<t /><p class="bodytext">Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and like a robe you will fold them upi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>andi>b> like a garment<n id="1" /> <b><i>they will be changed,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>but you are the same and your years will never run outb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

For the one who enters God&#8217;s<n id="1" /> rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, &#8220;<b><i>I will never leave you and I will never abandon youi>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Let no one say when he is tempted, &#8220;I am tempted by God,&#8221; for God cannot be tempted by evil,<n id="1" /> and he himself tempts no one.

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ<n id="1" /> will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.<n id="2" />

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice<n id="1" /> for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.<n id="2" />p>

By this<n id="1" /> we know that we reside in God<n id="2" /> and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">If anyone<n id="1" /> confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides<n id="2" /> in him and he in God.

The<n id="1" /> beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

His eyes are like a fiery<n id="1" /> flame and there are many diadem crowns<n id="2" /> on his head. He has<n id="3" /> a name written<n id="4" /> that no one knows except himself.

From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations.<n id="1" /> <b><i>Hei>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>will rulei>b><n id="3" /> <i><b>them with an iron rodb>,i><n id="4" /> and he stomps the winepress<n id="5" /> of the furious<n id="6" /> wrath of God, the All-Powerful.<n id="7" />

<p class="bodytext">Now John wore clothing made from camel&#8217;s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am &#8211; I am not worthy<n id="1" /> to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.<n id="2" />

and he said to his servants, &#8220;This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, &#8220;Teacher, don&#8217;t you care that we are about to die?&#8221;

And they began making fun of him.<n id="1" /> But he put them all outside<n id="2" /> and he took the child&#8217;s father and mother and his own companions<n id="3" /> and went into the room where the child was.<n id="4" />

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife, because Herod<n id="1" /> had married her.

David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>The Lord said to my lord,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Sit at my right hand,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>until I put your enemies under your feetb>.i>&#8221;&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council,<n id="1" /> who was himself looking forward to<n id="2" /> the kingdom of God,<n id="3" /> went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.<n id="4" />