A.D. 68.
A COMMENDATION OF CURIA'S CHILDREN, ETC.
1 [1:1]THE elder to the elect Curia and her children, whom I love in
truth, and not I only but also all who have known the truth, [1:2]on
account of the truth which continues in you, and shall be with you
forever. [1:3]Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Jesus
Christ the Son of the Father, shall be with you in truth and love.
2 [1:4]I rejoiced exceedingly that I found your children walking in the
truth as we received commandment from the Father. [1:5]And now I
beseech you, Curia, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but
[one] which we had from the beginning, that we should love one another.
[1:6]And this is love, that we should walk according to his
commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning,
that you should walk in it. [1:7]For many deceivers have gone out into
the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh; this is
the deceiver, and the antichrist. [1:8]Take heed to yourselves, that ye
lose not the labor which you performed, but receive a full reward.
[1:9]Every one who goes beyond, and continues not in the doctrine of
Christ, is without God. He that continues in the doctrine has both the
Son and the Father. [1:10] If any one comes to you and brings not this
doctrine, receive him not into your houses, and salute him not;
[1:11]for he that salutes him is a partaker of his evil works.
3 [1:12]Having many things to write, I do not wish to write with paper
and ink, but I hope to be with you and to speak face to face, that our
joy may be full. [1:13]The children of your elect sister salute you.
THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN.
A.D. 68.
A COMMENDATION OF GAIUS AND DEMETRIUS, AND A DENUNCIATION OF DIOTREPHES.
1 [1:1]THE elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
[1:2]Beloved, I desire above all things that you may prosper and be in
health, as your soul prospers. [1:3]For I rejoiced exceedingly when the
brothers came and testified of your truth, as you walk in truth. [1:4]I
have no greater joy than this, that I hear of my children walking in
the truth.
2 [1:5]Beloved, you did faithfully whatever you do to the brothers, and
that to strangers, [1:6]who testified of your love before the church,
whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God. [1:7]For they
went out for his name, taking nothing of the gentiles. [1:8]We
therefore ought to receive such, that we may be co-laborers for the
truth.
3 [1:9]I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes desiring the
pre-eminence does not receive us. [1:10]Therefore if I come I will
remember his works which he performs, prating against us with evil
words, and not being satisfied, in addition to these [things] he does
not receive the brothers, and forbids and casts out of the church those
wishing to do it.
4 [1:11]Beloved, do not imitate evil but good. He that does good is of
God; he that does evil has not seen God. [1:12]Testimony is borne to
Demetrius by all, and by the truth itself; and we also testify, and you
know that our testimony is true.
5 [1:13]I had many things to write, but wish not to write to you with
ink and pen; [1:14]but hope soon to see you, and we will speak face to
face. Peace be to you. The friends salute you; salute the friends by
name.
[THE EPISTLE] TO THE HEBREWS.
A.D. 68.
CHAPTER I.
CHRIST THE SON OF GOD SUPERIOR TO ANGELS AND TO MOSES.
1 [1:1]GOD, who at many times and in many ways spoke anciently to the
fathers by the prophets, [1:2]in these last days spoke to us by his
Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made
the worlds, [1:3]who being the brightness of his glory and the express
image of his substance, and sustaining all things by the word of his
power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand
of the majesty on high, [1:4]being made as much greater than the angels
as he has inherited a more excellent name than they. [1:5]For to which
of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, to-day have I
begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to
me a Son? [1:6]And again, when he brings the first-born into the world
he says, And let all the angels of God worship him. [1:7]And of the
angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame
of fire; [1:8]but of the Son, Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the
sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude. [1:9]Thou hast loved
righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. [1:10]And thou,
Lord, in the beginning didst build from its foundations the earth, and
the heavens are works of thy hands; [1:11]they shall perish, but thou
shalt continue; and they shall all become old like a garment, [1:12]and
like a mantle thou shalt fold them up, and they shall be changed, but
thou art the same and thy years shall not fail. [1:13]And to which of
the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand till I make thy
enemies thy footstool? [1:14]Are they not all ministering spirits, sent
forth to serve on account of those who are about to inherit salvation?
2 [2:1]We ought therefore to attend the more to the things which we
heard, lest at any time we should glide away [from them]. [2:2]For if
the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and
disobedience received a just recompense, [2:3]how shall we escape who
have neglected so great a salvation? which began to be spoken by the
Lord, and was affirmed to us by those who heard, [2:4]God bearing them
witness with signs and prodigies, and various mighty works and gifts of
the holy Spirit, according to his will.
3 [2:5]For he did not subject to angels the world to come, of which we
speak. [2:6]But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou
art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him? [2:7]Thou
didst make him a little lower than angels, thou didst crown him with
glory and honor, [2:8]thou didst subject all things under his feet. For
in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him.
