Revelation 3 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And to the angel of the church which is at Sardis, write: These things saith he who hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead. ² Awake, and preserve the things that remain, which are ready to die; for I have not found thy works complete before my God. ³ Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard; and observe those precepts, and repent. If then thou wilt not wake up, I will come upon thee as a thief; and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon thee. ⁴ Yet thou hast a few names in Sardis, who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. ⁵ He that is victorious, shall be so clothed in white robes; and I will not blot out their name from the book of life; and I will confess their name before my Father, and before his angels. ⁶ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. ⁷ And to the angel of the church which is at Philadelphia, write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, who openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth; ⁸ I know thy works. And lo, I have set before thee an open door, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength; and thou hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. ⁹ Behold, I will give them of the congregation of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie, behold I will make them to come and do obeisance before thy feet; and to know that I have loved thee. ¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, that is to come on all the inhabited world, to try them who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, so that no one take thy crown. ¹² Him that is victorious, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall not again go out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and of the new Jerusalem which descendeth from heaven from my God, and my own new name. ¹³ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. ¹⁴ And to the angel of the church which is at Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the witness, the faithful, the true, the Chief of the creation of God: ¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither hot, nor cold; I would that thou wert cold or hot. ¹⁶ So, because thou art lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee from my mouth. ¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich and affluent, and have no want of any thing; and thou knowest not, that thou art impotent, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked; ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white raiment, to be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be seen; and put eye-salve on thine eyes, that thou mayest see. ¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be emulous therefore, and repent. ²⁰ Behold, I have been standing at the door, and I will knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. ²¹ And to him that is victorious, to him will I give to sit with me on my throne, even as I was victorious, and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²² He that hath ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

²⁴ For, this my son was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

³² But it was proper for us to be merry, and to rejoice; because this thy brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.

¹⁶ And of his plenitude have we all received, and grace for grace.

³³ And I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me- On whom thou seest the Spirit descend, and rest upon him, he baptizeth with the Holy Spirit.

³⁴ For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God hath not given the Spirit by measure to him.

³⁷ And on the great day, which was the last of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, and said: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believeth in me, as the scriptures have said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters. ³⁹ (This he said of the Spirit, which they who believe in him were to receive: for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

²⁶ But when the Comforter shall come, whom I will send to you from my Father, that Spirit of truth who proceedeth from the Father, He will testify of me. ²⁷ And do ye also testify; for ye have been with me from the beginning.

²² And as he said these things, he breathed on them, and said to them: Receive ye the Holy Spirit.

³³ And he it is, who is exalted by the right hand of God, and hath received from the Father a promise respecting the Holy Spirit, and hath sent this gift which, lo, ye see and hear.

¹ and also you, he filleth, who were dead in your sins, and in your offences,

⁵ when we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, and rescued us by his grace;

¹³ And you, who were dead in your sins, and by the uncircumcision of your flesh, he hath vivified with him; and he hath forgiven us all our sins:

⁶ But she who followeth pleasure, is dead while she liveth.

²⁶ As the body without the spirit, is dead; so faith without works, is dead also.

¹¹ And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Messiah dwelling in them did show and testify, when the sufferings of the Messiah were to occur, and his subsequent glory. ¹² These are they who, in their feastings, riot while polluting themselves, feeding themselves without fear; clouds without rain, moved about by the winds; trees whose fruit hath failed, and they are without fruit, twice dead, and uplifted from their root;

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

¹¹ That which thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars; and from his mouth issued a sharp twoedged sword; and his visage was like the sun shining in its strength.

²⁰ the mystery of these seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven candlesticks of gold. Those seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.

⁹ I know thy works, and the affliction, and the poverty, (yet thou art rich;) and the railing which is from them who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are of the congregation of Satan.

¹³ I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where the throne of Satan is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied the faith of me, in those days when my faithful witness, who was slain among you, was made a spectacle where Satan dwelleth.

¹⁹ I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and also thy patience; and that these thy latter works are more than the former.

⁵ And from the throne proceeded lightnings, and the sound of thunders; and seven lamps of fire were burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

⁶ And I looked, and in the midst of the Elders stood a lamb, as if slain; and it had seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God that are sent into all the earth.

² Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their reward. ³ But thou, when doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ that thy alms may be in secret. And thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.

