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Chris's Example of Suffering
1 Peter 2:21
1 Peter 2:25
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 2:21", "Text": "For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 2:22", "Text": "Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 2:23", "Text": "Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 2:24", "Text": "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 2:25", "Text": "For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls." } ]
Wives and Husbands
1 Peter 3:1
1 Peter 3:7
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:1", "Text": "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:2", "Text": "While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:3", "Text": "Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:4", "Text": "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:5", "Text": "For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:6", "Text": "Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:7", "Text": "Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered." } ]
Turning from Evil
1 Peter 3:8
1 Peter 3:13
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:8", "Text": "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:9", "Text": "Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:10", "Text": "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:11", "Text": "Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:12", "Text": "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:13", "Text": "And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?" } ]
Suffering for Righteousness
1 Peter 3:14
1 Peter 3:22
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:14", "Text": "But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:15", "Text": "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:16", "Text": "Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:17", "Text": "For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:18", "Text": "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:19", "Text": "By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:20", "Text": "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:21", "Text": "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 3:22", "Text": "Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him." } ]
Living for God's Glory
1 Peter 4:1
1 Peter 4:11
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:1", "Text": "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:2", "Text": "That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:3", "Text": "For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:4", "Text": "Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you :" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:5", "Text": "Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:6", "Text": "For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:7", "Text": "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:8", "Text": "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:9", "Text": "Use hospitality one to another without grudging." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:10", "Text": "As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:11", "Text": "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." } ]
Suffering as Christians
1 Peter 4:12
1 Peter 4:19
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:12", "Text": "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:13", "Text": "But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:14", "Text": "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye ; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:15", "Text": "But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:16", "Text": "Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:17", "Text": "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:18", "Text": "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 4:19", "Text": "Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator." } ]
Instruction to Elders
1 Peter 5:1
1 Peter 5:4
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:1", "Text": "The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:2", "Text": "Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:3", "Text": "Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:4", "Text": "And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away." } ]
Cast Your Cares on Him
1 Peter 5:5
1 Peter 5:9
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:5", "Text": "Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:6", "Text": "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:7", "Text": "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:8", "Text": "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:9", "Text": "Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world." } ]
Benediction and Farewell
1 Peter 5:10
1 Peter 5:14
[ { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:10", "Text": "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:11", "Text": "To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:12", "Text": "By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:13", "Text": "The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son." }, { "Reference": "1 Peter 5:14", "Text": "Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen." } ]
A Greeting from Peter
2 Peter 1:1
2 Peter 1:2
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:1", "Text": "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:2", "Text": "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord," } ]
Partakers of the Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:3
2 Peter 1:15
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:3", "Text": "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:4", "Text": "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:5", "Text": "And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:6", "Text": "And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:7", "Text": "And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:8", "Text": "For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:9", "Text": "But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:10", "Text": "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:11", "Text": "For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:12", "Text": "Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:13", "Text": "Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:14", "Text": "Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:15", "Text": "Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance." } ]
Eyewitnesses of His Majesty
2 Peter 1:16
2 Peter 1:21
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:16", "Text": "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:17", "Text": "For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:18", "Text": "And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:19", "Text": "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:20", "Text": "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 1:21", "Text": "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." } ]
False Teachers Among You
2 Peter 2:1
2 Peter 2:3
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:1", "Text": "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:2", "Text": "And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:3", "Text": "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not." } ]
Historic Evidence for Their Judgement
2 Peter 2:4
2 Peter 2:9
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:4", "Text": "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:5", "Text": "And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:6", "Text": "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:7", "Text": "And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:8", "Text": "(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds);" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:9", "Text": "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:" } ]
Characteristics of the False Teachers
2 Peter 2:10
2 Peter 2:22
