for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

and many false prophets shall be raised up and deceive many, and because wickedness shall abound the love of the many shall become cold:

For false Christs and false prophets shall be raised up, and shall show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught, till the day that having given charge to the apostles whom he chose by the Holy Spirit he was taken up; read more. to whom also he presented himself living after his suffering, by many proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking things relating to the kingdom of God. And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me;

And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me; that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.

that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days. They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel?

They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel? And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority;

And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority; but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight.

And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight. And as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing;

And as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing; and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven. read more. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called [the Mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey [distant].

AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together.

AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting;

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting;

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind borne along, and it filled all the house where they were sitting; and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them;

and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. read more. And there were Jews living at Jerusalem, pious men, of every nation under heaven; and when this sound was [heard], the multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were astonished and wondered, saying, Are not all these that speak Galileans? And how do we hear each one in our own language in which we were born, Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who live in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, and the Roman strangers, both Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabs, do we hear them speak in our tongues of the great works of God. And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean? But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine. But Peter standing up with the eleven lifted up his voice and said to them, Men of Judea, and all who live at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and attend to my words. For these are not drunk as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day [9 A.M.], but this is what was said by the prophet; In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

AND Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, which is the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his birth was carried and placed daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask charity of those going into the temple; read more. who seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive a charity. But Peter looking steadily at him with John, said, Look on us. And he gave his attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, this I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazoraen, walk. And taking him by the right hand he raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened, and leaping up he stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping, praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God; and they knew him, that he was the one who sat for charity at the beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and astonishment at what had happened to him. And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. And Peter seeing it answered the people, Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this? or why do you look intently at us as if by our power or piety we had made him walk? read more. The God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied before Pilate when he decided to release him; but you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked a murderer to be given you, but killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are. And by the faith of his name, his name has made strong this man whom you behold and know, and the faith which is by him has given him this entire soundness before you all. And now, brothers, I know that you did it without knowledge, as did also your rulers;

And now, brothers, I know that you did it without knowledge, as did also your rulers; but what God had before declared by the mouth of all the prophets that his Anointed should suffer, he has so accomplished.

For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock, and of yourselves men will arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

ARE you ignorant, brothers, for I speak to them who understand law, that the law has authority over a man as long as he lives? For a woman under a husband is bound by law to a living husband; but if the husband has died she is released from the law of the husband. read more. Therefore while the husband lives, she shall be called an adulteress if she is married to another man; but if the husband has died, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if married to another man. So, my brothers, you have also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you should be married to another, to him that was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful affections operated through the law in our members to bear fruit to death; but now we are released from the law by which we were held having died, that we should serve [God] in newness of spirit, not in the old age of a writing.

I exhort you, brothers, to observe those that cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching which you learned, and avoid them; for such serve not our anointed Lord, but themselves, And by kind and complimentary words deceive the minds of the simple. read more. For your obedience has come to all; I rejoice in you therefore, but I wish you to be wise for that which is good, and simple for evil. And the God of peace shall crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

and what agreement has Christ with Beliar, or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?

For such false apostles, deceitful laborers, transform themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. read more. It is no great thing, therefore, if his ministers transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Tell me, you that wish to be under the law, do you not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by a servant woman, and the other by a free woman. read more. But he by the servant woman was born of the flesh, and he by the free woman, by the promise. These things are allegorical, for those [women] are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for servitude, which is Hagar; for Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; and the present Jerusalem answers to her, for she is in servitude with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us; for it is written, Rejoice, barren woman, that did not bear, break forth and cry, woman that had no pain, for the children of the desolate are more numerous than those of her who had a husband. But we, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise. But as then he that was born of the flesh persecuted him that was born of the Spirit, so also now. But what says the Scripture? Cast out the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant woman shall not be an heir, with the son of the free. Wherefore, brothers, we are not children of the servant woman, but of the free.

PAUL and Sylvanus [Silas] and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace.

who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile to all men,

who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile to all men, forbidding us to speak to the gentiles that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always; and the wrath has come on them to the utmost.

forbidding us to speak to the gentiles that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always; and the wrath has come on them to the utmost. But we, brothers, being deprived of you for a short time in presence, not in heart, used greater diligence to see your face, with much desire.