⁵ And all their works they do, to be seen of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and extend the fringes of their garments.

²⁸ So ye also, outwardly, appear to men as righteous; but within, ye are full of iniquity and hypocrisy. ²⁹ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye build the tombs of the prophets and ye adorn the sepulchres of the righteous; ³⁰ and ye say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been participators with them in the blood of the prophets. ³¹ Wherefore ye are witnesses, against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets. ³² And as for you, fill ye up the measure of your fathers. ³³ Ye serpents, ye race of vipers: how can ye escape the condemnation of hell? ³⁴ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city: ³⁵ so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen gathereth her young under her wings, and ye would not. ³⁸ Behold, your house is left to you desolate!

⁴² Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh. ⁴³ But know this, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore, be ye also ready; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of man will come. ⁴⁵ Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics, to give them their food in its time? ⁴⁶ Happy is that servant, whom, when his lord shall come, he will find so doing. ⁴⁷ Verily I say to you, He will place him over all that he hath. ⁴⁸ But if that servant, being wicked, shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day he will not expect, and in an hour he knoweth not, ⁵¹ and will cut him asunder, and will assign him his portion with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹³ Watch, therefore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour.

³³ Take heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is. ³⁴ For it is as a man, who took a journey, and left his home; and he gave authority to his servants, and to each his service; and he commanded the porter to be watchful. ³⁵ Watch ye, therefore; for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh; at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: ³⁶ lest he come suddenly, and find you sleeping. ³⁷ And what I say to you, I say to you all: Be ye watchful.

³¹ And Jesus said to Simon: Simon, lo, Satan hath desired to sift thee, as wheat: ³² but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail. And thou also, in time, turn; and confirm thy brethren.

²³ And when he had been there some days, he departed, and travelled from place to place in the regions of Phrygia and Galatia, establishing all the disciples.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit hath established you bishops; that ye feed the church of God, which he hath acquired by his blood. ²⁹ For I know, that after I am gone, fierce wolves will come in among you, and will have no mercy on the flock. ³⁰ And also, from among yourselves, there will rise up men speaking perverse things, that they may turn away the disciples to go after them. ³¹ Therefore be ye vigilant; and remember, that for three years I ceased not to admonish each one of you, by day and by night, with tears.

¹ I charge thee, before God, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who is to judge the living and the dead, at the manifestation of his kingdom, ² Proclaim the word; and persist in it with diligence, in time and out of time; admonish, and rebuke, with all patience and instructiveness. ³ For the time will come, when they will not give ear to sound teaching; but, according to their lusts, will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing; ⁴ and will turn away their ears from the truth, and incline after fables.

⁷ But the end of all things approacheth: therefore be sober, and be wakeful for prayer.

⁸ Be sober and guarded, because Satan your adversary, like a lion, roareth, and goeth about, and seeketh whom he may devour.

⁴ Yet I have a charge against thee, on account of thy former love, which thou hast left.

¹⁵ (And lo, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments; lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

⁴² Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh. ⁴³ But know this, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

³³ Take heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is.

³⁶ lest he come suddenly, and find you sleeping.

³⁹ And this know ye, that if the lord of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

² for ye know assuredly, that the day of our Lord so cometh, as a thief by night.

⁴ But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵ For ye are all children of the light, and children of the day; and are not children of the night, and children of darkness. ⁶ Let us not therefore sleep, like others; but let us be vigilant and considerate.

²⁰ O Timothy, be careful of that which is committed to thee; and shun vain words, and the oppositions of false science:

¹³ Let the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, abide with thee; with faith and love, in Jesus the Messiah.

¹ Therefore we ought to be exceedingly cautious, in regard to what we have heard, lest we fall away.

¹³ And it seemeth right to me, so long as I am in this body, to excite you by monition;

¹ This second epistle, my beloved, I now write to you; in both of which I stir up your honest mind by admonition:

¹⁰ And the day of the Lord will come, like a thief; in which the heavens will suddenly pass away; and the elements, being ignited, will be dissolved; and the earth and the works in it, will not be found.

⁵ Therefore remember whence thou hast fallen; and repent, and do the former works: or if not, I will come to thee quickly, and I will remove thy candlestick from its place, except thou repent.

²¹ And I gave her a season for repentance, and she is not disposed to repent of her whoredom. ²² Behold, I will cast her upon a bed, and them who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of their deeds.

