and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you, and so does Mark, my son.

Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.

The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.

Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

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

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

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

From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.

Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).

‘I know where you live – where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.

However, hold on to what you have until I come.

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’