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb: ¹¹ the smoke of their torture rises for ever and ever, and they get no rest from it, day and night, these worshippers of the Beast and his statue, and all who are marked with his name."

¹³ Then I saw issuing from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the Beast and from the mouth of the false Prophet, three foul spirits like frogs —

²⁰ But the Beast was seized, together with the false Prophet who had performed in his presence the miracles by means of which he seduced those who received the mark of the Beast and worshipped his statue; both of them were flung alive into the lake of fire that blazes with brimstone,

² he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years, ³ flinging him into the abyss and shutting and sealing it on the top of him, to prevent him seducing the nations again until the thousand years were completed — after which he has to be released for a little while.

⁸ and he will emerge to seduce the nations at the four corners of the earth, even Gog and Magog, mustering them for the fray. Their number was like the sand of the sea,

¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were flung into the lake of fire, ¹⁵ and whoever was not found enrolled in the book of Life was flung into the lake of fire — which is the second death, the lake of fire.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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

³⁰ Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent, ³¹ inasmuch as he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world justly by a man whom he has destined for this. And he has given proof of this to all by raising him from the dead."

⁵ In your stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are simply storing up anger for yourself on the Day of anger, when the just doom of God is revealed.

⁷ but the present heavens and earth are treasured up by the same word for fire, reserved for the day when the impious are doomed and destroyed.

¹⁰ The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear. ¹¹ Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour, ¹² you who expect and hasten the advent of the Day of God, which dissolves the heavens in fire and makes the stars blaze and melt!

² At once I found myself rapt in the Spirit; and lo a Throne stood in heaven with One seated on the throne —

¹⁴ the sky was swept aside like a scroll being folded up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

⁸ but he failed, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.

²⁰ Every island fled away, the mountains disappeared,

¹¹ Then I saw heaven open wide — and there was a white horse: his rider is faithful and true, yea, just are his judgments and his warfare.

¹ Then I saw the new heaven and the new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea is no more.

²⁷ For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

²⁰ Only, do not rejoice because the spirits obey you: rejoice because your names are enrolled in heaven."

²⁸ Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice ²⁹ and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I am myself resurrection and life: he who believes in me will live, even if he dies, ²⁶ and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die. You believe that?"

¹⁵ and I cherish the same hope in God as they accept, namely that there is to be a resurrection of the just and the unjust.

⁶ For he will render to everyone according to what he has done,

¹⁰ So why do you criticize your brother? And you, why do you look down upon your brother? All of us have to stand before the tribunal of God — ¹¹ for it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, every tongue shall offer praise to God. ¹² Each of us then will have to answer for himself to God.

⁵ So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

²¹ For since death came by man, by man came also resurrection from the dead; ²² as all die in Adam, so shall all be made alive in Christ. ²³ But each in his own division: — Christ the first to be reaped; after that, all who belong to Christ, at his arrival.

¹⁰ for we have all to appear without disguise before the tribunal of Christ, each to be requited for what he has done with his body, well or ill.

³ And you, my true comrade, lend a hand to these women, I beg of you; they have fought at my side in the active service of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

¹⁵ For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first; ¹⁷ then we the living, who survive, will be caught up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall be with the Lord for ever.

²³ and her children I will exterminate. So shall all the churches know that I am the searcher of the inmost heart; I will requite each of you according to what you have done.

⁵ 'The conqueror shall be clad in white raiment; I will never erase his name from the book of Life, but will own him openly before my Father and before his angels.'

¹⁸ the nations were enraged, but thine anger has come; the time has come for the dead to be judged, the time for rewarding thy servants the prophets, and the saints who reverence thy name, both low and high, the time for destroying the destroyers of the earth."

⁸ and all the dwellers on earth will be his worshippers, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life.

⁵ And a voice came from the throne, "Extol our God, all ye his servants, ye who reverence him, low and high!"

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found.

¹³ The sea gave up its corpses, Death and Hades gave up their dead, and all were judged by what each had done.

²⁷ Nothing profane, none who practises abomination or falsehood shall enter, but those alone whose names are written in the Lamb's book of Life.

¹² [Relocated to follow vss 16 & 13] Lo, I am coming very soon, with my reward, to requite everyone for what he has done."

⁵⁰ I tell you this, my brothers, flesh and blood cannot inherit the Realm of God, nor can the perishing inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹ Here is a secret truth for you: not all of us are to die, but all of us are to be changed — ⁵² changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet-call. The trumpet will sound, the dead will rise imperishable, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this perishing body must be invested with the imperishable, and this mortal body invested with immortality; ⁵⁴ and when this mortal body has been invested with immortality, then the saying of Scripture will be realized, Death is swallowed up in victory. ⁵⁵ O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting? ⁵⁶ -- ⁵⁷ The victory is ours, thank God! He makes it ours by our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵⁸ Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

⁸ So I looked, and there was a livid horse; its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given power over the fourth part of the earth, to kill men with sword and famine and plague and by the wild beasts of the earth.

¹² And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened — also another book, the book of Life, was opened — and the dead were judged by what was written in these books, by what they had done.

²⁶ (Death is the last foe to be put down.)

⁵³ For this perishing body must be invested with the imperishable, and this mortal body invested with immortality;

¹⁵ and whoever was not found enrolled in the book of Life was flung into the lake of fire — which is the second death, the lake of fire.

⁴ he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more — no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

⁴² and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

⁵⁰ and fling them into the furnace of fire; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

⁴³ If your hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better be maimed and get into Life, than keep your two hands and go to Gehenna, to the fire that is never quenched. ⁴⁴ -- ⁴⁵ If your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better get into Life a cripple, than keep your two feet and be thrown into Gehenna. ⁴⁶ -- ⁴⁷ If your eye is a hindrance to you, tear it out: better get into God's Realm with one eye, than keep your two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna, ⁴⁸ where their worm never dies and the fire is never put out.

¹⁶ he who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who will not believe shall be condemned.

¹⁸ He who believes in him is not sentenced; he who will not believe is sentenced already, for having refused to believe in the name of the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

³⁶ He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life — God's anger broods over him."

⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

³ how shall we escape the penalty for neglecting a salvation which was originally proclaimed by the Lord himself and guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

²⁵ See that you do not refuse to listen to His voice. For if they failed to escape, who refused to listen to their instructor upon earth, much less shall we escape, if we discard Him who speaks from heaven.

¹¹ And the testimony is, that God gave us life eternal and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who possesses the Son possesses life: he who does not possess the Son does not possess life.