²⁵ but, what ye have, hold fast until I come.

¹¹ I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, so that no one take thy crown.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be emulous therefore, and repent.

¹¹ And into whatever city or town ye enter, inquire, who in it is worthy; and there stay until ye depart.

⁵ And entering the sepulchre, they saw a youth sitting on the right hand, and clothed in a white robe: and they were in perturbation.

³⁵ But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands.

³⁶ Be ye therefore vigilant, at all times, and prayerful; that ye may be worthy to escape the things that are to take place, and may stand before the Son of man.

¹⁵ And in those days stood up Simon Cephas in the midst of the disciples, (the persons there assembled being about one hundred and twenty,) and said:

⁴ And it was said to him, by revelation: Behold, I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed their knees, and have not worshipped Baal. ⁵ So also at the present time, a remnant is preserved, by the election of grace. ⁶ But if by grace, it is not by works: otherwise, grace is not grace. And if by works, it is not by grace: Otherwise, work is not work.

⁵ for a demonstration of the righteous judgment of God; that ye may be worthy of his kingdom, on account of which ye suffer.

²³ And when they repent, have compassion on them, with fear, hating even the tunic that is defiled by the flesh.

⁵ He that is victorious, shall be so clothed in white robes; and I will not blot out their name from the book of life; and I will confess their name before my Father, and before his angels.

¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white raiment, to be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be seen; and put eye-salve on thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

⁴ Around the throne were twenty and four seats; and upon those seats sat twenty and four Elders, who were clothed in white robes, and on whose heads were coronets of gold.

¹¹ And to each one of them was given a white robe; and it was told them, that they must be quiet yet a little while, until the consummation of their fellow-servants and brethren, who were to be killed as they had been.

⁹ And after these things, I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no one could number, from all kindreds, and nations, and tribes, and tongues; who stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands;

¹³ And one of the Elders turned, and said to me: These who are clothed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they? ¹⁴ And I said to him: My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who came from great affliction; and they have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹³ And in the same hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell: and the persons killed in the earthquake, were seven thousand names: and they who remained were afraid, and gave glory to God.

⁸ And it was granted her to be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean: for fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.

¹⁴ And the soldiery of heaven followed him, on white horses, clad in garments of fine linen, pure and white.

³² Wherefore, whoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

⁸ And I say to you, that every one that shall confess me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of God.

³ I also beseech of thee, my true yokefellow, that thou assist those women who toiled with me in the gospel; together with Clement, and with the rest of my helpers, whose names are written in the book of life.

²⁴ And to him who is able to preserve you faultless, and spotless, and to establish you without a blemish,

⁷ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him who is victorious, will I give to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of my God.

⁴ Yet thou hast a few names in Sardis, who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

⁸ And all that dwell on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him.

⁸ The beast of prey which thou sawest, was, and is not; and he will ascend from the abyss and go into perdition: and the dwellers on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast of prey, which was, and is not, and approacheth.

¹² And I saw the dead, great and small standing before the throne; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged from the things written in the books, according to their deeds.

¹⁵ And if any one was not found enrolled in the book of life, he was cast into this lake of fire.

²⁷ And there shall not enter it, any thing polluted, or that practiseth impurity and falsehood; but they who are registered in the Lamb's book of life.

¹⁹ And if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his portion from the tree of life, and from the holy city, which are described in this book.

¹⁹ To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatever thou shalt unbind on earth, shall be unbound in heaven.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

²⁴ and said: What have we to do with thee? Jesus thou Nazarean. Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, the Holy One of God.

³² He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

³⁴ and said: Let me alone: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarean? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, the Holy One of God.

⁶ Jesus said to him: I am the way, and truth, and life: no one cometh unto my Father, but by me.

¹⁴ But ye denied the holy and just One, and demanded that a murderer should be released to you.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us knowledge that we might know the True One; and that we might be in the True One, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. He is the true God, and the life eternal.

⁵ and from Jesus the Messiah, the Witness, the Faithful, the First-born of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth; who hath loved us, and released us from our sins by his blood;

¹⁸ and who liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for ever and ever. Amen. And I have the keys of death and of the unseen world.

