3 [5:11]Concerning whom we have much to say, and that which is difficult to explain, because you have become dull of hearing. [5:12]For you who ought on account of the time to be teachers, have need that one should teach you again what are the first rudiments of the oracles of God, and have need of milk and not solid food. [5:13]For every one that partakes of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe; [5:14]but solid food is for the perfect, having their perceptive faculties exercised by practice to distinguish both good and evil.

4 [6:1]Wherefore leaving the account of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of a change of mind from dead works, and of faith in God, [6:2]of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment. [6:3] And this we will do if God permits. [6:4]For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, [6:5] and having tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the life to come, [6:6]and having fallen away, it is impossible again to renew to a change of mind, they having crucified again and exposed to shame the Son of God. [6:7]But the land which drinks in the rain that often falls on it, and produces plants beneficial to those by whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God; [6:8]but that which produces thorns and thistles is disapproved, and is nigh to a curse, the end of which is to be burned.

5 [6:9]But we are persuaded better things of you, beloved, and things pertaining to salvation, though we thus speak. [6:10]For God is not unjust, to forget your work, and the love which you showed for his name, having served the saints and [still] serving them. [6:11]But we desire each of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end, [6:12]that you be not stupid, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. [6:13]For God haying promised Abraham, when he could not swear by a greater, swore by himself, [6:14]saying, Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you; [6:15]and so having waited long he obtained the promise. [6:16]For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute; [6:17]for which cause, God wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, interposed with an oath, [6:18]that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set before us, [6:19]which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and entering within the vail, [6:20]where our forerunner Jesus entered, made after the order of Melchisedec a chief priest forever.

6 [7:1]For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, [7:2]to whom also Abraham gave a tenth of all, first being interpreted king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace, [7:3] without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither a beginning of days nor end of life, but being made like the Son of God, continues a priest forever.

7 [7:4]And behold, how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils. [7:5]And the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to tithe the people according to the law, that is their brothers, although descended from Abraham; [7:6]but he whose descent is not reckoned from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who has the promises. [7:7]But beyond all contradiction, the less is blessed by the greater. [7:8]And here, men who die receive tithes, but there, one of whom it is testified that he lives. [7:9]And so to speak, Levi also who receives tithes paid tithes through Abraham; [7:10]for he was yet in his father when Melchisedec met him.

8 [7:11]If therefore there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood,—for the people received the law under it,—what need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec and not to be called after the order of Aaron? [7:12]For the priesthood being changed, of necessity also there is made a change of the law. [7:13]For he of whom these things are said belonged to another tribe, of which no one attended to the altar; [7:14] for it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, in respect to which tribe Moses said nothing concerning priests. [7:15]And moreover, [this] is still further evident, if another priest is raised up according to the likeness of Melchisedec, [7:16]who was not a priest after the law of an external commandment, but after the power of imperishable life. [7:17]For it is testified, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchisedec. [7:18]For there is an abrogation of the commandment which goes before, on account of its weakness and unprofitableness; [7:19]for the law made nothing perfect, but was the introduction of a better hope through which we draw nigh to God. [7:20]And as he was not [constituted] without swearing,— [7:21]for they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You are a priest forever;— [7:22]by so much is Jesus the pledge of a better covenant. [7:23]And they indeed were made many priests, on account of being forbidden by death to continue; [7:24]but he, on account of his continuing for ever, has a priesthood which passes not away, [7:25]whence also he is able to save forever those who come to God through him, always living to intercede for them.

9 [7:26]For such a chief priest also was suitable for us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens, [7:27]who has no need daily as the chief priests first to present sacrifices for their sins, then for those of the people; for this he did once for all, having offered himself. [7:28]For the law constitutes men chief priests having infirmity, but the word of the oath which is after the law the Son made perfect forever.



CHAPTER III.

CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF A NEW COVENANT AND OF ITS BLESSINGS.

1 [8:1]BUT the chief thing in addition to what has been said is, that we have such a chief priest who sat on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens, [8:2]a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, not man. [8:3]For every chief priest is constituted to offer gifts and sacrifices, whence it was necessary that this man also should have something to offer. [8:4]For if he had been on earth he would not have been a priest, there being priests to offer, the gifts according to the law, [8:5]who serve for a symbol and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when about to make the tabernacle; for see, he says, that you make all things after the pattern shown you in the Mount; [8:6]but now he has obtained a more excellent service, by as much also as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which is established on better promises. 2 [8:7]For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for the second. [But it was not]. [8:8]For finding fault with them he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, a new covenant, [8:9]not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, for they continued not in my covenant, and I neglected them, says the Lord. [8:10]This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their minds, and will write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. [8:11]And they shall not teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them. [8:12]For I will be merciful to their wickedness, and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more. [8:13]By saying new, he made the first old; but that which is ancient and weak is about to perish.

3 [9:1]The first covenant then had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary. [9:2]For the first tabernacle was provided, in which were the candlestick and the table and the show bread, which is called the sanctuary. [9:3]But behind the second vail is the tabernacle, called the inner sanctuary, [9:4]having the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on every side with gold, in which were the golden vase that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the tables of the covenant, [9:5]and over it were the cherubs of glory, overshadowing the propitiation; of which it is not necessary now to speak particularly.

4 [9:6]And these being thus provided, the priests enter into the first tabernacle continually, performing the services, [9:7]but into the second once a year only the chief priest [enters], not without blood, which he offers for his errors and those of the people, [9:8]the Holy Spirit showing this, that the way into the sanctuary is not made manifest while the first tabernacle yet has a standing, [9:9]which is a type of the time at hand, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshipper as to the conscience, [9:10]only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.

