who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on his horns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

Depth

Oh, the depth of the riches and of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out!

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

in order that Satan might gain no advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders,

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I will not lay upon you any other burden;

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole worldhe was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which he was given power to do in the presence of the beast. He ordered them to make an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with sulfur.

and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be released for a short time.

Shall be

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Love

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

I have made known to them your name, and will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before him. In love

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

General references

Why are we also in danger every hour?