Ye eagerly desire, and have not: ye kill, and are zealous, and cannot succeed: ye fight and wage war, and ye have not, because ye ask not.

By which ye are transported with joy, now for a little, (if it is necessary,) having grieved in various temptations:

Whom not having seen, ye love; in whom, now not seeing, but believing, ye are transported with joy unalterable, and highly valued:

And ye yourselves are built, as living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to bring up spiritual sacrifice; acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

(As Sara listened to Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are,) doing good, and not fearing any terror.

But if ye also suffer for justice, happy are ye: be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;

In which they are astonished, you not running together in the same pouring out of lavish expense, blaspheming:

Whom resist firm in the faith, knowing that the same of sufferings are completed by your brotherhood in the world.

(By which the greatest and precious promises are bestowed upon us: that by these ye might be having escaped from the corruption in the world through eager desires.)

For in whom these are not present, he is blind, being affected with shortness of sight, having taken 2Peter 1:forgetfulness of the cleansing formerly of his sins.

But these, as natural irrational living creatures, having been for catching and destroying, defaming in what things they are ignorant of; and shall be destroyed in their corruption;

These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever.

And now the heavens and the earth, by the same word are stored up, being kept for fire to the day of judgment and of the perdition of irreligious men.

Expecting and seeking earnestly the presence of the day of God, during which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements going to be burned are melted away?

As also in all the epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things difficult to understand, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also the rest of the writings, to their own perdition.

If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we are deceived, and do not the truth:

Whoever should keep his word, truly in him has the word of God been completed: in this we know that we are in him.

I write to you, little children, for your sins are let go for his name.

I wrote to you, fathers, for ye have known him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, for ye are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and ye have conquered the evil.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they had remained with us, but, that they might be manifested, that they are not all of us.

Dearly beloved, now are we the children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we shall be: and we know that, if he be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the accuser: every one not doing justice is not of God, and he not loving his brother.

And in this we know that we are of the truth, and we will yield our hearts before him.

Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they are of God: for many false prophets have come out into the world.

Ye are of God, little children, and have conquered them: for greater is he in you, than he in the world.

They are of the world: for this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

We are of God: he knowing God hears us; he is not of God who hears us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

In this has love been completed with us, that we might have freedom of speech in the day of judgment: for as he is, so are we in this world.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commands: and his commands are not heavy.

For three are testifying (in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one.

And three are testifying in the earth,) the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three are for one.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in evil.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, and we know him true, and we are in him true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

As Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them, debauched in like manner to these, and having gone away after other flesh, are set before a sample of eternal fire, enduring punishment.

These are spots in your loves, feasting together fearlessly, taking care of themselves: clouds wanting water, carried about by winds; decayed trees, unfruitful, twice dead, uprooted;

These are murmurers, discontented, going according to their eager desires; and their mouth speaks exceeding bulky things, admiring faces on account of advantage.

These are they separating themselves, sensual, not having the Spirit.

John to the seven churches which in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from him who being, and who was, and who coming; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne

Write the things thou hast seen, and which are, and which are about to be after these things;

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest upon my right hand, and the seven golden chandeliers. The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches: and the seven chandeliers which thou sawest are the seven churches.

I know thy works, and thy fatigue, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear the wicked: and thou bast tried them saying they are sent, and are not, and thou Last found them liars:

I know thy works, and pressure, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but the synagogue of the adversary.

Be watching, and make firm the remaining things, which are about to die: For I have not found thy works perfected before God.

Thou hast a few names also in Sardis which stained not their garments; and they shall walk about with me in white things: for they are worthy.

Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but they lie; behold, I will make them that they come and worship before thy feet, and they should know that I have loved thee.

And from the throne go forth lightnings, and thunders, and voices: and seven torches of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Worthy art thou, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they are, and they were created.

And I saw, and, behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth.

And when he took the book, the four living creatures and the twentyfour elders fell before the Lamb, having each harps, and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the holy.

And every creature which is in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth, and upon the sea, which are, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb, praise, and honour, and glory, and strength, for the times of times.

And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These having put round white robes, who are they? and whence came they

And I said to him, Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they coming out of great pressure, and they washed their robes, and whitened their robes in the blood of the Lamb.

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he sitting upon the throne will dwell among them.

For their powers are in their month, and in their tails: for their tails like serpents, having heads, and with them they injure.

These are the two olive trees, and the two chandeliers which having stood before the God of the earth.

There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb.

And guile was not found in their mouth: for they are blameless before the throne of God.

For they poured out the blood of the holy, and of the prophets, and thou didst give them blood to drink i for they are worthy.

For they are the spirits of demons, doing signs, to go out upon all the kings of the earth and of the whole habitable globe, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Omnipotent Ruler.

Here the mind having wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits upon them.

And there are seven kings: five fell, and one is; the other has not yet come; and when he should come, he must remain a little.

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which took not yet the kingdom; but take power as kings one hour with the beast.

And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

And he says to me, Write, Happy they called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.

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.

And he sitting upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

And having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and the names inscribed, which are of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:

And the city lies quadrangular, and her length is so large, such also the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, at twelve thousand stadia. Her length, breadth, and height are equal.