5 [9:11]But Christ having come, a chief priest of the good times that were to come, with a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, [9:12]not with blood of goats and bullocks, but with his own blood, entered once into the sanctuary having found eternal redemption. [9:13]For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies to the purification of the flesh, [9:14]how much more shall the blood of Christ, who with an eternal spirit offered himself without fault to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

6 [9:15]And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that death having been for a redemption of transgressions [transgressors] under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. [9:16]For where there is a covenant, there must follow the death of the covenant-maker. [9:17]For a covenant is strong for the dead, since it is never strong [unalterable] when the covenant-maker lives; [9:18]whence also the first [covenant] was not initiated without blood. [9:19]For every commandment of the law having been spoken by Moses to all the people, taking the blood of bullocks and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, [9:20]saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined upon you. [9:21]And he sprinkled also the tabernacle, and all the implements of the service, in like manner, with blood. [9:22]And almost all things, according to the law, are purified with blood, and without the pouring out of blood there is no forgiveness.

7 [9:23]It was necessary, therefore, that the symbols of things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. [9:24]For Christ did not enter into the sanctuary made with hands, a type of the true, but into heaven itself, and already has appeared before God for us, [9:25]not that he may often present himself, as the chief priest enters into the sanctuary once a year with the blood of another [being]; [9:26]since it was necessary that it should suffer often from the foundation of the world, but now once at the consummation of the world he has been manifested to destroy sins by the sacrifice of himself. [9:27]And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this is the judgment, [9:28]so also Christ having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time without sin, to those who look for him for salvation.

8 [10:1]For the law having a shadow of the good things that were to come, not the very likeness of the things, could not by the sacrifices which they offered continually every year perfect the offerers; [10:2]if they could, would they not have ceased to be offered, because those serving would have had no longer a knowledge of sins, having been once purified? [10:3]But in them there was a remembrance of sins, year by year; [10:4]for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. [10:5]Wherefore, coming into the world, he says, A sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body didst thou prepare me. [10:6]Whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wast not pleased with; [10:7]then I said, Behold, I come,—in the volume of the book it is written of me,—to do thy will, O God. [10:8]Saying before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased with, which are offered according to the law, [10:9] then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, [10:10]by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.

9 [10:11]And every priest stood daily performing service and presenting often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; [10:12]but this [priest] having offered one sacrifice forever for sins, sat down on the right hand of God, [10:13]henceforth waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. [10:14] For by one offering he has perfected forever the sanctified. [10:15]The Holy Spirit also testifies [this] to us; for after it had said before, [10:16]This is the covenant which I will make with them after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws in their hearts, and in their minds will I write them, [10:17] and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more. [10:18]But where there is a forgiveness of these, an offering for sin is no longer required.



CHAPTER IV.

THE CONTEMPLATION OF CHRIST, FAITH AND ITS MARTYRS.

1 [10:19]HAVING therefore, brothers, confidence in respect to the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, [10:20]which [entrance] he consecrated for us a new and living way through the vail, that is his flesh, [10:21]and [having] a great priest over the house of God, [10:22]let us approach with a true heart in a full assurance of faith, sprinkled in heart from an evil conscience, and washed in body with pure water, [10:23]let us hold firmly the profession of the faith, without declining; for he is faithful that promised; [10:24]and let us observe one another for a provocation of love and of good works, [10:25]not forsaking our own congregation as some are in the habit of [doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more as you see the day approaching.

2 [10:26]For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins, [10:27]but a fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which is about to consume the adversaries. [10:28]Any one who despised the law of Moses died without mercy by two or three witnesses; [10:29]of how much greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, who has trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the blood of the covenant with which he was purified, and treated injuriously the Spirit of grace. [10:30]For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people. [10:31] It is fearful to fall into the hands of the living God.

3 [10:32]But remember the former days, in which having been enlightened you endured a great conflict with sufferings, [10:33]partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated. [10:34]For you sympathized with those in bonds, and received with joy the plunder of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession, and one that endures. [10:35]Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has a great reward. [10:36]For you have need of patience, that having done the will of God you may receive the promise. [10:37]For yet a very little while, and he that is to come will come and will not delay; [10:38] but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he draws back my soul takes no pleasure in him. [10:39]But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

4 [11:1]But faith is a confidence in respect to things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen. [11:2]For by it the ancients obtained a good repute. [11:3] We know by faith that the worlds were made by the word of God, that the seen was not made from the apparent. [11:4]By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which he was declared to be righteous, God testifying to his gifts, and through the same, having died, he speaks still. [11:5]By faith Enoch was translated without seeing death, and was not found because God translated him. For before the translation he was said to have pleased God; [11:6]but without faith it is impossible to please; for he that comes to God, must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that seek him.

5 [11:7]By faith Noah having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, fearing built the ark for the salvation of his house, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness by faith.

6 [11:8]By faith Abraham being called obeyed and went out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going. [11:9]By faith he resided temporarily in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise; [11:10]for he looked for the city which has foundations [fixed abodes] whose designer and builder is God. [11:11]By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that promised. [11:12]Wherefore also there were born of one, and those of one dead, [a posterity] like the stars of heaven for multitude, and like the sands on the sea-shore innumerable.

7 [11:13]All these died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that they were foreigners and strangers on the earth. [11:14]For those who say such things show that they seek a native country. [11:15]And if they had remembered that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return; [11:16]but now they seek a better, that is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

8 [11:17]By faith Abraham when tried offered Isaac, and he that received the promises offered his only son, [11:18]of whom it was said, In Isaac shall your posterity be called, [11:19]judging that God was able to raise even from the dead; whence also in a figure he received him. [11:20]By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in respect to things to come. [11:21]By faith Jacob dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshipped leaning on the top of his staff. [11:22]By faith Joseph at the close of life made mention of the exodus of the children of Israel and gave charge concerning his bones.

