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Only be strong and be greatly active, to watch to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee: thou shalt not turn aside from it to the right and to the left, so that thou shalt be wise in all things where thou shalt go.
For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many.
And many false prophets shall be raised up, and deceive many. And because anxiety shall increase, the love of many shall be cooled.
For false Christs, and false prophets, shall be raised up, and give great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if possible, also the chosen.
Truly the first word had I made of all things, O Theophilus, of which Jesus began to do and also to teach, Till the day having commanded the sent whom he chose through the Holy Spirit, he was taken up: read more. To them also he presented himself living, after he suffered, by many infallible signs, through forty days seen to them, and speaking the things of the kingdom of God: And, being collected together, he enjoined them not to be separated from Jerusalem, but to wait for the solemn promise of the Father, which ye heard of me.
And, being collected together, he enjoined them not to be separated from Jerusalem, but to wait for the solemn promise of the Father, which ye heard of me. For John truly immersed in water; and ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit not after these many days.
For John truly immersed in water; and ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit not after these many days. Truly they therefore having come together, asked him, saying, Lord, if in this time thou wilt restore the kingdom of Israel?
Truly they therefore having come together, asked him, saying, Lord, if in this time thou wilt restore the kingdom of Israel? And he said to them, It is not yours to know the times and occasions, which the Father fixed in his own power.
And he said to them, It is not yours to know the times and occasions, which the Father fixed in his own power. But ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses to me also in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the last of the earth.
But ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses to me also in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the last of the earth. And having said these, they beholding, he was lifted up; and a cloud received him from their eyes.
And having said these, they beholding, he was lifted up; and a cloud received him from their eyes. And as they were looking intently to heaven, he going, behold, two men were standing before them in white raiment;
And as they were looking intently to heaven, he going, behold, two men were standing before them in white raiment; And they said, Galilean men, why stand ye looking to heaven this Jesus, taken up from you to heaven, so shall he come which manner ye saw him going to heaven. read more. Then returned they to Jerusalem from the mount called Olive, which is near Jerusalem, having the way of a sabbath.
And in the day of Pentecost being completed, they were all unanimously in one and the same place.
And in the day of Pentecost being completed, they were all unanimously in one and the same place. And suddenly was a sound from heaven as of a wind moving violently, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
And suddenly was a sound from heaven as of a wind moving violently, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
And suddenly was a sound from heaven as of a wind moving violently, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And seen to them were tongues divided as fire, and it sat upon Each one of them.
And seen to them were tongues divided as fire, and it sat upon Each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to utter. read more. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, circumspect men, from every nation of those under heaven. And there having been this voice, the multitude came together, and were disturbed, for each one heard them speaking in his own dialect. And all were affected in mind and wondered, saying to one another, Behold, are not these speaking Galileans And how hear we each in our own dialect, in which we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and they dwelling in Mesopotamia, and Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, And Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and parts of Lybia that near Cyrene, and Romans arriving as strangers, and Jews, and strangers, Cretes and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God. And all were affected in mind, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What may this mean to be? And others mocking. said, That they are filled with new wine. And Peter, having stood with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, Men Jews, and all ye dwelling in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and hear ye my words: For not, as ye suppose, are these intoxicated, (for it is the third hour of the day.) But this is that spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall be in the last days, says God, I pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elder dream dreams:
And Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth. And a certain man, being lame from his mother's womb, was carried, whom they set in the day at the door of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms from those going into the temple; read more. Who having seen Peter and John about going into the temple asked to receive alms. And Peter, having looked intently upon him with John, said, Look upon us. And he fixed his attention upon them, expecting to receive something of them. And Peter said, Silver and gold are not to me; but what I have, this I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarite, arise and walk. And having taken him by the right hand, he raised: and immediately his feet and ankles were rendered firm. And springing forth he stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and springing, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God: And they knew him, that this was he sitting for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that having happened to him. And the lame healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran to them in the porch called Solomon's, much amazed.