¹ To the angel of the church which is at Ephesus write: These things saith he who holdeth all things, and the seven stars, in his right hand; he that walketh in the midst of the seven candlesticks of gold;

¹⁴ And to the angel of the church which is at Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the witness, the faithful, the true, the Chief of the creation of God:

⁸ And these four Animals had, each of them, six wings around it: and within they were full of eyes: and they have no cessation, day or night, from saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lord God, the Omnipotent, who was, and is, and is to come.

³ And no one either in heaven above, or on the earth, or beneath the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon. ⁴ And I wept much, because no one was found, who was competent to open the book, or to look on it. ⁵ And one of the Elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath been victorious: He will open the book, and its seven seals.

⁹ And they sung a new anthem, saying: Competent art thou, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord, thou holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

³ And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvellous are thy deeds, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, O King of worlds.

⁷ And I heard one from the altar say: Yes, Lord God Almighty: true and righteous is thy judgment.

² for, true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged that great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her whoredom; and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

¹¹ And I saw heaven opened: and lo, a white horse; and he that sat on it, is called Faithful and True: and in righteousness he judgeth, and maketh war.

⁵ And He who sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said: Write; because these are the faithful and true words of God.

⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, and said: I know not what thou sayest. ⁷¹ And as he went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them: This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarean. ⁷² And again he denied, with oaths: I know not that man.

⁹ But he that shall deny me before men, shall himself be denied before the angels of God.

²¹ He, with whom are my commands, and who keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, will be loved by my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²² Judas, not Iscariot, said to him: My Lord, how is it that thou art to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered, and said to him: He that loveth me, observeth my instruction; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. ²⁴ But he that loveth me not, observeth not my instruction. And the instruction which ye hear, is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

²⁰ Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours.

⁶ I have made known thy name to the men, whom thou gavest me from the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

¹³ The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he would have justified him and set him free. ¹⁴ But ye denied the holy and just One, and demanded that a murderer should be released to you.

²⁷ And when they had collected together the whole church, they narrated all that God had wrought with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

⁹ because a great door is opened to me, which is full of occupations; and the opposers are numerous.

¹² Moreover, when I came to Troas in announcing the Messiah, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

⁸ Respecting this, I thrice besought my Lord, that it might depart from me. ⁹ And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of the Messiah may rest upon me. ¹⁰ Therefore I have pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in afflictions, in persecutions, in distresses, which are for the Messiah's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹³ I find strength for every thing, in the Messiah who strengtheneth me.

³ And pray also for us, that God would open to us a door of speech, for uttering the mystery of the Messiah, for the sake of which I am in bonds;

⁸ But if any one careth not for them who are his own, and especially for them who are of the household of faith, he hath rejected the faith, and is worse than the unbelievers.

⁷ I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;

²² Who is false, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Messiah? And that person is a false Messiah. He that denieth the Father, denieth also the Son. ²³ And he that denieth the Son, also believeth not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, confesseth also the Father.

⁴ For some have obtained entrance, who from the beginning were registered beforehand under this condemnation: wicked men, who pervert the grace of God to impurity, and deny him who is the only Lord God and our Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

² I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy patience, and that thou canst not endure the wicked; and thou hast tried them who say they are legates, and are not; and thou hast found them liars.

¹ And to the angel of the church which is at Sardis, write: These things saith he who hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.

⁷ And to the angel of the church which is at Philadelphia, write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, who openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth;

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, that is to come on all the inhabited world, to try them who dwell on the earth.

¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither hot, nor cold; I would that thou wert cold or hot.

⁷ And, lo, I come quickly: Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

³⁷ But Paul said to him: They have scourged us, unoffending men, and Romans, before all the world, and have cast us into prison; and now, do they secretly let us out? No, surely: but let them come themselves and bring us out. ³⁸ And the rod-bearers went and told to the prefects the words which were told to them: and when they heard that they were Romans, they were afraid, ³⁹ and came to them, and entreated of them that they would come out, and that they would leave the city.

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever: Amen.

¹⁴ And this announcement of the kingdom shall be published in all the world, for a testimony to all nations: and then will come the consummation.

⁴¹ Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm.

⁹ Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel shall be proclaimed, in all the world, this also which she hath done shall be told in memory of her.

¹ And in those days it occurred, that a decree went forth from Augustus Caesar, that all the people of his dominion should be enrolled.

⁸ In the first place, I give thanks to God by Jesus Messiah, on account of you all; because your faith is heard of in all the world.