9 [11:23]By faith Moses when he was born was hid three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they feared not the command of the king. [11:24]By faith Moses when he became a man refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, [11:25]choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a time, [11:26]judging the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect to the reward. [11:27]By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the displeasure of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is invisible. [11:28] By faith he observed the passover and the pouring out of blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them. [11:29]By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians attempting were swallowed up. [11:30]By faith the walls of Jericho fell down when they had been surrounded seven days. [11:31]By faith Rahab the harlot escaped destruction with the disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

10 [11:32]And why should I say more? For time would fail me to relate of Gideon and Barak, and Sampson and Jepthah, and David and Samuel and the prophets, [11:33]who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, [11:34]extinguished the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight encampments of foreigners; [11:35]women received their dead from a resurrection, others were tortured having not accepted redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection; [11:36]and others had trial of mockings and scourges, and besides of bonds and imprisonment; [11:37]they were stoned, they were cut to pieces with saws, they were tried, they died with the death of the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated, [11:38]of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains, and in caves and openings of the earth. [11:39]And none of these who became martyrs through faith received the promise, [11:40]God having provided something better for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

11 [12:1]Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, [12:2]looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God. [12:3]For consider him that has endured such a contradiction from sinners, that you may not become faint and weary in your minds.



CHAPTER V.

DIVINE CHASTENING, MOUNT SINAI AND MOUNT ZION, MORAL DUTIES, ETC.

1 [12:4]You have not yet resisted to blood contending against sin. [12:5]And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when rebuked by him, [12:6]for the Lord corrects those whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. [12:7]If you endure correction, God deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not correct? [12:8]But if you are without correction of which all are partakers, then you are of foreign birth, and not sons. [12:9] Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? [12:10]For they for a few days corrected us as seemed good to them, but he for the best, that we may partake of his holiness. [12:11]And no correction seems to be joyful for the present but painful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

2 [12:12]Wherefore hold up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees, [12:13]and make straight courses for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed. [12:14]Follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord, [12:15]taking care that no one may come short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up may make trouble and by it many be defiled, [12:16]that no one may be a fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright. [12:17]For you know that afterwards, wishing also to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it with tears. [12:18]For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and to a burning fire, and blackness and darkness and a tempest [12:19]and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which those who heard desired that the word might not be spoken to them any more,— [12:20]for they could not bear what was commanded, And if a beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned; [12:21]and so fearful was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble,— [12:22]but you have come to Zion, the mountain and city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in general assembly, [12:23]and to the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to spirits of the righteous made perfect, [12:24]and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to a sprinkled blood which speaks better than Abel.

3 [12:25]See that you refuse not him that speaks; for if they did not escape who refused him that gave answers on earth, much more shall we [not escape] who turn ourselves away from him in heaven; [12:26]whose voice then shook the earth, but now it has been promised, saying, Hereafter once for all I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven. [12:27]And this, Hereafter once for all, signifies the removal of the things shaken as of things made, that those not shaken may continue. [12:28]Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace through which we may serve God acceptably, with piety and fear; [12:29]for our God is also a consuming fire.

4 [13:1]Let brotherly love continue. [13:2]Forget not hospitality; for by this some without knowing it have entertained angels. [13:3]Remember those bound as bound with them, and those injured as being yourselves also in the body. [13:4] Marriage is honorable in all, and married life without blame; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. [13:5]Let your life be without avarice, and be contented with what you have; for he said, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you; [13:6]so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what can man do to me?

5 [13:7]Remember your guides who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the end of their life follow the faith. [13:8]Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. [13:9]Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the mind should be established with grace, not with aliments, in which those walking are not profited.

6 [13:10]We have an altar of which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. [13:11]For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the sanctuary by the chief priest are burnt without the encampment. [13:12] Wherefore also Jesus, that he might purify the people through his blood, suffered without the gate. [13:13]Let us therefore go out to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach; [13:14]for we have not here a city that continues, but we seek that which is to come. [13:15]Through him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing his name. [13:16]And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

7 [13:17]Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.

8 [13:18]Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things wishing to live well. [13:19]And I exhort you do this the more, that I may sooner be restored to you.

9 [13:20]And may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, [13:21]perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever; amen.

10 [13:22]And I beseech you, brothers, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have sent to you a letter in a few words. [13:23]Know that brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you. [13:24]Salute all your guides and all the saints. Those from Italy salute you. [13:25]The grace be with you all; amen.



REVELATION BY JOHN.

PATMOS, A.D. 68.



CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION, A VISION OF CHRIST

1 [1:1]A REVELATION of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his servants [things] which must shortly occur, and he sent and made them known by his angel to his servant John, [1:2]who declared the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ which he saw. [1:3]Blessed is he that reads, and those that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time is at hand.

2 [1:4]John, to the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace be to you, from the Is and the Was and the Is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne, [1:5]and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his blood, [1:6]and made us a kingdom, priests to God even his Father, to him be the glory and the power forever; amen.

3 [1:7]Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him and those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of him. Yes, amen. [1:8]I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God; the Is, and the Was, and the Is to come, the Almighty.

4 [1:9]I, John, your brother and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. [1:10]I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet, [1:11]saying, What you see write in a book, and send to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamus and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.

5 [1:12]And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned around I saw seven golden candlesticks, [1:13]and in the midst of the candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a robe extending down to his feet, girded about the breasts with a golden girdle; [1:14]and his head and hairs were white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes like a flame of fire, [1:15]and his feet like fine brass as if they were burned in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many waters, [1:16]and he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, and his face shone like the sun in his strength.

6 [1:17]And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he put his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last [1:18]and the living, and I was dead, and behold, I am living forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of hades. [1:19]Write therefore the things which you saw, and which are, and which are about to appear hereafter, [1:20]the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks the seven churches.



CHAPTER II.

LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES.

