“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:

He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

The one who has ears had better listen!

The one who has ears had better listen!”

[[And each one departed to his own house.

The one who hates me hates my Father too.

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Now I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are just – the one who is and who was, the Holy One – because you have passed these judgments,

“If Esau attacks one camp,” he thought, “then the other camp will be able to escape.”

He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other.

“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.

says our protector – the Lord who commands armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again and strengthened me.

because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:

They said, “John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.”

There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”

Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.