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:10", "Text": "But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:11", "Text": "Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:12", "Text": "But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:13", "Text": "And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:14", "Text": "Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:15", "Text": "Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:16", "Text": "But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:17", "Text": "These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest: to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:18", "Text": "For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:19", "Text": "While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:20", "Text": "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:21", "Text": "For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 2:22", "Text": "But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." } ]
The Coming Judgement
2 Peter 3:1
2 Peter 3:7
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:1", "Text": "This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:2", "Text": "That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:3", "Text": "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts," }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:4", "Text": "And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:5", "Text": "For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:6", "Text": "Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:7", "Text": "But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." } ]
The Day of the Lord
2 Peter 3:8
2 Peter 3:13
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:8", "Text": "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:9", "Text": "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:10", "Text": "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:11", "Text": "Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness," }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:12", "Text": "Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:13", "Text": "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." } ]
Final Exhortations
2 Peter 3:14
2 Peter 3:18
[ { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:14", "Text": "Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:15", "Text": "And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;" }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:16", "Text": "As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:17", "Text": "Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness." }, { "Reference": "2 Peter 3:18", "Text": "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen." } ]
The Word of Life: Jesus Christ
1 John 1:1
1 John 1:4
[ { "Reference": "1 John 1:1", "Text": "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;" }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:2", "Text": "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)" }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:3", "Text": "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:4", "Text": "And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full." } ]
Walking in the Light: View of Sin
1 John 1:5
1 John 1:10
[ { "Reference": "1 John 1:5", "Text": "This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:6", "Text": "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:" }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:7", "Text": "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:8", "Text": "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:9", "Text": "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." }, { "Reference": "1 John 1:10", "Text": "If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." } ]
Jesus Our Advocate: Obedience
1 John 2:1
1 John 2:6
[ { "Reference": "1 John 2:1", "Text": "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:" }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:2", "Text": "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:3", "Text": "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:4", "Text": "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:5", "Text": "But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:6", "Text": "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." } ]
A New Commandment: Love One Another
1 John 2:7
1 John 2:14
[ { "Reference": "1 John 2:7", "Text": "Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:8", "Text": "Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:9", "Text": "He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:10", "Text": "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:11", "Text": "But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:12", "Text": "I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:13", "Text": "I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:14", "Text": "I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one." } ]
Do Not Love the World
1 John 2:15
1 John 2:17
[ { "Reference": "1 John 2:15", "Text": "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:16", "Text": "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:17", "Text": "And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever." } ]
Understanding Antichrists
1 John 2:18
1 John 2:23
[ { "Reference": "1 John 2:18", "Text": "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:19", "Text": "They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:20", "Text": "But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:21", "Text": "I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:22", "Text": "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:23", "Text": "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also." } ]
Remain in Christ: Do Not Be Deceived
1 John 2:24
1 John 2:29
[ { "Reference": "1 John 2:24", "Text": "Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:25", "Text": "And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life," }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:26", "Text": "These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:27", "Text": "But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:28", "Text": "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming." }, { "Reference": "1 John 2:29", "Text": "If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him." } ]
Practice Righteousness
1 John 3:1
1 John 3:10
[ { "Reference": "1 John 3:1", "Text": "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:2", "Text": "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:3", "Text": "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:4", "Text": "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:5", "Text": "And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:6", "Text": "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:7", "Text": "Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:8", "Text": "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:9", "Text": "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:10", "Text": "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." } ]
Love One Another
1 John 3:11
1 John 3:24
[ { "Reference": "1 John 3:11", "Text": "For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:12", "Text": "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:13", "Text": "Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:14", "Text": "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:15", "Text": "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:16", "Text": "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:17", "Text": "But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:18", "Text": "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:19", "Text": "And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:20", "Text": "For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:21", "Text": "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:22", "Text": "And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:23", "Text": "And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment." }, { "Reference": "1 John 3:24", "Text": "And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us." } ]
Testing the Spirits
1 John 4:1
1 John 4:6
