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By Sylvanus, a faithful brother, (as I conclude,) I have written to you in few words, exhorting you, and strongly testifying that this is the true favor of God, in which you stand.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Ofencouragement, examples ofGrace, And Christian LifeLettersPeter, Preacher And TeacherSecretaryStandingGrace, Description OfConcisenessThe Grace Of GodWriting The New Testamentevangelising

Therefore, I will carefully endeavor that you may be able, after my decease, to have these things always in remembrance.

Verse ConceptseagernessReminders Of The Gospeleffort

for, speaking great swelling words of falsehood, they allure by the lusts of the flesh, even by lasciviousness, those who have actually fled away from them who are living in error.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFaultsemptinessEloquenceCharmdesiresTemptation, Sources OfEnticersBoastersAllurements Of SinWantonnessLiving For The MaterialEnticingUseless WordsEscaping From PeopleEvil DesiresError

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have contemplated, and our hands have handled, concerning the living Word-

Verse ConceptsBeginningHearingTouchWitnesses, To Jesus ChristJesus Christ, Eternity OfHearing ChristFrom The BeginningChrist's Lifea new beginningWitnessingevangelizing

(for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and declare to you that life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;)

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristManifesting (making Something Clear)God With ChristMaking Christ KnownChrist's LifeSubsequent Witness To ChristThe Fathereternity

that which we have seen and heard, we declare to you; that you also may have fellowship with us: and our fellowship truly is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfFellowship Of Holy SpiritFellowship, With GodFellowship, Among BelieversAttending ChurchCommunion With GodCompanionshipHearing ChristFellowshipThe FatherLove And RelationshipsWitnessingcommunion

Brethren, I do not write a new commandment to you; but an old commandment, which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word, which you have heard from the beginning.

Verse ConceptsBeginningBeginning Of SalvationOld ThingsChrist's Ordersa new beginningcommandments

They went away from us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, they would have abode with us; but they went away, that they might be made manifest that they were not of us.

Verse ConceptsApostatesWarnings Against ApostasyForsaking ChristDivision Among ChristiansUnrelated PeopleNot With PeopleLast Hourbelongingapostasy

I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Verse ConceptsKnowingWriting LettersTelling The Truthignorancelieing

Therefore, let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning, abide in you; you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father:

Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristFalse TeachingsFellowship With ChristFruits Of RighteousnessBeginning Of SalvationThe FatherUs In God

but the unction which you have received from him abides in you; and you have no need that any one should teach you, unless the same unction teaches you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie: and as it has taught you, you will abide in him.

Verse ConceptsLiesAnointingAbiding In ChristAnointing, Of ChristAnointing of ChristiansAnointing With OilGod, Revelation OfOrthodoxy, In NtScripture, UnderstandingCharacter Of SaintsIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit As TeacherThe Holy Spirit As CounsellorThe Spirit TeachingUs In GodAnointed By GodAnointing Oil

And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and may not be put to shame by him, at his coming.

Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristLast ThingsOptimismReadinessNot AshamedFellowship With ChristChrist AppearingUs In GodBemaEternal PerspectiveBoldness

And every spirit that does not confess Jesus, is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, which you have heard that it comes, and now is in the world already.

Verse ConceptsAntichristAntichrist, Described AsSpirit BeingsEnemies Of GodWithout GodSpirit Of AntichristDenial In End TimesLast HourSigns Of The TimesDivinityAcknowledgedatheismWorld Opposed To GodDenying God And His Power

And if we know that he hearkens to us, concerning whatever we ask; we know that we shall obtain the petitions which we have asked from him.

Verse ConceptsGod Answers PrayerKnowing GodGod Answering Prayerspetition

The elder, to Electa Cyria, and her children, whom I love sincerely; and not I only, but also all who have known the truth;

Verse ConceptsElection, Description OfLove Exists Between PeopleKnowing God's TruthLove And RelationshipsLove And FamilyLoving Children

These have borne testimony to your love, in the presence of the congregation; whom, if you help forward on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well.

Verse ConceptsAgape LoveEach Local ChurchGod Is WorthyLove Exists Between PeopleWitnessing

I have many things to write; but I do not incline to write them to you with pen and ink:

Verse ConceptsBooks

Alas for them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and have run evidently in the error of Balaam's hire, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyAbel and CainNicolaitansRebellion of Satan and Angels

to pass sentence on all, and to convict all the ungodly among them, of all their deeds of ungodliness; which they have impiously committed; and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

Yet you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Verse ConceptsHatredGod Hating ThingsHating Evil

I know your works, and where you dwell; even where the throne of Satan is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfMartyrdom, Examples OfSatan, Kingdom OfThroneSatanticThe FaithChrist Knowing About PeopleSubsequent Witness To ChristTribulation MartydomMartyrdomThe Devil

Nevertheless, I have a few things against you, that you have there, them who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyFreedom, Abuse Of ChristianFoodAdultery, SpiritualChastityToleranceAbuse, Of Christian FreedomFalse Teachers, Examples OfStumbling BlocksMisteachingFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsThey Committed ImmoralitysexSexual Immorality

You, in like manner, have those that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which I hate.