And the lame healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran to them in the porch called Solomon's, much amazed. And Peter, having seen, answered to the people, men, Israelites, why wonder ye at this? or why look ye intently at us, as by our own power or devotion having made him to walk? read more. The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, God of our fathers, has honoured his child Jesus; whom ye have delivered up, and denied him before the face of Pilate, he having judged to loose. And ye denied the Holy and Just, and demanded a man, a murderer, to be yielded to you. And ye killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead; of whom we are witnesses. And by faith of his name, this, whom ye see and know, his name made firm, and faith which by him, gave him this completeness before you all. And now, brethren, I know that ye did in ignorance, as also your rulers.
And now, brethren, I know that ye did in ignorance, as also your rulers. But God, announced these things beforehand by the mouth of all his prophets, for Christ to suffer, he so completed.
For I know this, that there shall come in after my departure grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock. And of yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to tear away disciples after them.
Know ye not brethren, (for I speak to them knowing law,) that law rules over man as much time as he lives? For a married woman is bound by the law to a living husband; and if the husband die, she is left inactive from the law of the husband. read more. Wherefore, the husband living, she shall be called adulteress if she be to another man: but if the man die, she is free from the law; not to be an adulteress, being to another man. Therefore, my brethren, ye also were dead to the law by the body of Christ; for you not to be to another, but to him raised from the dead, that we bring forth fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh the passions of sins, those by the law, were energetic in our members to bring forth fruit to death. And now we were left inactive from the law, having died in what we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
And I beseech you, brethren, to observe narrowly them having made divisions and scandals against the teaching which ye learned; and bend away from them. For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent. read more. For your obedience has come to all. Therefore I rejoice for you: and I wish you truly to be wise to good, and pure to evil. And the God of peace will rub together Satan under your feet swiftly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you.
And what conformity to Christ with Belial? and what part to the believing with the unbelieving?
For such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent of Christ. And not wonderful; for Satan himself is transformed into a messenger of light. read more. No great thing therefore if also his servants are transformed as servants of justice; whose end shall be according to their works.
Tell me, those wishing to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it has been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid, and one by the free. read more. But he truly of the bondmaid was born according to the flesh; and he of the free through the promise. Which things are spoken figuratively: for these are the two covenants; one truly from mount Sinai, begetting to bondage, which is Agar. For Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and now stands in the same rank With Jerusalem, and is in a servile condition with her children. But Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all. For it has been written, Be cheered, O barren, bearing not; break out and cry, she travailing not: for many more the children of the desolate than she having a husband. And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise. But as then he born according to the flesh drove out him according to the Spirit, so also now. But what says the writing? Cast out the bondmaid and her son; for the son of the bondmaid shall not inherit with the son of the free. Therefore, brethren, we are not children of the bondmaid, but of the free.
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
They also having slain the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and having driven you out; and not pleasing God, and opposite to all men;
They also having slain the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and having driven you out; and not pleasing God, and opposite to all men; Hindering us from speaking to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: and the wrath of God has come before upon them even to the end.
Hindering us from speaking to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: and the wrath of God has come before upon them even to the end. And we, brethren, having been separated from you for a due measure of time, in face, not in heart, we were the more excessively zealous to see your face with much eager desire.
Wherefore no more concealing, we were content to be left among the Athenians alone:
And now Timothy having come to us from you, and having announced to us the good news, your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance. of us always, greatly desiring to see us, as we also you: For this, brethren, were we comforted in you in all our pressure, and necessity by your faith: read more. For now we live, if ye stand in the Lord. For what thankfulness can we return to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for you before our God; Night and day praying exceedingly to see your face, and to adjust things wanting of your faith? And God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you: And the Lord increase you and make you to abound in love to one another, and to all, as also we to you: To make your hearts firm, complete in holiness before God, and our Father, in the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his holy ones.
