And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him; Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death which was about to take place in Jerusalem.

And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;

And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity.

But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints, To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.

For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.

For this reason in one day will her troubles come, death and sorrow and need of food; and she will be completely burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who is her judge.

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.

And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.

But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.

Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong, And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

(See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)

But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.

So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.

He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.

See, I come quickly. A blessing on him who keeps the words of this book of the prophet.

I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.

Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.

In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you.

For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.

The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints, To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory: And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.

And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire, To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;

At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.

But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.

Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.

Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ: By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.

The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,

I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.

And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.

And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him;

And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God. And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.

And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.