¹³ No trial cometh on you, but what pertaineth to men: and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried beyond your ability, but will make an issue to your trial, that ye may be able to sustain it.

¹³ Therefore put ye on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to meet the evil one; and, being in all respects prepared, may stand firm.

¹² Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives? or the vine, figs? So also salt waters cannot be made sweet.

¹² My beloved, be not dismayed at the trials that befall you, as if some strange thing had come upon you; for these things are for your probation.

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to rescue from afflictions those who fear him; and he will reserve the wicked for the day of judgment to be tormented,

⁹ I John, your brother, and partaker with you in the affliction and suffering that are in Jesus the Messiah, was in the island called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁰ Be not terrified at any of the things thou art to suffer. For lo, the Accuser will throw some of you into custody, that ye may be tried; and there will be trouble to you ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹³ And I saw and heard an eagle, which flew in the midst, and it had a tail of blood, while it said, with a loud voice: Woe, woe, to them who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels, who are to sound.

¹⁰ And they who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will be merry, and will send presents to one another; because those two prophets tormented them who dwell on the earth.

¹⁰ If any one carrieth into captivity, he shall himself go into captivity; and if any one slayeth with the sword, he must be slain with the sword: here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹⁴ And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, to erect an image to the beast of prey who had the wound from a sword and recovered.

¹² Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

²⁵ For every one who engageth in the contest, restraineth his desires in every thing. And they run, to obtain a crown that perisheth; but we, one that perisheth not.

⁵ Let your humility be recognized among all men. Our Lord is near.

⁵ And if one contend in the games, he is not crowned, unless he contendeth according to the rules.

⁸ and henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, with which my Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day; and not me only, but them also who love his manifestation.

¹² Blessed is the man who endureth temptations; so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him.

⁹ Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door.

³ not as lords of the flock, but so as to be a good example for them: ⁴ that when the chief shepherd shall be revealed, ye may receive from him a crown of glory that fadeth not.

³ Blessed is he that readeth, and they who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it; for the time is near.

³ Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard; and observe those precepts, and repent. If then thou wilt not wake up, I will come upon thee as a thief; and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon thee.

¹⁰ the twenty and four Elders fall down before him who sitteth on the throne, and they worship him who liveth for ever and ever; and they cast their coronets before the throne, saying,

¹² Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to recompense every one according to his work.

²⁰ He who testifieth these things, saith: Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

⁹ And James, Cephas, and John, who were accounted pillars, when they perceived the grace that was given to me, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship; that we should labor among the Gentiles, and they among the circumcision.

²⁶ But the Jerusalem above, is the free woman, who is the mother of us. ²⁷ For it is written, Be joyful, thou barren, who bearest not: exult and shout, thou who hast not travailed: for more numerous are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman.

¹⁵ from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named;

²² But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the Jerusalem that is in heaven; and to the assemblies of myriads of angels;

¹³ I write to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who existed from the beginning. I write to you, ye young men, because ye have vanquished the evil one. ¹⁴ I have written to you, ye little ones, because ye have known the Father. I have written to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who was from the beginning, I have written to you, ye young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God dwelleth in you, and ye have vanquished the evil one.

⁴ But ye children, are of God; and ye have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.

¹⁷ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that is victorious, will I give to eat of the hidden manna; and I will give him a white counter, and upon the counter a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

¹ And I looked, and behold, a Lamb stood on mount Zion; and with him the number of a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written upon their foreheads.

¹⁴ They will make war upon the Lamb; and the Lamb will vanquish them; because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and these with him are called and chosen and faithful.

