And as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be, and what is the sign of thy coming and the completion of the age?

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall in no wise pass away, till all these things take place.

And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

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Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

For concerning the ministration which is for the saints, it is superfluous my writing to you.

Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

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they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them;