1 [2:1]To the angel of the church in Ephesus write, These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, [2:2]I know your works and your labor and your patience, and that you cannot bear the wicked, and you tried those who say they are apostles and are not, and found them false; [2:3]and you have patience, and suffered for my name, and did not faint. [2:4]But I have against you that you have left your first love. [2:5]Remember therefore whence you have fallen, and change your minds, and do the first works, otherwise I will come to you and remove your candlestick from its place, unless you change your minds. [2:6]But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. [2:7]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that conquers will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.

2 [2:8]And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who was dead and lived, [2:9]I know your affliction and poverty, but you are rich, and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. [2:10]Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life. [2:11]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; He that conquers shall not be injured by the second death.

3 [2:12]And to the angel of the church in Pergamus write, These things says he that has the two-edged sharp sword, [2:13]I know your works and where you live; where Satan's throne is; and you hold my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas my faithful martyr was killed among you, where Satan dwells. [2:14]But I have a few things against you; you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put an occasion of sin before the children of Israel, both to eat things offered to idols and to commit fornication. [2:15]So in like manner you have also those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. [2:16]Change your minds therefore; otherwise I will come to you quickly, and fight with them with the sword of my mouth. [2:17]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that conquers will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white token, and on the token a new name engraved, which no one knows but he that receives it.

4 [2:18]And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass, [2:19]I know your works and love and faith and service and your patience, and your last works more than the first. [2:20]But I have against you that you allow your wife Jezebel, who says she is a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit fornication and eat things offered to idols. [2:21]And I gave her time to change her mind, and she will not change her mind from her fornication. [2:22]Behold, I will cast her on a [sick] bed, and those committing adultery with her into great affliction, unless they change their minds from her works. [2:23]And her children will I kill with pestilence, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searches the minds and hearts, and I will give you each one according to your works. [2:24]But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira who have not this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden; [2:25]but what you have, hold fast till I come. [2:26]And to him that conquers and keeps my works till the end, I will give power over the nations, [2:27]and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and crush them like earthen vessels, as I also have received of my Father, [2:28]and I will give him the star of the morning. [2:29]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

5 [3:1]And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things says he that has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, I know your works, that you have a name to live, and are dead. [3:2]Be watchful, confirm the rest who are about to die. For I have not found your works perfect before my God. [3:3] Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and watch, and change your minds. If therefore you do not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall not know at what hour I will come upon you. [3:4]But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. [3:5]He that conquers shall be clothed in white robes, and I will not obliterate his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. [3:6]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

6 [3:7]And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy One, the True, he that has the key of David, he that opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open, [3:8]I know your works; behold, I have placed before you an opened door, which no man can shut; because you have a little power, and kept my word, and did not deny my name. [3:9]Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them come and worship at your feet, and they shall know that I have loved you. [3:10]Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come on all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth. [3:11]I come quickly; keep what you have, that no man may take your crown. [3:12]Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out of it no more, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name. [3:13]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

7 [3:14]And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write, These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, [3:15]I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. [3:16]Because therefore you are warm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth. [3:17]For you say, I am rich and have become rich and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked. [3:18]I advise you to buy of me gold purified in the fire that you may be rich, and white robes that you may put on, and the shame of your nakedness not appear, and an eye-salve to anoint your eyes that you may see. [3:19]As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore and change your minds. [3:20]Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one shall hear my voice and open the door, I will enter in to him, and feast with him, and he with me. [3:21]To him that conquers will I give to sit down with me on my throne, as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. [3:22]Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches.



CHAPTER III.

THE HEAVENLY WORLD, THE THRONE OF GOD AND HIS COURT—THE ELDERS, CHERUBS, SEALED BOOK, LAMB, ETC.

1 [4:1]AFTER this I saw, and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard was of a trumpet speaking to me, saying, Come up hither, and I will show you things that must occur hereafter. [4:2]And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. [4:3]And he that sat was like a jasper and sardine stone, and there was an iris about the throne, similar in appearance to an emerald. [4:4]And about the throne were twenty-four thrones; and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting clothed in white robes, and having crowns of gold on their heads.

2 [4:5]And there proceeded from the throne lightnings and voices and thunders; and seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God, [4:6]and before the throne was as it were a sea of glass like crystal; and in the midst of the throne and about the throne were four living ones [cherubs] full of eyes before and behind. [4:7]And the first cherub was like a lion, and the second cherub like a bullock, and the third cherub had the face of a man, and the fourth cherub was like a flying eagle.

3 [4:8]And the four cherubs had each six wings apiece. And they were full of eyes around and within, and they had no rest day nor night, saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty the Was and the Is and the Is to come. [4:9]And when the cherubs gave glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne who lives forever and ever, [4:10]the twenty-four elders fell down on their faces before him that sat on the throne, and worshipped him that lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before his throne, saying, [4:11]Thou art worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou hast created all things, and on account of thy will they are and were created.

4 [5:1]And I saw at the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. [5:2]And I saw a mighty angel proclaim with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seven seals? [5:3]And no one in heaven above, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, could open the book, or look in it. [5:4]And I wept much because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it. [5:5]And one of the elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, he is opening the book and its seven seals.

5 [5:6]And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four cherubs and in the midst of the elders, a lamb standing as if killed, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. [5:7]And he came and took [the book] from the right hand of him that sat on the throne.

6 [5:8]And when he took the book, the four cherubs and the twenty-four elders fell down before the lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which is the prayers of the saints: [5:9]And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast killed and hast redeemed to God with thy blood [men] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, [5:10]and hast made them a kingdom and priests, and they shall reign on the earth. [5:11]And I saw, and heard a voice of many angels about the throne, and of the cherubs, and of the elders,—and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands,— [5:12]saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was killed to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. [5:13]And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those which are on the sea, and all things in them, all heard I saying, To him that sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and power forever and ever. [5:14]And the four cherubs said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped:



CHAPTER IV.

