In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people&#8217;s trespasses against them, and he has given us<n id="1" /> the message of reconciliation.

And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are<n id="1" /> the temple of the living God, just as God said, &#8220;<b><i>I will live in themi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>and will walk among themb>, <b>and I will be their Godb>, <b>and they will be my peopleb>i>.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Masters,<n id="1" /> treat your slaves<n id="2" /> the same way,<n id="3" /> giving up the use of threats,<n id="4" /> because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven,<n id="5" /> and there is no favoritism with him.p>

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist,<n id="1" /> in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer<n id="2" /> of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in<n id="1" /> their humanity,<n id="2" /> so that through death he could destroy<n id="3" /> the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office<n id="1" /> have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen,<n id="2" /> although they too are descendants of Abraham.<n id="3" />

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>And there will be no need at alli>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother sayingb>,i> &#8216;<i><b>Know the Lordb>,i>&#8217; <i><b>since they will all know meb>, <b>from the least to the greatestb>.i><n id="2" />p>

Pure and undefiled religion before<n id="1" /> God the Father<n id="2" /> is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.p>

Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!<n id="1" />

speaking of these things in all his letters.<n id="1" /> Some things in these letters<n id="2" /> are hard to understand, things<n id="3" /> the ignorant and unstable twist<n id="4" /> to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.<n id="5" />

to execute judgment on<n id="1" /> all, and to convict every person<n id="2" /> of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds<n id="3" /> that they have committed,<n id="4" /> and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.&#8221;<n id="5" />

In<n id="1" /> a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were<n id="2" /> dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns<n id="3" /> on their heads.

the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns<n id="2" /> before his<n id="3" /> throne, saying:p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their<n id="2" /> number was ten thousand times ten thousand<n id="3" /> &#8211; thousands times thousands &#8211;

<p class="bodytext">And all the angels stood<n id="1" /> there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground<n id="2" /> before the throne and worshiped God,

because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, <i>and God will wipe away every tear from their eyesi>.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

In<n id="1" /> those days people<n id="2" /> will seek death, but<n id="3" /> will not be able to<n id="4" /> find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.p>

A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is,<n id="1" /> by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.

But<n id="1" /> after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized<n id="2" /> those who were watching them.

Then<n id="1" /> they<n id="2" /> heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: &#8220;Come up here!&#8221; So the two prophets<n id="3" /> went up to heaven in a cloud while<n id="4" /> their enemies stared at them.