And that ye be ambitions to remain quiet, and attend to your own things, and work with your own hands, as we enjoined you;
For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we the living being left at the arrival of the Lord shall not get beforehand with them having slept. For the Lord himself in the word of command, in the voice of the archangel, shall descend from heaven: and the dead in Christ shall be raised first: read more. Then we the living being left shall be snatched up together with them in the clouds, to the meeting of the Lord in the air: and so we shall always be with the Lord.
Then we the living being left shall be snatched up together with them in the clouds, to the meeting of the Lord in the air: and so we shall always be with the Lord.
For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so comes. For when they say, Peace and security; then sudden ruin is upon them, as anguish in her with child; and they may not escape.
And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all.
paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Even though just with God to return pressure to them pressing you; And to you being pressed a release with us, in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power,
And to you being pressed a release with us, in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power, In fire of flame giving vengeance to them not knowing God, and to them not listening to the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ:
In fire of flame giving vengeance to them not knowing God, and to them not listening to the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall undergo punishment, eternal ruin from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Who shall undergo punishment, eternal ruin from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he should come to be honoured in his holy ones, and to be admired in all the believing, (that our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
And we ask you, brethren, concerning the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our assembling together to him,
And we ask you, brethren, concerning the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our assembling together to him,
And we ask you, brethren, concerning the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our assembling together to him, For you not to be quickly shaken in mind, neither be disturbed, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle as by us, as that the day of Christ has drawn near.
For you not to be quickly shaken in mind, neither be disturbed, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle as by us, as that the day of Christ has drawn near.
For you not to be quickly shaken in mind, neither be disturbed, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle as by us, as that the day of Christ has drawn near.
For you not to be quickly shaken in mind, neither be disturbed, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle as by us, as that the day of Christ has drawn near.
For you not to be quickly shaken in mind, neither be disturbed, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle as by us, as that the day of Christ has drawn near. Let none deceive you in any manner: for, except an apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Let none deceive you in any manner: for, except an apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Let none deceive you in any manner: for, except an apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Let none deceive you in any manner: for, except an apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Let none deceive you in any manner: for, except an apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Let none deceive you in any manner: for, except an apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who being opposed and lifted up above all called God, or which is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Who being opposed and lifted up above all called God, or which is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Who being opposed and lifted up above all called God, or which is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Who being opposed and lifted up above all called God, or which is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Who being opposed and lifted up above all called God, or which is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Who being opposed and lifted up above all called God, or which is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, yet being with you, I spake these to you
Remember ye not, that, yet being with you, I spake these to you And now ye know the withholding for him to be revealed in his time.
And now ye know the withholding for him to be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity is already energetic: only he withholding, even till he be out of the midst. And then shall the Lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the spirit of his mouth, and leave unemployed in the splendor of his arrival:
And then shall the Lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the spirit of his mouth, and leave unemployed in the splendor of his arrival:
And then shall the Lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the spirit of his mouth, and leave unemployed in the splendor of his arrival:
And then shall the Lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the spirit of his mouth, and leave unemployed in the splendor of his arrival:
And then shall the Lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the spirit of his mouth, and leave unemployed in the splendor of his arrival: Whose arrival is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
Whose arrival is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
Whose arrival is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
Whose arrival is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, And in all deceit of iniquity in the lost; because they received not the love of the truth, for them to be saved.
And in all deceit of iniquity in the lost; because they received not the love of the truth, for them to be saved.
And in all deceit of iniquity in the lost; because they received not the love of the truth, for them to be saved.
And in all deceit of iniquity in the lost; because they received not the love of the truth, for them to be saved. And for this, God shall send them the energy of error, for them to believe in falsehood:
And for this, God shall send them the energy of error, for them to believe in falsehood:
And for this, God shall send them the energy of error, for them to believe in falsehood:
And for this, God shall send them the energy of error, for them to believe in falsehood: That all might be judged not believing the truth but contented in iniquity.