THE FIRST SIX SEALS OF THE BOOK OF PROPHECY, THE SEALING OF GOD'S SERVANTS, ETC.

1 [6:1]AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and heard one of the four cherubs say like the sound of thunder, Come. [6:2]And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it had a bow, and a crown was given him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer.

2 [6:3]And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second cherub say, Come. [6:4]And there went out another fiery horse, and it was given to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and there was given him a great sword.

3 [6:5]And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third cherub say, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he that sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. [6:6]And I heard a voice in the midst of the four cherubs, saying, A choenix [a quart] of wheat for a denarius [14 cents], and three choenices of barley for a denarius; and injure not the oil and wine.

4 [6:7]And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth cherub say, Come. [6:8]And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and one sat on it, whose name was Death, and Hades followed him, and there was given him power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the beasts of the earth.

5 [6:9]And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had. [6:10] And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? [6:11]And a white robe was given them, and it was told them to rest yet a little while, till their fellow servants and their brothers and those about to be killed as they also had been should finish [their testimony].

6 [6:12]And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and all the moon became as blood, [6:13]and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts down its unseasonable figs when shaken with a mighty wind, [6:14]and heaven departed like a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their places. [6:15]And the kings of the earth and the great men and the chiliarchs and the rich and the mighty and every servant and freeman hid themselves in caves and in the rocks of the mountains, [6:16]and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, [6:17]for the great day of his wrath has come, and who can stand?

7 [7:1]And after this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. [7:2]And I saw another angel ascend from the east, having the seal of the living God, and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to injure the earth and the sea, [7:3] saying, Injure not the earth nor the sea nor the trees, till we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads. [7:4]And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand were sealed from every tribe of the children of Israel.

8 [7:5]From the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, [7:6]from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, [7:7]from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, [7:8]from the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand.

9 [7:9]After this I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and having palm branches in their hands; [7:10]and they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation be to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. [7:11]And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four cherubs, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, [7:12]saying, Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever.

10 [7:13]And one of the elders answered and said to me, Who are those clothed with white robes, and whence did they come? [7:14]And I said to him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. [7:15] Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sits on the throne will dwell among them. [7:16]And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them nor any heat, [7:17]for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and lead them to fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.



CHAPTER V.

THE SEVENTH SEAL, THE FIRST FIVE TRUMPETS, THE STAR THAT FELL FROM HEAVEN, THE LOCUSTS, ETC.

1 [8:1]AND when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour. [8:2]And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and there were given them seven trumpets. [8:3]And another angel came and stood by the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given him much incense to present with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne. [8:4] And a cloud of incense ascended with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God. [8:5]And the angel took the censer and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth; and there were thunders and lightning and voices and an earthquake.

2 [8:6]And the seven angels having the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. [8:7]And the first sounded; and there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth; and a third part of the earth was consumed, and a third part of the trees were consumed, and all the green grass was consumed.

3 [8:8]And the second angel sounded; and the appearance of a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and a third part of the sea became blood, [8:9]and a third part of the creatures in the sea having life died, and a third part of the ships were destroyed.

4 [8:10]And the third angel sounded; and there fell from heaven a great star, burning like a lamp, and it fell on a third part of the rivers and on the fountains of waters. [8:11]And the name of the star was called Bitterness. And a third part of the waters became bitter, and many men died by the waters, because they were bitter.

5 [8:12]And the fourth angel sounded; and a third part of the sun was smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, and a third part of them were darkened, and the day did not appear a third part of it, nor the night. [8:13]And I saw, and heard an eagle flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who live on the earth on account of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.

6 [9:1]And the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth, and there was given him the key of the pit of the abyss. [9:2]And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there arose up a smoke from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. [9:3]And from the smoke went out locusts on the earth, and power was given them like the power which scorpions of the earth have. [9:4]And it was told them not to injure the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but the men who had not the seal of God on their foreheads. [9:5]And it was given them not to kill them, but to sting them five months; and their sting was like the sting of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. [9:6]And in those days men shall seek death and not find it, and shall desire to die and death flee from them.

7 [9:7]And the forms of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle, and upon their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men, [9:8]and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like [those] of lions, [9:9]and they had cuirasses like steel cuirasses, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. [9:10]And they had tails like scorpions and stings, and in their tails was their power to injure men five months. [9:11]They had over them a king, an angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he is called Apollyon. [9:12]One woe has passed; behold, there come yet two woes after this.

8 [9:13]And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, [9:14]saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Unbind the four angels bound by the river, the great Euphrates. [9:15] And the four angels were unbound, who were prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, to kill a third part of men. [9:16]And the number of the armies of the horse was two ten thousands of ten thousands; I heard the number of them. [9:17]And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those sitting on them, having cuirassess of fire, of hyacinth and of sulphur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths proceeded fire and smoke and sulphur.

9 [9:18]By these three plagues a third part of men were killed, by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur which proceeded from their mouths. [9:19]For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like serpents, having heads, and with them they did injury. [9:20]And the rest of men, who were not killed with these plagues, did not change their minds [to turn] from the works of their hands, not to worship demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which cannot see nor hear nor walk, [9:21] and did not change their minds [to turn] from their murders, nor from their magic arts, nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts.



CHAPTER VI.

THE LITTLE BOOK AND THE TWO WITNESSES.

1 [10:1]AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and an iris was about his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire, [10:2]and he had in his hand a little book opened. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land, [10:3]and cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. And when he cried, seven thunders spoke their words. [10:4]And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders spoke, and write it not.

2 [10:5]And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted up his right hand to heaven, [10:6]and swore by him that lives forever and ever, that created heaven and the things in it and the earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it, that time should be no longer, [10:7]but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God shall be finished, as he told his servants the prophets.

