who opposeth himself against, and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or is the object of adoration; so that he in the temple of God sitteth as God, exhibiting himself in public that he is God.

AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon the horns ten diadems, and upon the heads a title of blasphemy.

Depth

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and how incomprehensible his ways!

for false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and give out great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if it were possible, even the elect.

that no advantage be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

But I fear lest as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity which belongs to Christ.

whose appearing is known by fanatical energy, displayed in all power, and signs, and lying miracles,

But to you I say, and to the rest that are at Thyatira, as many as do not hold this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak, I will lay upon them no other burden.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the Devil, and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

and deceiveth the inhabitants of the earth by the signs, which he is enabled to perform before the beast, saying to the dwellers upon the earth, that they should make an image for the beast who had the stroke of the sword, and survived.

And the beast was seized upon, and with him the false prophet who performed the wonders before him, by which he deceived those who received the brand of the beast, and those who worshipped his image. They were both hurled alive into the lake of fire which burneth with brimstone.

and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up, and put a seal upon it, that he might deceive the nations no more until the thousand years are completed: and after that he must be loosed a short time.

Shall be

and I give unto them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, and no person shall pluck them out of my hand.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Love

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

But God commendeth his own love towards us, that, though we were yet sinners, Christ died in our stead.

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

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

And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

as he hath elected us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love:

But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us,

But even then the kindness and love of God our Saviour to man shone forth,

By this was the love of God manifested to us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might have life by him.

General references

and why do we also expose ourselves to danger every hour?