hy patience, and thy works; that thou hast a name that thou and the last to be more than the livest, and art dead.

First: d 2 Be watchful, and strengthen o 20 Notwithstanding, I have a the things which remain, that are few things against thee, because ready to die: for I have not found thou sufferest that woman Jeze- thy works, perfect before God. bel, which calleth herself a pro-w 3 Remember therefore how thou phetess, to teach and to seduce hast received and heard, and hold my servants to commit fornica- fast, and tion, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not.

w 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

64 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

b5 He that overcometh, the same t 23 And I will kill her children shall be clothed in white raiment; with death; and all the churches and I will not blot out his name shall know that I am he which out of the book of life, but I will searcheth the reins and hearts: confess his name before my Father, and I will give unto every one of and before his angels. you according to your works.

6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, As many as have not this doctrine, and which g 7 And to the angel of the church have not known the depths of Sa- in Philadelphia write; These things tan, as they speak; I will put saith he that is holy, he that is upon you none other burden: true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth:

25 But that which ye have already, hold fast till I come. b 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

c 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou 27 (And he shall rule them with hast a little strength, and hast kept a rod of iron; as the vessels of a my word, and hast not denied my potter shall they be broken to name. shivers:) even as I received of 9 Behold, I will make them of my Father.

28 And I will give him the morning-star.

29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto

the churches.

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CHAP. III.

A church in Sardis write,
ND unto the angel of the

the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

b 10 Because thou hast kept the keep thee from the hour of tempword of my patience, I also will

These things saith he that hath tation, which shall come upon all the seven Spirits of God, and the the world, to try them that dwell seven stars; I know thy works, upon the earth.

22 He that hath an ear, let hear what the Spirit saith unde churches.

v

CHAP. IV.

d 11 Behold, I come quickly:] set down with my Father in hold that fast which thou hast, throne. that no man take thy crown. b 12 Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new heaven: and the first voice w Jerusalem, which cometh down I heard, was as it were of a out of heaven from my God: and pet talking with me; which I will write upon him my new Come up hither, and I will sen thee things which must be be after.

name.

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

g 14 And unto the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write;
These things saith the Amen, the
faithful and true Witness, the be-
ginning of the creation of God;
c 15 I know thy works, that thou
art neither cold nor hot: I would
thou wert cold or hot.
w 16 So then, because thou art
lukewarm, and neither cold nor
hot, I will spue thee out of my

mouth:

c 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

d 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

AFTER this I looked, an

hold, a door was opene

2 And immediately I was int Spirit: and behold, a throne w set in heaven, and one sat on de throne.

3 And he that sat was to lo upon like a jasper and a sarde stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne in sigh like unto an emerald. v 4 And round about the thro were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four a twenty elders sitting, clothed i white raiment; and they had a their heads crowns of gold.

5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices. And there wer seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the sever Spirits of God.

6 And before the throne thert was a sea of glass like unto crystal And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

7 And the first beast was like & lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

d 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: If any man hear my t 8 And the four beasts had each voice, and open the door, I will of them six wings about him; and come in to him, and will sup with they were full of eyes within: and him, and he with me. they rest not day and night, say ing, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

b 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am

› And when those beasts give harps, and golden vials full of ry, and honour, and thanks to odours, which are the prayers of n that sat on the throne, who saints.

eth for ever and ever. t 9 And they sung a new song, 10 The four and twenty elders saying, Thou art worthy to take il down before him that sat on the book, and to open the seals e throne, and worship him that thereof: for thou wast slain, and eth for ever and ever, and cast hast redeemed us to God by thy eir crowns before the throne, blood out of every kindred, and Lying, tongue, and people, and nation;

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to eceive glory, and honour, and ower: for thou hast created all hings, and for thy pleasure they re and were created.

CHAP. V.

10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts,

him that sat on the throne a of them was ten thousand times book written within and on the ten thousand, and thousands of back side, sealed with seven seals. thousands;

on wide se a

v 2 And I saw a strong angel pro-t 12 Saying with a loud voice, claiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

i 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever.

14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. CHAP. VI.

t 6 And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the r

four beasts, and in the midst of AND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and the elders, stood a Lamb as it had I heard, as it were the noise of been slain, having seven horns, thunder, one of the four beasts, and seven eyes, which are the saying, Come and see. seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts, and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them

2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. r 3 And when he had opened the second seal, heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another

horse that was red: and power was hair, and the moon became as given to him that sat thereon to blood:

take peace from the earth, and r 13 And the stars of heaven fell that they should kill one another: unto the earth, even as a fig.tree and there was given unto him a casteth her untimely figs, when great sword. she is shaken of a mighty wind.

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and

see.

14 And the heaven departed a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountain and islan were moved out of their places r 15 And the kings of the eart, and the great men, and the ric men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

8 And I looked, and behold, at 17 For the great day of his pale horse and his name that sat wrath is come; and who shall be on him was Death, and hell fol- able to stand. lowed with him. And power was

unto over the fourth

CHAP. VII.
ND after these things I saw

pive of the theath, to kill with A four tungels standing on the

sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

2 And I saw another angel as cending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four 10 And they cried with a loud angels, to whom it was given to voice, saying, How long, O Lord, hurt the earth and the sea, holy and true, dost thou not judget 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, and avenge our blood on them neither the sea, nor the trees, that dwell on the earth? we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

till

4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and thert were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

5 of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of 6 Of the tribe of Aser were seal.

2

ed twelve thousand. Of the tribe 16 They shall hunger no more, of Nephthalim were sealed twelve neither thirst any more; neither thousand. Of the tribe of Manas-shall the sun light on them, nor ses were sealed twelve thousand.

any heat.

7 of the tribe of Simeon were b 17 For the Lamb which is in sealed twelve thousand. Of the the midst of the throne shall feed tribe of Levi were sealed twelve them, and shall lead them unto thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar living fountains of waters: and were sealed twelve thousand. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

r9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

d 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

13 And one of the elders an

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CHAP. VIII.

ND when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. t 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared swered, saying unto me, What themselves to sound.

are these which are arrayed in v 7 The first angel sounded, and white robes and whence came there followed hail and fire minthey?

c 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

gled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

b15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him 9 And the third part of the day and night in his temple: and creatures which were in the sea, he that sitteth on the throne shall and had life, died; and the third dwell among them. part of the ships were destroyed.