² And I saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

¹⁰ And he bore me away in the spirit, to a mountain great and high, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God; ¹¹ in which was the glory of God, as a brilliant light, and resembling a very precious gem; like a jasper stone, resembling crystal. ¹² And it had a wall great and lofty, which had twelve gates, and names inscribed on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. ¹³ On the east, three gates; on the north, three gates; on the south, three gates; and on the west, three gates. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and upon them the twelve names of the twelve legates of the Lamb. ¹⁵ And he that talked with me, had a measure, a golden reed; so that he could measure the city, and its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶ And the city stood up four square; and its length was the same as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, to twelve furlongs of twelve thousand; and the length and the breadth and the height of it were all equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty and four measures of the cubits of a man, that is, of the angel. ¹⁸ And the structure of its wall was of jasper; and the city was of pure gold, like pure glass. ¹⁹ And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation, a jasper; the second, a sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, a sardonyx; the sixth, a sardius; the seventh, a chrysolite; the eighth, a beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each pearl one gate, and each gate one pearl: and the broad street of the city was pure gold, like brilliant glass. ²² And I saw no temple in it; for the Lord Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb. ²³ And the city hath no need of the sun or of the moon, to enlighten it; for the glory of God enlighteneth it, and the Lamb is the lamps of it. ²⁴ And the nations that were saved, shall walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and the wealth of the nations into it. ²⁵ And its gates shall not be shut by day; for there is no night there. ²⁶ And they will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ And there shall not enter it, any thing polluted, or that practiseth impurity and falsehood; but they who are registered in the Lamb's book of life.

⁴ And they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

²⁰ For all the promises of God in him, the Messiah, are Yes; for which cause, we through him give our Amen, to the glory of God.

¹⁵ who is the likeness of the invisible God, and the first-born of all creatures:

¹⁸ And he is the head of the body the church; as he is the head and first-born from among the dead, that he might be the first in all things.

¹ And I wish you to know, what a struggle I have for you, and for them of Laodicea, and for the others who have not seen my face in the flesh;

¹⁶ And when this epistle shall have been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that which is written from Laodicea, do ye read.

⁶ And he said to me: I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Completion: to him who thirsteth, will I give of the fountain of living water, gratis.

⁶ And he said to me: These words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirit of the prophets, hath sent me, his angel, to show unto his servants the things that must soon occur.

¹³ I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Commencement and the Completion.

²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

¹² And on account of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will decline.

²⁷ And he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, cannot become a disciple to me. ²⁸ For, which of you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, whether he have the means to complete it?

¹¹ Be active; and not slothful. Be fervent in spirit. Be laborers for our Lord.

²² Whoever loveth not our Lord Jesus the Messiah, let him be accursed: our Lord cometh.

²⁰ For I fear, lest I should come to you and not find you such as I would wish; and lest I also should be found by you, such as ye would not wish; lest there should be contention, and envying, and anger, and obstinacy, and slandering, and murmuring, and insolence, and commotion;

⁹ And this I pray for, that your love may still increase and abound, in knowledge, and In all spiritual understanding:

³ We are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren, as it is proper; because your faith groweth exceedingly, and, in you all, the love of each for his fellow increaseth.

⁸ who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways.

²² while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;

³ Blessed are the poor in spirit for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!

¹² And as Jesus heard it, he said to them: They who are in health have no need of a physician, but they that are very sick.

⁵³ The hungry hath he satisfied with good things, and the rich hath he sent away empty.

²⁴ But, woe to you that are rich; for ye have received your consolation.

¹¹ And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous; nor like this publican. ¹² But I fast twice in a week, and tithe all I possess.

⁴⁰ And some of those Pharisees who were with him, heard these things; and they said to him: How? Are we also blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would be without sin; but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is established.

¹⁷ But if thou, who art called a Jew, and reposest thyself on the law, and gloriest in God, ¹⁸ that thou knowest his good pleasure, and discernest obligations, because thou art instructed in the law; ¹⁹ and hast confidence in thyself, that thou art a guide to the blind, and a light to them who are in darkness, ²⁰ and an instructor of those lacking knowledge, and a preceptor to the young; and thou hast the appearance of knowledge and of verity in the law : ²¹ Thou therefore, who teachest others, teachest thou not thyself? And thou who teachest that men must not steal, dost thou steal? ²² And thou who sayest, Men must not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? And thou who contemnest idols, dost thou plunder the sanctuary? ²³ And thou who gloriest in the law, dost thou, by acting contrary to the law, insult God himself?

²⁴ O, a miserable man, am I! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

²⁰ Very true. They were plucked off, because they believed not; and thou standest by faith. Be not exalted in thy mind, but fear.

²⁵ And that ye, my brethren, may not be wise in your own apprehension, I wish you to know this mystery, that blindness of heart hath in some measure befallen Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall come in:

³ And, by the grace given to me, I say to you all: Do not carry thoughts, beyond what ye ought to think; but think with modesty, as God hath distributed to each one his measure of faith.