[ { "Reference": "1 John 4:1", "Text": "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:2", "Text": "Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:" }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:3", "Text": "And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:4", "Text": "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:5", "Text": "They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:6", "Text": "We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." } ]
Love Comes from God
1 John 4:7
1 John 4:10
[ { "Reference": "1 John 4:7", "Text": "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:8", "Text": "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:9", "Text": "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:10", "Text": "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." } ]
Love One Another
1 John 4:11
1 John 4:21
[ { "Reference": "1 John 4:11", "Text": "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:12", "Text": "No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:13", "Text": "Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:14", "Text": "And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:15", "Text": "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:16", "Text": "And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:17", "Text": "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:18", "Text": "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:19", "Text": "We love him, because he first loved us." }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:20", "Text": "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" }, { "Reference": "1 John 4:21", "Text": "And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also." } ]
Overcoming the World
1 John 5:1
1 John 5:8
[ { "Reference": "1 John 5:1", "Text": "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:2", "Text": "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:3", "Text": "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:4", "Text": "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:5", "Text": "Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:6", "Text": "This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:7", "Text": "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:8", "Text": "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." } ]
God's Testimony about His Son
1 John 5:9
1 John 5:12
[ { "Reference": "1 John 5:9", "Text": "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:10", "Text": "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:11", "Text": "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:12", "Text": "He that hath the Son hath life: and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." } ]
Effective Prayer
1 John 5:13
1 John 5:17
[ { "Reference": "1 John 5:13", "Text": "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:14", "Text": "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:" }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:15", "Text": "And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:16", "Text": "If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:17", "Text": "All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death." } ]
The True God
1 John 5:18
1 John 5:21
[ { "Reference": "1 John 5:18", "Text": "We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:19", "Text": "And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:20", "Text": "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life." }, { "Reference": "1 John 5:21", "Text": "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." } ]
A Greeting from the Elder
2 John 1:1
2 John 1:3
[ { "Reference": "2 John 1:1", "Text": "The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;" }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:2", "Text": "For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us forever." }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:3", "Text": "Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love." } ]
Walking in Truth: Love One Another
2 John 1:4
2 John 1:6
[ { "Reference": "2 John 1:4", "Text": "I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father." }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:5", "Text": "And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another." }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:6", "Text": "And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it." } ]
Beware Deceivers
2 John 1:7
2 John 1:11
[ { "Reference": "2 John 1:7", "Text": "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist." }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:8", "Text": "Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward." }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:9", "Text": "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son." }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:10", "Text": "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him Godspeed:" }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:11", "Text": "For he that biddeth him Godspeed is partaker of his evil deeds." } ]
Conclusion
2 John 1:12
2 John 1:13
[ { "Reference": "2 John 1:12", "Text": "Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full." }, { "Reference": "2 John 1:13", "Text": "The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen." } ]
A Greeting from the Elder
3 John 1:1
3 John 1:4
[ { "Reference": "3 John 1:1", "Text": "The elder unto the well-beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth." }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:2", "Text": "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:3", "Text": "For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth." }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:4", "Text": "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." } ]
Gaius Commended for Hospitality: Love One Another
3 John 1:5
3 John 1:8
[ { "Reference": "3 John 1:5", "Text": "Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;" }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:6", "Text": "Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:" }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:7", "Text": "Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles." }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:8", "Text": "We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth." } ]
Diotrephes the Slanderer
3 John 1:9
3 John 1:11
[ { "Reference": "3 John 1:9", "Text": "I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not." }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:10", "Text": "Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church." }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:11", "Text": "Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God." } ]
Demetrius the True
3 John 1:12
3 John 1:12
[ { "Reference": "3 John 1:12", "Text": "Demetrius hath good report of all men , and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true." } ]
Conclusion
3 John 1:13
3 John 1:14
[ { "Reference": "3 John 1:13", "Text": "I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:" }, { "Reference": "3 John 1:14", "Text": "But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name." } ]
A Greeting from Jude
Jude 1:1
Jude 1:2
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:1", "Text": "Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:2", "Text": "Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied." } ]
Contend Earnestly for the Faith
Jude 1:3
Jude 1:4
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:3", "Text": "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:4", "Text": "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ." } ]
After the Exodus
Jude 1:5
Jude 1:5
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:5", "Text": "I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not." } ]
Angels Who Fell
Jude 1:6
Jude 1:6
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:6", "Text": "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day." } ]
Sodom and Gomorrah
Jude 1:7
Jude 1:7
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:7", "Text": "Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." } ]
Judgement for Slanderous Speech
Jude 1:8
Jude 1:11
