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We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

…and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.

But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

…to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

…but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

…or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

…so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

…so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.