When therefore we could no longer refrain, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens,

But now Timothy having come to us from you and told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us, as we also you, therefore we were comforted, brothers, on your account in all our affliction and distress by your faith, read more. for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord. For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God, desiring exceedingly, night and day, to see your face, and to perfect what is lacking of your faith? And may God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you; and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to you, to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

and strive to be quiet and pursue your own business, and work with your hands, as we charged you,

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who live and remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those that have fallen asleep, for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, read more. then we the living who remain shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall be always with the Lord.

then we the living who remain shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall be always with the Lord.

for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. When they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes, like pain upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist the sick, be of long suffering towards all men.

PAUL and Silvanus [Silas] and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

since it is just with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, and to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels

and to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;

in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; who shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power,

who shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired by all that believe in that day, for our testimony was believed by you.

And we beseech you, brothers, in respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being brought together to him,

And we beseech you, brothers, in respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being brought together to him,

And we beseech you, brothers, in respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being brought together to him, that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand.

that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand.

that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand.

that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand.

that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand. Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

who opposes and exalts himself above every thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

who opposes and exalts himself above every thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

who opposes and exalts himself above every thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

who opposes and exalts himself above every thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

who opposes and exalts himself above every thing that is called a god or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you of these things?

Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you of these things?

Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you of these things?

Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you of these things? And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time.

And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time.

And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time.

And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time.

And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time.

And now you know what hinders him from being revealed in his time. For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;

For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;

For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;

For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;

For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;

For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;

For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way;

For the mystery of wickedness already works, [God] only restrains it just now, till it shall be out of the way; and then shall the wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming,

and then shall the wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming,

and then shall the wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming,

and then shall the wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming,

and then shall the wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming, whose coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and miracles and false prodigies

whose coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and miracles and false prodigies

whose coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and miracles and false prodigies

whose coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and miracles and false prodigies and with every unrighteous deceit among those who are destroyed, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.

and with every unrighteous deceit among those who are destroyed, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.

and with every unrighteous deceit among those who are destroyed, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.

and with every unrighteous deceit among those who are destroyed, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. And therefore, God sends them a power of delusion that they should believe a lie,

And therefore, God sends them a power of delusion that they should believe a lie,

And therefore, God sends them a power of delusion that they should believe a lie,

And therefore, God sends them a power of delusion that they should believe a lie, that they all may be condemned who believe not the truth but have pleasure in wickedness.

that they all may be condemned who believe not the truth but have pleasure in wickedness.

that they all may be condemned who believe not the truth but have pleasure in wickedness.

that they all may be condemned who believe not the truth but have pleasure in wickedness.

Therefore, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our epistle;

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith.

The salutation by my hand, Paul's, which is [the] sign in every epistle; so I write.

Little children, it is the last time; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many have become anti-christs; whence we know that it is the last time.

Little children, it is the last time; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many have become anti-christs; whence we know that it is the last time.

Little children, it is the last time; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many have become anti-christs; whence we know that it is the last time.

Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the anti-christ, [the man that] denies the Father and the Son.

Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the anti-christ, [the man that] denies the Father and the Son.

and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. And this is the [spirit] of anti-christ, of which you have heard that he is coming, and he is now in the world already.

And I saw another beast come up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. And he exercised all the power of the first beast in his presence. And he caused the earth and those that dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. read more. And he performs great miracles, so as even to make fire come down from heaven to the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those that dwell on the earth by the miracles which it was given him to perform before the beast, telling those that dwell on the earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound with the sword and lived. And it was given him to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that all who would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he caused all, small and great, and rich and poor, and freemen and servants, to receive the mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and that no one should buy or sell unless he had the mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that has a mind count the number of the beast; for the number is man's. And his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who performed miracles before him, with which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship his image; and the two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur. And the rest were killed with the sword of him that sits on the horse, which proceeded out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where also the beast and the false prophet [were cast], and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

in one an odor of death to death, and in the other an odor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not as many, who adulterate the word of God, [for gain]; but as of sincerity, but as of God, we speak before God in Christ.

but when they turn to the Lord the vail is taken away. And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. read more. And we all with unvailed face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness, from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.

PAUL and Silvanus [Silas] and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.