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:8", "Text": "Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:9", "Text": "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:10", "Text": "But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:11", "Text": "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah." } ]
Description of the Ungodly
Jude 1:12
Jude 1:13
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:12", "Text": "These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;" }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:13", "Text": "Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever." } ]
Enoch's Prophecy
Jude 1:14
Jude 1:16
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:14", "Text": "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints," }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:15", "Text": "To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:16", "Text": "These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage." } ]
A Call to Persevere
Jude 1:17
Jude 1:23
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:17", "Text": "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;" }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:18", "Text": "How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:19", "Text": "These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:20", "Text": "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost," }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:21", "Text": "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:22", "Text": "And of some have compassion, making a difference:" }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:23", "Text": "And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh." } ]
Doxology
Jude 1:24
Jude 1:25
[ { "Reference": "Jude 1:24", "Text": "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy," }, { "Reference": "Jude 1:25", "Text": "To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." } ]
Prologue
Revelation 1:1
Revelation 1:3
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 1:1", "Text": "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:2", "Text": "Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:3", "Text": "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand." } ]
John Greets the Seven Churches
Revelation 1:4
Revelation 1:8
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 1:4", "Text": "John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:5", "Text": "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood," }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:6", "Text": "And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:7", "Text": "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:8", "Text": "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." } ]
John's Vision on Patmos
Revelation 1:9
Revelation 1:20
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 1:9", "Text": "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:10", "Text": "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet," }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:11", "Text": "saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:12", "Text": "And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:13", "Text": "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:14", "Text": " His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:15", "Text": "And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:16", "Text": "And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:17", "Text": "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:18", "Text": " I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:19", "Text": "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 1:20", "Text": "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches." } ]
The Authority
Revelation 2:1
Revelation 2:1
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:1", "Text": "Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;" } ]
The Praise
Revelation 2:2
Revelation 2:3
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:2", "Text": "I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:3", "Text": "And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted." } ]
The Grievance
Revelation 2:4
Revelation 2:4
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:4", "Text": "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." } ]
The Warning
Revelation 2:5
Revelation 2:5
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:5", "Text": "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent." } ]
The Second Praise
Revelation 2:6
Revelation 2:6
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:6", "Text": "But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate." } ]
The Promise
Revelation 2:7
Revelation 2:7
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:7", "Text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." } ]
The Authority
Revelation 2:8
Revelation 2:8
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:8", "Text": "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;" } ]
The Grievance
Revelation 2:9
Revelation 2:9
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:9", "Text": "I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan." } ]
The Warning
Revelation 2:10
Revelation 2:10
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:10", "Text": "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." } ]
The Promise
Revelation 2:11
Revelation 2:11
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:11", "Text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." } ]
The Authority
Revelation 2:12
Revelation 2:12
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:12", "Text": "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;" } ]
The Praise
Revelation 2:13
Revelation 2:13
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:13", "Text": "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth." } ]
The Grievance
Revelation 2:14
Revelation 2:15
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:14", "Text": "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:15", "Text": "So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate." } ]
The Warning
Revelation 2:16
Revelation 2:16
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:16", "Text": "Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth." } ]
The Promise
Revelation 2:17
Revelation 2:17
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:17", "Text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." } ]
The Authority
Revelation 2:18
Revelation 2:18
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:18", "Text": "And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;" } ]
The Praise
Revelation 2:19
Revelation 2:19
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:19", "Text": "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first." } ]
The Grievance
Revelation 2:20
Revelation 2:21
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:20", "Text": "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:21", "Text": "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not." } ]
The Warning
Revelation 2:22
Revelation 2:23
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:22", "Text": "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:23", "Text": "And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works." } ]
The Promise
Revelation 2:24
Revelation 2:29
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 2:24", "Text": "But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:25", "Text": "But that which ye have already hold fast till I come." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:26", "Text": "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:27", "Text": "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:28", "Text": "And I will give him the morning star." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 2:29", "Text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." } ]
The Grievance
Revelation 3:1
Revelation 3:1
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:1", "Text": "And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." } ]
The Warning
Revelation 3:2
Revelation 3:3
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:2", "Text": "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:3", "Text": "Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee." } ]