⁸ Now ye are yourselves full, and enriched; and, without us, are on thrones! And I wish ye were enthroned; that we also might reign with you. ⁹ But I suppose, that God hath placed us legates the last, as for death; since we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools, on account of Messiah; but ye are wise in Messiah! We are feeble; but ye are strong! Ye are lauded, we are contemned.

⁹ For he, in whom these things are not found, is blind and seeth not, and hath forgotten the purgation of his former sins.

⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that is hid in a field; which when a man findeth, he concealeth it, and, from his joy, he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

⁹ The wise answered and said: We must refuse, lest there should not be enough for us and for you: but go ye to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

²¹ Such is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God.

⁶ And having spoken thus, he spit on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and spread it on the eyes of the blind man; ⁷ and said to him: Go, wash in the baptistery of Siloam. And he went, and washed, and came away seeing. ⁸ And his neighbors, and they by whom he had before been seen begging, said: Is not this he, who sat and begged? ⁹ Some said, It is he: and others said, No; but he is very like him. But he said: I am he. ¹⁰ And they said to him: How were thy eyes opened? ¹¹ He answered, and said to them: A man whose name is Jesus, made mud and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, Go, wash in the waters of Siloam. And I went, and washed, and my sight was restored.

¹² And if any one buildeth on this foundation, either gold, or silver, or precious stones, or wood, or hay, or stubble; ¹³ the work of each will be exposed to view; for the day will expose it; because it is to be tested by fire; and the fire will disclose the work of each, of what sort it is.

³ if indeed, when clothed, we shall not be found naked.

⁹ For ye know the goodness of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who when he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that by his poverty ye might be made rich.

¹⁸ and that they do good works, and be rich in well-doings; and be ready to give and to communicate:

⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of the world, but the rich in faith, to be heirs in the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

⁷ so that the proof of your faith may appear more precious than refined gold that is tested by fire, unto glory and honor and praise, at the manifestation of Jesus the Messiah:

²⁰ But ye have an unction from the Holy One; and ye discriminate every person. ²¹ I have not written to you, because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth. ²² Who is false, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Messiah? And that person is a false Messiah. He that denieth the Father, denieth also the Son. ²³ And he that denieth the Son, also believeth not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, confesseth also the Father. ²⁴ And what ye heard from the first, let that remain with you. For if that, which ye heard from the first, remaineth with you, ye also will remain in the Father and in the Son. ²⁵ And this is the promise, which he hath promised us, even life eternal. ²⁶ And these things I have written to you, on account of those who seduce you. ²⁷ And ye also, if the unction which ye have received from him remaineth in you, need not that any one should teach you; but as that unction is from God, it teacheth you all things; and it is true, and no falsehood is in it. And as it hath taught you, remain ye in him.

⁴ Yet thou hast a few names in Sardis, who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. ⁵ He that is victorious, shall be so clothed in white robes; and I will not blot out their name from the book of life; and I will confess their name before my Father, and before his angels.

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich and affluent, and have no want of any thing; and thou knowest not, that thou art impotent, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked;

¹³ And one of the Elders turned, and said to me: These who are clothed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they?

¹⁷ And his disciples remembered, that it is written: The zeal of thy house hath devoured me.

³² But when we are judged by our Lord, we are really chastised, that we may not be condemned with the world.

⁹ as not known, and yet we are well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastised, yet not killed;

¹¹ For behold this same thing, that ye were distressed on account of God, what solicitude it wrought in you, and apologizing and indignation, and fear, and love, and zeal, and revenge? And in all things ye have shown, that ye are now pure in that matter.

¹⁸ And it is a good thing to be zealous at all times in good things; and not merely when I am present with you.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might recover us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a new people, who are zealous in good works.

⁵ And ye have forgotten the monition, which saith to you, as to children, My son, disregard not the chastening of the Lord; nor let thy soul faint, when thou art rebuked by him. ⁶ For, whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and he scourgeth those sons, for whom he hath kind regards. ⁷ Therefore endure ye the chastisement; because God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there, whom his father chasteneth not? ⁸ But if ye are without that chastisement, with which every one is chastened, ye are become strangers and not sons. ⁹ And if our fathers of the flesh chastened us, and we revered them, how much more ought we to be submissive to our spiritual fathers, and live? ¹⁰ For they chastened us for a short time, according to their pleasure; but God, for our advantage, that we may become partakers of his holiness. ¹¹ Now all chastisement, in the time of it, is not accounted a matter of joy, but of grief: yet, afterwards, it yieldeth the fruits of peace and righteousness to them who are exercised by it.

