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who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

I and the Father are one.

Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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

Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

but of the Sonhe saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming.

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever, — read the full passage →

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings! — read the full passage →

And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth. — read the full passage →

Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.

and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and the Saviour Jesus Christ:

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. — read the full passage →

so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, — read the full passage →

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

I chargetheein the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: — read the full passage →

But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus; — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;

Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, — read the full passage →

And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.

Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they supplied.

So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.