But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. [2:9]But we see
Jesus, made a little less than angels, on account of the suffering of
death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should
taste death for every [man]. [2:10]For it became him, for whom are all
things and through whom are all things, to perfect by sufferings the
prince of their salvation, bringing many sons to glory. [2:11]For both
he that sanctifies and the sanctified are all of one; for which cause
he is not ashamed to call them brothers, [2:12]saying, I will declare
thy name to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly will I sing to
thee. [2:13]And again, I will trust in him. And again, Behold me and
the children which God gave me. [2:14]Since then the children have
partaken of blood and flesh, he in like manner also partook of them,
that through death he might destroy him that has the power of death,
that is the devil, [2:15]and liberate those who all their life were
subjects of servitude to the fear of death. [2:16]For indeed he helped
not angels, but he helped the descendants of Abraham. [2:17]Whence he
ought in all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a
merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to
make propitiation for the sins of the people. [2:18]For because he has
himself suffered, having been tried, he is able to help the tried.
4 [3:1]Whence, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly call, consider
the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Jesus, [3:2]who is
faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was in his house.
[3:3]For this man is judged worthy of more glory than Moses, as much as
he has more honor than the house [tabernacle] which he built. [3:4]For
every house is built by some one; but he that built all things is God.
[3:5]And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for
a testimony of things to be spoken; [3:6]but Christ as a son over his
house, whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing
of the hope.
5 [3:7]Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, To-day if you will hear his
voice, [3:8]harden not your hearts as in the provocation, in the day of
the trial in the wilderness, [3:9]where your fathers fully proved and
saw my works forty years. [3:10]Wherefore I was displeased with that
generation and said, They always err in mind, and they did not know my
ways, [3:11]so I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
[3:12]See, brothers, that there be not at any time in any one of you an
evil mind of unbelief in departing from the living God; [3:13]but
exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of you
may be hardened by the deception of sin; [3:14]for we have been made
partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of the confidence firm to
the end. [3:15]It was said, To-day if you will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts as in the provocation; [3:16]for who having heard
committed provocation? Did not all indeed who came out of Egypt with
Moses? [3:17]And with whom was he displeased forty years? Was it not
with those that sinned? whose bodies fell in the wilderness? [3:18]And
to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest? was it
not to them that disobeyed? [3:19]And we see that they could not enter
in because of unbelief.
6 [4:1]Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us
of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short.
[4:2]For we have also received the good news as they did; but the word
of the report did not profit them, not being accompanied with faith in
those who heard. [4:3]For we enter into the rest who believed, as he
said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest,
although of works made from the foundation of the world. [4:4]For he
spoke in a certain place of the seventh day, thus; And God rested on
the seventh day from all his works. [4:5]And in this place again, They
shall not enter into my rest. [4:6]Since then it remains that some
entered into it, and those to whom it was first preached entered not in
on account of unbelief, [4:7]again he defines a certain day, To-day,
saying in David, after so long a time, as it was said before, To-day if
you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. [4:8]For if Joshua
caused them to rest he would not have spoken of another day afterwards.
7 [4:9]Therefore a sabbatism remains for the people of God. [4:10]For
he [Christ] who entered into his rest, also himself rested from his
works, as God from his.
8 [4:11]Let us use diligence, therefore to enter into that rest [the
heavenly rest], that no one may fall, after the same example of
disobedience. [4:12]For the word of God is living, and effective, and
sharper than any two-edged sword, and reaching even to the division of
soul and spirit, and of joints and marrows, and distinguishes thoughts
and intentions of mind; [4:13]and there is nothing which is not
manifest in his sight; for all things are naked and exposed to his
eyes, to whom our discourse relates.
CHAPTER II.
CHRIST A CHIEF PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC.
1 [4:14]HAVING therefore a great chief priest who has gone through the
heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the profession.
[4:15]For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our
infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.
[4:16]Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace, that
we may obtain mercy and find grace for timely aid.
2 [5:1]For every chief priest taken from men is appointed in behalf of
men over things relating to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices
for sins, [5:2] being able to deal gently with the ignorant and erring,
since he is himself encompassed with infirmity, [5:3]and as for the
people, so also for himself, he is obliged to present offerings for
sins. [5:4]And no one takes the honor on himself but he that is called
by God, even as Aaron also was. [5:5]So also Christ did not put on
himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to
him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee; [5:6]as also in
another place he says, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec. [5:7]Who in the days of his flesh having offered both
prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death,
with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and delivered] from fear,--
[5:8]although he was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered,
[5:9]and being made perfect became to all who obey him an author of
eternal salvation, [5:10]being called by God a chief priest after the
order of Melchisedec.
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.