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should smite the nations: and he set a seal upon him, that he should shall rule them with a rod of iron: deceive the nations no more, till and he treadeth the wine-press of the thousand years should be ful the fierceness and wrath of Al- filled; and after that he must be mighty God. loosed a little season. c 4 And I saw thrones, and the sat upon them, and judgment wa given unto them: and I saw tre souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and it the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received h mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived an reigned with Christ a thousand years.

1 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name writen, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come, and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, 5 But the rest of the dead live and the flesh of mighty men, and not again until the thousand year the flesh of horses, and of them were finished. This is the f that sit on them, and the flesh of resurrection. all men, both free and bond, both b 6 Blessed and holy is he that small and great.

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

hath part in the first resurrection
on such the second death hath
power, but they shall be priests f
God and of Christ, and shall re
with him a thousand years.
r 7 And when the thousand ye
are expired, Satan shall be loo
out of his prison,

t 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with 8 And shall go out to decent which he deceived them that had the nations which are in the fo received the mark of the beast, quarters of the earth, Gog and them that worshipped his Magog, to gather them togethe image. These both were cast alive to battle: the number of whom into a lake of fire burning with as the sand of the sea.

brimstone.

21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

CHAP. XX.

AND I saw an angel come down

9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compass ed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of hea ven, and devoured them. w 10 And the devil that deceived

them was cast into the lake of fir

from heaven, having the key and brimstone, where the beast of the bottomless pit and a great and the false prophet are, and chain in his hand. shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. t 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the hea

t 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And cast him into the bot-ven fled away; and there wa tomless pit, and shut him up, and found no place for them.

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✰ 12 And I saw the dead, small b 7 He that overcometh shall in and great, stand before God; and herit all things; and I will be his the books were opened: and ano- God, and he shall be my son. ther book was opened, which ist 8 But the fearful, and unbelievthe book of life: and the dead were ing, and the abominable, and murjudged out of those things which derers, and whoremongers, and were written in the books, accord-sorcerers, and idolaters, and all ing to their works. liars, shall have their part in the

13 And the sea gave up the dead lake which burneth with fire and which were in it; and death and brimstone: which is the second hell delivered up the dead which death.

were in them: and they were 9 And there came unto me one judged every man according to of the seven angels, which had the their works. seven vials full of the seven last t 14 And death and hell were plagues, and talked with me, saycast into the lake of fire. This is ing, Come hither, I will shew thee the second death. the bride, the Lamb's wife. c 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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CHAP. XXI.

ND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no

more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. b 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasperstone, clear as crystal;

12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

13 On the east, three gates; on the north, three gates; on the south, three gates; and on the west, three gates.

b 4 And God shall wipe away all 14 And the wall of the city had tears from their eyes; and there twelve foundations, and in them shall be no more death, neither the names of the twelve apo des sorrow, nor crying, neither shall of the Lamb.

there be any more pain: for the 15 And he that talked with me, former things are passed away. had a golden reed to measure the 5 And he that sat upon the city, and the gates thereof, and throne said, Behold, I make all the wall thereof. things new. And he said unto me, 16 And the city lieth foursquare, Write for these words are true and the length is as large as the and faithful. breadth and he measured the t 6 And he said unto me, It is done. city with the reed, twelve thouI am Alpha and Omega, the be- sand furlongs. The length and ginning and the end. I will give the breadth, and the height of it unto him that is athirst of the are equal,

fountain of the water of life freely. 17 And he measured the wall

thereof, a hundred and forty and as crystal, proceeding out of the four cubits, according to the mea- throne of God and of the Lamb. sure of a man, that is, of the angel. 2 In the midst of the street of it, i 18 And the building of the wall and on either side of the river was of it was of jasper: and the city there the tree of life, which bare was pure gold, like unto clear | twelve manner of fruits, and yieldglass. ed her fruit every month: and the

19 And the foundations of the leaves of the tree were for the healwall of the city were garnished ing of the nations.

with all manner of precious stones. 6 3 And there shall be no more The first foundation was jasper; curse: but the throne of God and the second, sapphire; the third, a of the Lamb shall be in it; and his chalcedony; the fourth, an eme-servants shall serve him: b 4 And they shall see his face; 20 The fifth, sardonyx: the / and his name shall be in their foresixth, sardius; the seventh, chry- | heads.

rald;

solite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, 5 And there shall be no night a topaz ; the tenth, a chrysopra - there ; and they need no candle, sus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the neither light of the sun; for the twelfth, an amethyst. Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

t 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

67 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had | heard and seen, I fell down to 24 And the nations of them worship before the feet of the which are saved shall walk in the angel which shewed me these light of it: and the kings of the things.

earth do bring their glory and p 9 Then saith he unto me, See honour into it. | thou do it not : for I am thy fellow25 And the gates of it shall not | servant, and of thy brethren the be shut at all by day: for there prophets, and of them which keep shall be no night there. the sayings of this book: worship God.

26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of t 27 And there shall in no wise this book: for the time is at hand. enter into it any thing that de- t 11 He that is unjust, let him be fileth, neither whatsoever worketh unjust still: and he which is filthy, abomination, or maketh a lie; but let him be filthy still: and he that they which are written in the is righteous, let him be righteous Lamb's book of life. still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

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CHAP. XXII.

ND he shewed me a pure
river of water of life, clear

12 And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give

every man according as his work is athirst come. And whosoever
shall be.
will, let him take the water of life

t 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the freely.
beginning and the end, the first
and the last.

w 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prob 14 Blessed are they that do his phecy of this book, If any man commandments, that they may shall add unto these things, God have right to the tree of life, and shall add unto him the plagues may enter in through the gates that are written in this book:

into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star.

w 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

d 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly: Amen. Even so, come, Lord

b 17 And the Spirit and the bride Jesus. say, Come. And let him that hear-b 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus eth say, Come. And let him that Christ be with you all. Amen.

THE END.

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A TABLE OF ST. PAUL'S APOSTOLIC JOURNEYS.

The first Journey begins in the Year of Christ 44, and ends 48.

Antioch in Sy- Perga in Pam- Lystra

phylia

Derbe

Antioch in Pi- Lystra

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Perga

Attalia

Samaria
Jerusalem

Antioch in Sy- Antioch in Sy

ria Phoenicia

The second Journey begins A. D. 50, and ends 54.

ria

ria

Seleucia

Salamis

Paphos

Rest of Syria

Cilicia

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Derbe

Troas

Apollonia

Cenchrea

Jerusalem

Antioch in Sy

ria

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Thessalonica

Ephesus

Iconium

Neapolis

Beroea

Cæsarea

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The third Journey begins A. D. 54, and ends 58.

Miletus in Asia Ptolemais
Coos Island

Rhodes Island Jerusalem

Cæsarea

Troas

Philippi

Samos Island

Patara in Lycia

Macedonia

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Tyre

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