That all might be judged not believing the truth but contented in iniquity.
That all might be judged not believing the truth but contented in iniquity.
That all might be judged not believing the truth but contented in iniquity.
Therefore, brethren, stand, and hold firmly the doctrines which ye were taught, whether by the word, or by our epistle.
And that we may be delivered from unfit and evil men: for not faith of all.
The greeting of Paul with my hand, which is the sign in every epistle: so I write.
Young children, it is the last hour: and as ye have heard that antichrist comes, and now many antichrists have come; whence we know that it is the last hour.
Young children, it is the last hour: and as ye have heard that antichrist comes, and now many antichrists have come; whence we know that it is the last hour.
Young children, it is the last hour: and as ye have heard that antichrist comes, and now many antichrists have come; whence we know that it is the last hour.
Who is a liar if not he denying that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, denying the Father and the Son.
Who is a liar if not he denying that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, denying the Father and the Son.
And every spirit which acknowledges not Jesus Christ having come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that of antichrist which ye have heard comes; and now is already in the world.
And I saw another wild beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And all the powers of the first beast he does before him, and he makes the earth and all dwelling in it that they should worship the first wild beast, whose death-blow was healed. read more. And he does great signs, that also he might make fire come down from heaven to the earth before men, And he deceives them dwelling upon earth by the signs which were given him to do before the wild beast; saying to them dwelling upon earth, to make an image to the wild beast, who has the blow of the sword, and he lived. And it was given him to give spirit to the image of the wild beast, that the image of the wild beast might speak, and might make as many as should not worship the image of the wild beast that they be killed. And he makes all, small and great, and rich and poor, and free and servants, that he should give them a stamp upon their right hand, or upon their foreheads: And that no one could buy or sell, except he having the stamp, or the name of the wild beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him having intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number Six hundred and sixty-six.
And the wild beast was seized, and with him the false prophet having done signs before him, with which he deceived them having received the stamp of the wild beast, and them worshipping his image. Living, were they two cast into the lake of fire burning with sulphur. And the rest were killed by the sword of him sitting upon the horse, coming out of his mouth: and all birds were satiated from their flesh.
And the devil deceiving them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where are the wild beast and false prophet, and they shall be tortured day and night for ever and ever.
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Thessalo'nians, Second Epistle to the,
appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus were still with St. Paul.
In the former letter we saw chiefly the outpouring of strong personal affection, occasioned by the renewal of the apostle's intercourse with the Thessalonians, and the doctrinal and hortatory portions are there subordinate. In the Second Epistle, on the other hand, his leading motive seems to have been the desire of correcting errors in the church of Thessalonica. We notice two points especially which call for his rebuke:-- First, it seems that the anxious expectation of the Lord's advent. Instead of subsiding, had gained ground since the writing of the First Epistle. Second, the apostle had also a personal ground of complaint. His authority was not denied by any, but it was tampered with, and an unauthorized use was made of his name. It will be seen that the teaching of the Second Epistle is corrective of or rather supplemental to that of the first, and therefore presupposes it. This epistle, in the range of subject as well as in style and general character closely resembles the first; and the remarks made on that epistle apply for the most part equally well to this. The structure is somewhat similar the main body of the epistle being divided into two parts in the same way, and each part closing with a prayer. ch.
The epistle ends with a special direction and benediction. ch.
The external evidence in favor of the Second Epistle is somewhat more definite than that which can be brought in favor of the first. The internal character of the epistle too, as in the former case, bears the strongest testimony to its Pauline origin. Its genuineness, in fact, was never questioned until the beginning of the present century.
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Truly to those an odor of death into death; and to those an odor of life into life. And who sufficient for these things? For we are not as the many adulterating the word of God: but as of purity, but as of God, before the face of God speak we in Christ.
And whenever it turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away. And the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord, there freedom. read more. And we all, shown as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, with the face uncovered, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of the Lord.