“For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.”

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.

Now this phrase “once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

For they said to you, “In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”

and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.

But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice – practices I also hate.

The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel:

The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number.

This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints – those who obey God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.

The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”

Then a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.

She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).