³³ So also ye, when ye perceive all these things, know ye, that he is nigh, even at the door.

³⁶ And be ye like persons who are waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the house of feasting, that, when he shall come and knock, they may open to him immediately. ³⁷ Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Verily I say to you: He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will pass around and serve them.

⁸ But he will say to him: Prepare for me what I may sup upon, and gird thy loins and serve me, until I have eaten and drunken; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink.

²¹ He, with whom are my commands, and who keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, will be loved by my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²² Judas, not Iscariot, said to him: My Lord, how is it that thou art to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered, and said to him: He that loveth me, observeth my instruction; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

⁹ And he said to me, Write; Blessed are they who are called to the supper of the marriage feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These my sayings are the true words of God.

²⁸ Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, that, as for you who have followed me, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory in the new world, ye also shall sit on twelve seats, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹⁸ And Jesus came near, and discoursed with them, and said to them: All authority is given to me, in heaven and on earth. And as my Father sent me, so also I send you.

³⁰ that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

²² For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath given all judgment to the Son: ²³ that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him.

³³ These things have I said to you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye will have trouble: but, take courage, I have vanquished the world.

² Or know ye not, that the sanctified will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are ye unfit to decide trivial causes? ³ Know ye not, that we shall judge angels? How much more things that are of the world?

²⁰ which he put forth in the Messiah, and raised him from the dead, and seated him at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ high above all principalities, and authorities, and powers, and lordships, and above every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that to come: ²² and he hath subjected all things under his feet; and hath given him who is high over all, to be the head of the church; ²³ which is his body, and the fullness of him who filleth all in all:

⁹ Wherefore, also, God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is more excellent than all names; ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus the Messiah is the Lord, to the glory of God his Father. ¹² Therefore, my beloved, as ye have at all times obeyed, not only when I was near to you, but now when I am far from you, prosecute the work of your life, more abundantly, with fear and with trembling. ¹³ For God is operating in you, both to purpose, and also to perform that which ye desire. ¹⁴ Do all things without murmuring, and without altercation; ¹⁵ that ye may be perfect and without blemish, as the sincere children of God, who are resident in a perverse and crooked generation; and that ye may appear among them as luminaries in the world; ¹⁶ so that ye may be to them in place of life; for my glory in the day of the Messiah, that I may not have run in vain or toiled for naught. ¹⁷ And if I should be made a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and exult with you all. ¹⁸ And so also do ye rejoice and exult with me. ¹⁹ But I hope in our Lord Jesus, that I shall shortly send Timothy unto you, so that I also may have composure, when informed concerning you. ²⁰ For I have no other one here, who, like my self, will sincerely care for your welfare. ²¹ For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus the Messiah.

¹² and, if we shall have suffered, we shall also reign with him. But if we shall have rejected him, he will reject us.

⁴ Because, whoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, our faith. ⁵ For who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶ and hath made us a kingdom sacerdotal to God and his Father: to whom be glory and power, for ever and ever. Amen.

²⁶ And to him that is victorious, and to him that observeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority, over the nations; ²⁷ and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and like vessels of pottery, shall they be broken: as I also have received of my Father.

⁵ And one of the Elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath been victorious: He will open the book, and its seven seals. ⁶ And I looked, and in the midst of the Elders stood a lamb, as if slain; and it had seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God that are sent into all the earth. ⁷ And he came, and took the book from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. ⁸ And when he took the book, the four Animals and the twenty and four Elders fell down before the Lamb, each of them having a harp, and cups of gold full of odors, which are the supplications of the saints.

² And I looked, and there was a white horse: and he who sat on it, had a bow; and a coronet was given to him, and he went forth conquering, that he might conquer.

¹⁷ Because the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, will feed them; and will lead them to fountains of living water; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.

¹¹ And they overcame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony: and they loved not their life, even to death.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and persons sat on them, and judgment was given to them, and to the souls that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God: and these are they who had not worshipped the beast of prey, nor its image, neither had they received the mark upon their forehead or on their hand; and they lived and reigned with their Messiah those thousand years.

¹¹ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that is victorious, shall not be harmed by the second death.

⁶ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

¹³ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.