to whom coming, as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, and precious;

If any one speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any one minister, let him do it as from the strength which God supplies; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

The seniors who are among you, I exhort, who am also a senior, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory which is to be revealed.

Be sober, be vigilant: your adversary, the devil, is walking about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour:

whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the very same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren, who are in the world.

Yes, I think it fit, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up, by putting you in remembrance;

for when he received from God the Father honor and glory, a vice to this effect came to him from the magnificent glory, "This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I delight."

And many will follow their lewd practices, on account of whom, they way of truth will be evil spoken of.

And through covetousness, they will make merchandise of you, by fictitious tales: to whom the punishment threatened of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

These are wells without water, clouds driven by a tempest; for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever:

If any one say, Indeed I love God, and yet hate his brother, he is a liar: for he who loves not his brother, whom he has seen, how can he love God, whom he has not seen?

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

The elder, to Gaius, the beloved, whom I love in the truth.

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.

raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness for ever is reserved.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

I, John, who am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

And when I saw him, I fell down at his feet, as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, and said, Fear not; I am the First and the Last;

I am he who lives and was dead; and behold, I am living for ever and ever; and I have the keys of the unseen world, and of death.

and I will say her children with death; and all the congregations shall know that I am he who search the reins and the heart; and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

Because you say, I am wealthy, and have enriched myself, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

And I saw another angel ascending from the rising sun, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom power was given to injure the earth, and the sea;

And the angel, whom I saw standing on the sea and on the earth, lifted up his hand toward heaven,

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.

In proportion to the degree in which she has made ostentation of her glory, and lived in luxury, inflict upon her torment and grief. Because she has said in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am not a widow, and shall not see sorrow;

And I fell before his feet to worship him; and he said to me, See you do it not: I am a fellow-servant with you, and with your brethren who keep the testimony of Jesus. Worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

And the beast was taken captive, and with him the false prophet, who had wrought signs before him, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image; both of whom were cast alive into the lake of fire which burned with brimstone.

And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End: I will give to him that is athirst, of the fountain of the water of life freely.

And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a fellow-servant with you, and of your brethren, the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book: worship God.

I am the Alpha and the Omega-the Beginning and the End: the First and the Last.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you, in the congregations. I am the Root and the Offspring of David; the bright and the Morning Star.