and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.

We love because he loved us first.

All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not resulting in death.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds.

The children of your elect sister greet you.

Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

But I have this against you: You have departed from your first love!

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.

Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,

After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Then I looked, and here was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.

Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe.”

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!