3 [10:8]And the voice which I heard from heaven [I heard] again speak to me and say, Go and take the little opened book in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land. [10:9]And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take and eat it, and it will embitter your stomach, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey. [10:10]And I took the little book from the hand of the angel and eat it; and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey; and when I eat it, my stomach was bitter. [10:11]And they said to me, You must prophesy again before peoples and nations and tongues and many kings.

4 [11:1]And a rod was given me like a staff, and he said, Arise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those that worship in it. [11:2]And leave out the exterior court of the temple and measure it not, for it has been given to the gentiles, and they shall tread the holy city under foot forty-two months [three years and a half]. [11:3]And I will give charge to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy twelve hundred and sixty days [three years and a half] clothed with sackcloth. [11:4]These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps, which stand before the Lord of the earth. [11:5]And if any one will injure them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their adversaries; and if any one will injure them, he must thus be killed. [11:6]These have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain in the days of their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they will.

5 [11:7]And when they shall finish their testimony, the beast which ascends from the abyss shall make war with them, and conquer them, and kill them. [11:8] And their dead bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. [11:9] And the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not permit their dead bodies to be buried. [11:10]And those that dwell on the earth shall be glad, and rejoice over them, and shall send gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth. [11:11]And after three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those that saw them. [11:12]And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, Ascend hither; and they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheld them. [11:13]And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell, and seven thousand men were killed by the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. [11:14]The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe comes quickly.



CHAPTER VII.

THE SEVENTH TRUMPET, THE WOMAN, THE DRAGON AND THE BEASTS.

1 [11:15]AND the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, the kingdom of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign forever and ever. [11:16]And the twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on their faces, and worshipped God, [11:17]saying, We thank thee, Lord God Almighty, the Is and the Was, that thou didst take thy great power and reign, [11:18]and the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets and to the saints and those that fear thy name, small and great, and to destroy those that destroy the earth.

2 [11:19]And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple, and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and great hail.

3 [12:1]And a great symbol appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars, [12:2]and being with child she cried out in pain and distress to give it birth. [12:3]And there appeared another symbol in heaven, and behold, a great fiery dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and upon his heads seven diadems, [12:4]and his tail drew a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them on the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear [a child], that when she had borne he might devour her son. [12:5]And she bore a male child, who is about to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. [12:6]And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they may nourish her there twelve hundred and sixty days [three years and a half].

4 [12:7]And there was a war in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting with the dragon. And the dragon fought and his angels, [12:8]and were not strong, neither was their place found any longer in heaven. [12:9]And the great dragon, the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, and who deceives all the world, was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast [to the earth] with him. [12:10]And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now has come the salvation and power and kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of the brothers, that accused them day and night before God, has been cast [to the earth]. [12:11]And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and exposed their lives to death. [12:12]Therefore rejoice, heavens, and those who dwell in them; woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short time.

5 [12:13]And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who bore the male child. [12:14]And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly to the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished a time and times and half a time [three years and a half], from before the serpent. [12:15]And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water like a river, that he might carry her away. [12:16]And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth. [12:17]And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus.

6 [13:1]And I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast come up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. [13:2]And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. [13:3]And one of his heads [was as if] mortally wounded, and its mortal wound was healed. And all the earth wondered after the beast, [13:4]and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave power to the beast, and worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with him? [13:5]And there was given him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemy, and power was given him to continue forty-two months [three years and a half]. [13:6]And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven. [13:7]And it was given him to make war with the saints and to conquer them, and power was given him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. [13:8]And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name is not enrolled in the Lamb's book of life who was killed from the foundation of the world. [13:9]If any one has an ear let him hear. [13:10]If any one [leads] into captivity, he shall go into captivity; if any one kills with the sword, he shall be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints.

7 [13:11]And I saw another beast come up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. [13:12]And he exercised all the power of the first beast in his presence. And he caused the earth and those that dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. [13:13]And he performs great miracles, so as even to make fire come down from heaven to the earth in the sight of men. [13:14]And he deceives those that dwell on the earth by the miracles which it was given him to perform before the beast, telling those that dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound with the sword and lived. [13:15]And it was given him to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that all who would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. [13:16] And he caused all, small and great, and rich and poor, and freemen and servants, to receive the mark on their right hand or on their forehead, [13:17]and that no one should buy or sell unless he had the mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. [13:18]Here is wisdom. Let him that has a mind count the number of the beast; for the number is man's. And his number is six hundred and sixty-six.



CHAPTER VIII.

THE LAMB ON MOUNT ZION, AND HIS JUDGMENTS.

1 [14:1]AND I saw, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads. [14:2]And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like harpers playing on their harps. [14:3]And they sung a new song before the throne and before the four cherubs and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, who had been redeemed from the earth. [14:4]These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from men a first fruit to God and the Lamb, [14:5]and in their mouth was found no deceit; for they are blameless.

2 [14:6]And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the eternal gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, [14:7]saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him that made heaven and the earth and the sea and fountains of waters.

3 [14:8]And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, who made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

4 [14:9]And another, a third angel, followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any one worships the beast and his image, and receives the mark on his forehead or on his hand, [14:10]he shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, mingled undiluted in the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur before the angels and before the Lamb. [14:11]And the smoke of their torment rises up forever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. [14:12]Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. [14:13]And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yes, says the Spirit, they shall rest from their labors; and their works follow after them.

5 [14:14]And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold and in his hand a sharp sickle. [14:15]And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send your sickle and reap, for the time has come to harvest, for the harvest of the earth is dry. [14:16]And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was harvested.