Few Praised
Revelation 3:4
Revelation 3:4
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:4", "Text": "Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy." } ]
The Promise
Revelation 3:5
Revelation 3:6
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:5", "Text": "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:6", "Text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." } ]
The Authority
Revelation 3:7
Revelation 3:7
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:7", "Text": "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;" } ]
The Praise
Revelation 3:8
Revelation 3:8
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:8", "Text": "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." } ]
The Promise
Revelation 3:9
Revelation 3:13
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:9", "Text": "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:10", "Text": "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:11", "Text": "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:12", "Text": "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:13", "Text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." } ]
The Authority
Revelation 3:14
Revelation 3:14
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:14", "Text": "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;" } ]
The Grievance
Revelation 3:15
Revelation 3:15
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:15", "Text": "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot." } ]
The Warning
Revelation 3:16
Revelation 3:17
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:16", "Text": "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:17", "Text": "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:" } ]
The Counsel
Revelation 3:18
Revelation 3:18
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:18", "Text": "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see." } ]
The Promise
Revelation 3:19
Revelation 3:22
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 3:19", "Text": "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:20", "Text": "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:21", "Text": "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 3:22", "Text": "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." } ]
In the Throne Room
Revelation 4:1
Revelation 4:4
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 4:1", "Text": "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:2", "Text": "And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:3", "Text": "And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:4", "Text": "And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold." } ]
Worship of the Creator
Revelation 4:5
Revelation 4:11
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 4:5", "Text": "And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:6", "Text": "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:7", "Text": "And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:8", "Text": "And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him ; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:9", "Text": "And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth forever and ever," }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:10", "Text": "The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying," }, { "Reference": "Revelation 4:11", "Text": "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." } ]
The Lamb Takes the Scroll
Revelation 5:1
Revelation 5:10
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 5:1", "Text": "And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:2", "Text": "And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:3", "Text": "And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:4", "Text": "And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:5", "Text": "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:6", "Text": "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:7", "Text": "And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:8", "Text": "And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:9", "Text": "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:10", "Text": "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." } ]
The Lamb Exalted
Revelation 5:11
Revelation 5:14
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 5:11", "Text": "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:12", "Text": "Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:13", "Text": "And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 5:14", "Text": "And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth forever and ever." } ]
The First Seal: The White Horse
Revelation 6:1
Revelation 6:2
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 6:1", "Text": "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:2", "Text": "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." } ]
The Second Seal: War
Revelation 6:3
Revelation 6:4
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 6:3", "Text": "And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:4", "Text": "And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword." } ]
The Third Seal: Famine
Revelation 6:5
Revelation 6:6
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 6:5", "Text": "And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:6", "Text": "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine." } ]
The Fourth Seal: Death
Revelation 6:7
Revelation 6:8
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 6:7", "Text": "And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:8", "Text": "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.?" } ]
The Fifth Seal: The Martyrs
Revelation 6:9
Revelation 6:11
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 6:9", "Text": "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:10", "Text": "And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:11", "Text": "And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." } ]
The Sixth Seal: Terror
Revelation 6:12
Revelation 6:17
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 6:12", "Text": "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:13", "Text": "And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:14", "Text": "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:15", "Text": "And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:16", "Text": "And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 6:17", "Text": "For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" } ]
144,000 Sealed
Revelation 7:1
Revelation 7:8
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 7:1", "Text": "And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:2", "Text": "And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea," }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:3", "Text": "saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:4", "Text": "And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:5", "Text": "Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:6", "Text": "Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:7", "Text": "Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:8", "Text": "Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand." } ]
Praise from the Great Multitude
Revelation 7:9
Revelation 7:17
[ { "Reference": "Revelation 7:9", "Text": "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:10", "Text": "And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:11", "Text": "And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God," }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:12", "Text": "saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:13", "Text": "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?" }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:14", "Text": "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:15", "Text": "Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:16", "Text": "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat." }, { "Reference": "Revelation 7:17", "Text": "For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." } ]