I must boast, although it does not do any good. Let's talk about visions and revelations from the Lord.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!

What we have told you in the past I am now telling you again: If anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that person be condemned!

Brothers, let me use an example from everyday life. Once an agreement has been ratified, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.

But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided.

Let's stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.

For everyone must carry his own load.

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

So then, whenever we have the opportunity, let's practice doing good to everyone, especially to the family of faith.

Let no one make any more trouble for me, because I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body.

That is why God says, "When he went up to the highest place, he led captives into captivity and gave gifts to people."

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,

Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.

Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

Obscene, flippant, or vulgar talk is totally inappropriate. Instead, let there be thanksgiving.

Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,

for the fruit that the light produces consists of every form of goodness, righteousness, and truth.

But everything that is exposed to the light becomes visible,

for the light is making everything visible. That is why it says, "Wake up, sleeper! Arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.''

Let your gracious attitude be known to all people. The Lord is near:

Never worry about anything. Instead, in every situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.

based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope through the word of truth, the gospel

and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

Therefore, let no one judge you in matters of food and drink or with respect to a festival, a New Moon, or Sabbath days.

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels cheat you out of the prize by rejoicing about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up for no reason by his carnal mind.

Let the peace of the Messiah also rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body, and be thankful.

Let the word of the Messiah inhabit you richly with wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and singing to God with thankfulness in your hearts.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.

Therefore, let's not fall asleep like others do, but let's stay awake and be sober.

But since we belong to the day, let's be sober. We must put on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless the rebellion takes place first and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed.

for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity.

Let a woman learn with a quiet spirit, and submissively.

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness, and purity.

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

He alone has endless life and lives in inaccessible light. No one has ever seen him, nor can anyone see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him! Amen.

Tell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

These are the things you should teach. Encourage and refute with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you.

And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."

And, "In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

Now who heard him and provoked him? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it,

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us live our lives consistent with our confession of faith.

So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about the Messiah, let us continue to be carried along to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead actions, faith toward God,

let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful.

And let us continue to consider how to motivate one another to love and good deeds,

Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.

Let brotherly love continue.

Let marriage be kept honorable in every way, and the marriage bed undefiled. For God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.

Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.

But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

My brothers, do not let your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be tainted by favoritism.

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his noble conduct that his actions are done humbly and wisely.

Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.

Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your "Yes" mean yes and your "No" mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was greatly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people

This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all!

But if we keep living in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.

The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble.

Little children, don't let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous.

Dear friends, let us continuously love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray that God would give him life. This applies to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not telling you to pray about that.

Every kind of wrongdoing is sin, yet there are sins that do not lead to death.

I came to be in the Spirit on the Day of the Lord, when I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'"

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be hurt by the second death.'"

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone. On the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the person who receives it.'"

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

I also saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"

They sang with a loud voice, "Worthy is the lamb who was slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise!"

They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Sovereign, how long will it be before you judge and take revenge on those living on the earth who shed our blood?"

I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea,

They cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!"

because the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. One-third of the day was kept from having light, as was the night.

Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying overhead say in a loud voice, "How terrible, how terrible, how terrible for those living on the earth, because of the blasts of the remaining trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!"

he shouted in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he shouted, the seven thunders spoke with voices of their own.

Then the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven calling to them, "Come up here!" So they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.

When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The world's kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever."

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "Now the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah have come. For the one who accuses our brothers, who accuses them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out.

Let everyone listen:

In this case wisdom is needed: Let the person who has understanding calculate the total of the beast, since it is a human multitude, and the sum of the multitude is 600, 60 and six.