Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

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

Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness.

They must also first be tested; and then if they are beyond reproach, let them serve as deacons.

Let no one look down on your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you through prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

If any woman who is a believer has dependent widows, she must assist them, and let not the church be burdened, so that it may assist those who are real widows.

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be spoken against.

who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

but has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

Avoid godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Speak these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

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

And, "You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands;

Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any one of you be judged to have come short of it.

Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.

And there is no creature hidden from his sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his godly fear.

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord.

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;

and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe,

Let brotherly love continue.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.

Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this with joy, and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself does not tempt anyone.

Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his deeds in the humility of wisdom.

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rains.

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no, that you may not fall under condemnation.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God's sight.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a troublesome meddler;

yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.

Therefore, let those who suffer according to God's will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

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

Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

Let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.'

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.'

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it.'

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

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

saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!"

they cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

Then I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and sea,

and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them darkened. And a third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.

Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the blasts of the other trumpets of the three angels who are about to sound!"

and he cried out with a loud voice, like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke.

For three days and a half men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb.

Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.

Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

This calls for wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps.

and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come; worship him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of water."

And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If any one worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe."

Then another angel came out from the altar, the one who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe."

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."

The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!"