6 [14:17]And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he had a sharp sickle; [14:18]and another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and cried with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Send your sharp sickle and gather the grapes of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe. [14:19]And the angel cast his sharp sickle on the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great wine-press of the wrath of God. [14:20]And the wine-press was trodden without the city, and the blood went out from the wine-press to the horses' bridles, a distance of sixteen hundred stadia [158 English miles].



CHAPTER IX.

THE LAST SEVEN PLAGUES OF THE KINGDOM OF THE BEAST.

1 [15:1]AND I saw another symbol in heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels having the last seven plagues, because by them the wrath of God was finished. [15:2]And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those becoming victors over the beast and his image and the number of his name standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. [15:3]And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, king of the nations; [15:4]who shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy, for all the nations shall come and worship before thee, for thy righteous ordinances have been made manifest.

2 [15:5]And after this I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony was opened in heaven, [the inner temple], [15:6]and the seven angels went out who have the last seven plagues, clothed with pure bright linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles. [15:7]And one of the four cherubs gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of the God who lives forever and ever. [15:8]And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

3 [16:1]And I heard a loud voice saying to the seven angels, Go, pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth. [16:2]And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there was an evil and malignant ulcer on the men who have the mark of the beast and those who worship his image.

4 [16:3]And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead body, and every living soul died, the [creatures] in the sea.

5 [16:4]And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers and the fountains of waters; and they became blood. [16:5]And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art just, the Is and the Was, [the] Holy One, because thou hast judged thus, [16:6]for they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy. [16:7]And I heard the altar say, Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

6 [16:8]And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given it to scorch men with fire. [16:9]And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and changed not their minds to give him glory.

7 [16:10]And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from painful labor, [16:11] and blasphemed the God of heaven on account of their painful labors and their ulcers, and they changed not their minds to turn from their works.

8 [16:12]And the sixth poured out his bowl on the river, the great Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from the East might be prepared. [16:13]And I saw three impure spirits like frogs [proceed] from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet;— [16:14]for [these] are spirits of demons that perform miracles, that go to the kings of all the world, to assemble them for the battle of that great day of God Almighty. [16:15]Behold, I come as a thief; blessed is he that watches and keeps on his clothes, lest he walk naked and they see his shame. [16:16]And they assembled them in the place called in Hebrew Armagedon.

9 [16:17]And the seventh angel poured out his bowl on the air; and there came out a loud voice from the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done. [16:18] And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, such as has not been since a man was on the earth, such an earthquake and one so great. [16:19]And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of his indignant wrath. [16:20]And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. [16:21]And great hail of about the weight of a talent [the Attic talent, 56 pounds, the Jewish, 113] came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail because its plague was very great.



CHAPTER X.

THE FALL OF BABYLON.

1 [17:1]AND one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke to me, saying, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, [17:2]with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

2 [17:3]And he bore me away into the wilderness in the Spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, [the beast] full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. [17:4]And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of the fornication of the earth, [17:5]and on her forehead the names inscribed, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. [17:6]And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, and I wondered when I saw her with great wonder.

3 [17:7]And the angel said to me, Why did you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast which carries her, having the seven heads and ten horns. [17:8]The beast which you saw was and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss, and goes to destruction; and those who live 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 that he was and is not and is to come. [17:9]Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits, [17:10]and are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes must continue a short time. [17:11]And the beast which was and is not, he also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes to destruction.

4 [17:12]And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom, but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. [17:13] These have one will, and give their power and their authority to the beast. [17:14]They shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall conquer them,—for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful. [17:15]And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. [17:16]And the ten horns which you saw and the beast shall hate the harlot, and make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her with fire; [17:17]for God has put it into their hearts to do his will and to have one will and give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God are finished. [17:18]And the woman which you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.

5 [18:1]After this I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power, and the earth was lighted by his glory. [18:2]And he cried with a loud voice, saving, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen, and has become a habitation of demons, and a haunt of every impure spirit, and a haunt of every impure and hateful bird, [18:3]because all nations have drank of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth became rich from the greatness of her luxury.

6 [18:4]And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not partake of her sins, and receive of her plagues; [18:5] for her sins have reached to heaven and God has remembered her wickedness. [18:6]Render to her as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; of the cup that she has mixed, mix to her double; [18:7]as much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much distress and sorrow give her. For she says in her mind, I sit a queen and am not a widow and I see not sorrow. [18:8]Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and sorrow and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.

7 [18:9]And the kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her shall weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, [18:10]standing at a distance on account of fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon the mighty city, for in one hour your judgment has come. [18:11]And the merchants of the earth shall weep and lament for her, because no one buys their wares any more, [18:12]wares of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls, and linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every implement of ivory and every implement of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, [18:13]cinnamon and amomum and incense and ointment and frankincense, and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and chariots and servants, and souls of men. [18:14]And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all precious and shining stores have perished from you, and you shall find them no more.

8 [18:15]And dealers in these things, and those who became rich by her, shall stand afar off for fear of her distress, weeping and lamenting, [18:16]saying, Alas, alas, the great city, that was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, [18:17]for in one hour are so great riches made a desolation. And every sailing-master and every one who sails to the place, and sailors and all that work on the sea, shall stand afar off, [18:18]and looking on the smoke of its burning, cry, saying, What city is like this great city? [18:19]And they shall cast dust on their heads, and cry weeping and lamenting, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, by which all were enriched who had ships on the sea on account of her costly merchandise, for in one hour is it made desolate. [18:20]Rejoice over her, heaven, and you holy angels and apostles and prophets, for God has executed your judgment on her.

9 [18:21]And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall be found no more. [18:22]And the voice of harpers and singers and of those that play on flutes and trumpets shall be heard in you no more. And no artisan of any art shall be found in you any more, and the sound of a mill shall be heard in you no more, [18:23]and the light of a candle shall shine in you no more, and the voice of a bridegroom and of a bride shall be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for all nations were deceived by your magic arts, [18:24]and in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all that have been killed on the earth.