Verse ConceptsFalse Teachers, Examples OfMisteaching

Nevertheless, I have against you, that you permit that woman Jezebel, who says that she is a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsOpposition, To Sin And EvilPeople Of God, In NtFalse Prophets, Examples OfSexual Sin, Nature OfProphetessSeducersBeing MisleadMisteachingFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsThey Committed Immoralityjezebel

But I say to you, even to the rest in 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 you no other burden.

Verse ConceptsSatanticSecrecySpiritual DepthsIgnorance Of EvilMisteachingsecrets

Nevertheless, what you have, hold fast till I come.

Verse ConceptsEnd Timesrevelation

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, they shall be dashed in pieces like a potter's vessel: as I have also received of my Father.

Verse ConceptsGovernmentIronSceptreSymbolsRodsIron ObjectsAuthority Of DisciplesRelationship Of Father And SonThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

And by the messenger of the congregation in Sardis, write: These things says he who has the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you live, but are dead.

Verse ConceptsLettersReputationSpiritsChurch, Examples OfSeven SpiritsSeven LightsNot Maintaining LifeSpiritually DeadChrist Knowing About PeopleWriting LettersOne's Deeds

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, which are ready to die: for I have not found your works filled up in the sight of God.

Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLukewarmnessHuman ImperfectionVigilanceStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWake Up!Be Strong!Incomplete Worksrevelationdeeds

Remember, therefore, how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and reform: therefore, unless you are watchful, I will come upon you as thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.

Verse ConceptsPast, TheRememberingRepentance, Examples OfBeing PreparedHolding FastIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnRepentanceThe Time UnknownThe Lord As A Thief

Behold, I will give of those-who are of the assembly of Satan; who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold-I will make them to come and worship before your feet; and they shall know that I have loved you.

Verse ConceptsFeetSatan, As DeceiverSatanticKnowing About God's KingdomSatanJews

And I beheld, in the middle space, between the throne and the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, there stood a Lamb, which seemed to have been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes; these are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.

Verse ConceptsAtonement, in NTHornsSpiritsSymbolsCherubim, At God's ThroneAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristFour CreaturesSeven SpiritsSeven Body PartsHorns In AllegoryChrist Was KilledElders In HeavenGod Sending ProphetsHeavenLeadership Qualities

saying, Injure not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God, in their foreheads.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsRestraintDivine Protection, Examples OfHarming TreesSlaves Of GodhurtingChristians Are Called Servants Of God

And out of the smoke there came locusts upon the earth; and power was given to them, as scorpions of the earth have power.

Verse ConceptsLocustsSymbolsAltar Of IncenseScorpionsbugs

And when the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have spoken, and write it not.

Verse ConceptsSealsWithheld KnowledgeSecret ThingsSeven ThingsSealing The MessageNot Writingrevelation

These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain shall be showered down in the days of their prophecy; they have power over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth as often as they will, with every plague.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Miracles Connected WithPlaguesRainSkyTurned To BloodLack Of RainAuthority Of DisciplesThe Two WitnessesWeather In The Last DaysweatherempowermentGod Controlling The Rain

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the savage beast which ascends out of the abyss, shall make war against them, and shall conquer them, and kill them.

Verse ConceptsCreaturesBottomless PitThe BeastMartyrdom, Examples OfSatan, Agents OfAntichrist, Names ForSatanic InvasionBeastsKilling ProphetsCosmic CreaturesTribulation MartydomThe Two Witnesses

These are they who have not been polluted with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, as the first fruits to God, and to the Lamb.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofDefilement, By SinCommitment, to Jesus ChristAsceticism, TypesMarketsCelibacyMetaphorical Firstfruits144,000UniversalismDefilementFirst fruitsSexual PurityThe Rapturerevelationredeemedvirginity

for they have poured forth the blood of saints, and prophets; and thou hast given them blood to drink-they are worthy.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UseSaintsPeople Consuming BloodBad WaterKilling ProphetsKilling DisciplesProphets KilledGod Makes Evil Rebound

with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and all the inhabitants of the earth have been drunk with the wine of her whoredom.

Verse ConceptsBabylonMetaphorical WineThey Committed ImmoralityAdultery In The Church

And the ten horns which you saw, are ten kings, which have not yet received their kingdom, but they shall receive authority with the beast, as kings at the same time.

Verse ConceptsHourPoliticsTen PeopleTen ThingsOne HourHorns In Allegorypotentialroyalty

These have one mind, and shall deliver their own power and authority to the beast.

for she has caused all the nations to drink of the wine of her raging whoredom; and the kings of the earth have committed whoredom with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched by the abundance of her luxuries.

Verse ConceptsBabylonExcessdrinkingWineCommerceDelicaciesMetaphorical WineAll NationsThey Committed Immorality

for her sins have followed up to heaven, and her unrighteous actions are come up in remembrance before God.

Verse ConceptsBabylonGod Remembering SinThe judgment of babylon

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived in luxury with her, shall mourn and lament, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning CitiesThey Committed Immorality