CHAPTER XI.

SATAN CONQUERED AND IMPRISONED, HIS RELEASE AND FINAL OVERTHROW.

1 [19:1]AFTER this I heard a loud voice as of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Halleluia, the salvation and glory and power of our God, [19:2]for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged the great harlot who destroyed the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. [19:3]And again they said, Halleluia, and her smoke ascends forever and ever. [19:4]And the twenty-four elders fell down, and the four cherubs, and worshipped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen, Halleluia. [19:5]And a voice came out from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all his servants and those that fear him, small and great. [19:6]And I heard them as the voice of a great multitude, and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunders, saying, Halleluia, for the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. [19:7]Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has prepared herself, [19:8]and it was given her to be arrayed in fine linen white and clean;—for fine linen represents the righteous ordinances of the saints.

2 [19:9]And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are called to the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he told me, These are the true words of God. [19:10]And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See [that you do it] not; I am your fellow-servant and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

3 [19:11]And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. [19:12]And his eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; he has a name written that no man knows except himself, [19:13]and he is clothed in a mantle dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God. [19:14]And the armies of heaven follow him upon white horses, clothed with fine white clean linen. [19:15]And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he shall tread the wine-press of the indignant wrath of God Almighty. [19:16]And he has on the mantle and on the thigh his name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

4 [19:17]And I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, assemble yourselves to the great supper of God, [19:18]that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of chiliarchs and the flesh of mighty [men] and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free-men and servants and both small and great. [19:19]And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled together to make war with him that sat on the horse and with his army. [19:20]And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who performed miracles before him, with which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship his image; and the two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur. [19:21]And the rest were killed with the sword of him that sits on the horse, which proceeded out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

5 [20:1]And I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. [20:2]And he took the dragon, which is the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, [20:3]and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up and put a seal over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were finished; after that he must be released a short time.

6 [20:4]And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years; [20:5]the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. [20:6]Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; on these the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and Christ, and reign with him a thousand years.

7 [20:7]And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be released from his prison, [20:8]and go forth to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, the Gog and the Magog [the king and the people], and to assemble them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. [20:9] And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the encampment of the saints and the beloved city; and fire came down from heaven and consumed them. [20:10]And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where also the beast and the false prophet [were cast], and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.



CHAPTER XII.

THE FINAL JUDGMENT, THE NEW JERUSALEM, ETC.

1 [20:11]AND I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it, from whose presence the earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. [20:12]And I saw the dead, great and small, stand before the throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is of life. And the dead were judged from the things written in the books according to their works. [20:13]And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged each according to their works. [20:14]And Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. [20:15]And whoever was not found enrolled in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

2 [21:1]And I saw a new heaven and new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea was no more. [21:2]And I saw the holy city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [21:3]And I heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them, their God, [21:4]and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor shall lamentation nor crying nor pain be any more, for the former things have passed away.

3 [21:5]And he that sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said, Write that these words are faithful and true. [21:6]And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely. [21:7]He that conquers shall inherit these things, and I will be to him a God and he shall be to me a son. [21:8]But the fearful and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

4 [21:9]And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the last seven plagues came, and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the wife, the bride of the Lamb. [21:10]And he bore me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, [21:11]having the glory of God; its luminary was like the most precious stone, like a crystalline jasper. [21:12]It had a great and high wall, it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. [21:13]On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. [21:14]And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

5 [21:15]And he that spoke with me had a golden measuring rod, to measure the city and its gates and its wall. [21:16]And the city was square, and its length equal to its breadth. And he measured the city with the rod, twelve thousand stadia [1372 English miles]; and the length and breadth and height of it are equal. [21:17]And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which was of the angel. [21:18]And the building of its wall was jasper, and the city was of pure gold like clear glass. [21:19]And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone; the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, [21:20]the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardine stone, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh hyacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

6 [21:21]And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was of one pearl. And the street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass. [21:22]And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb. [21:23]And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to give a light to it; for the glory of God lights it, and its light the Lamb. [21:24] And the nations shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory to it, [21:25]and its gates shall not be shut by day,—for there shall be no night there,— [21:26]and they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. [21:27]And there shall not enter into it any thing that is defiled, nor any one that commits an abomination and falsehood, but those enrolled in the Lamb's book of life.

7 [22:1]And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and the Lamb. [22:2]In the midst of its broad plain and along the river on each side was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, and yielding monthly each of its fruits, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. [22:3]And no curse shall be there any more. And the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him, [22:4]and shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads. [22:5] And there shall be no night, and they shall have no need of a lamp and light, for the Lord God shall shed light on them, and they shall reign forever and ever.

8 [22:6]And he said to me, These words are faithful and true, and the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show his servants what must shortly occur. [22:7]Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.

9 [22:8]And I am John who heard and saw these thing; and when I heard and when I saw I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things. [22:9]And he said to me, See [that you do it] not; for I am your fellow servant and of your brothers the prophets and of those that keep the words of this book; worship God. [22:10]And he said to me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; the time is at hand. [22:11]Let the unjust be unjust still, and let the filthy be filthy still, and let the righteous do righteousness still, and let the holy be made holy still.

10 [22:12]Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every one as his work is. [22:13]I am the Alpha and the Omega, first and last, the beginning and end. [22:14]Blessed are they that keep his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and enter by the gates into the city. [22:15]Without are dogs and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers and idolaters and whoever loves and practises falsehood.

11 [22:16]I Jesus sent my angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright star of the morning. [22:17]And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that thirsts, come; let him that will, take the water of life freely.

12 [22:18]I testify to every one that hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If any one adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues written in this book; [22:19]and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and the holy city, described in this book. [22:20]He that testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen, come Lord Jesus. [22:21]The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.

THE END