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Philippians 1

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¹ just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent cities, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in gross immoral freedom and unnatural vice and sensual perversity. They are exhibited [in plain sight] as an example in undergoing the punishment of everlasting fire.

² Nevertheless in the same way, these dreamers [who are dreaming that God will not punish them] also defile the body, and reject [legitimate] authority, and revile and mock angelic majesties.

³ But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil (Satan), and[6] arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

⁴ But these men sneer at anything which they do not understand; and whatever they do know by [mere] instinct, like unreasoning and irrational beasts—by these things they are destroyed.

⁵ Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah.

⁶ These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your[7] love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;

⁷ wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.

⁸ It was about these people that[8] Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, "Look, the Lord came with[9] myriads of His holy ones

⁹ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the[10] ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

¹⁰ These people are [habitual] murmurers, griping and complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to gain an advantage.

¹¹ But as for you, beloved, remember the [prophetic] words spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² They used to say to you, "In the last days there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions."

¹³ These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions—worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual—unsaved], devoid of the Spirit.

¹⁴ But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,

¹⁵ and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.

¹⁶ And have mercy on some, who are doubting;

¹⁷ save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy but with fear, loathing even the clothing spotted and polluted by their shameless immoral freedom.

¹⁸ Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling or falling into sin, and to present you unblemished [blameless and faultless] in the presence of His glory with triumphant joy and unspeakable delight,

¹⁹ to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

²⁰ This is the[1] revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries], which God [the Father] gave to Him to show to His bond-servants (believers) the things which must soon take place [in their entirety]; and He sent and communicated it by His angel (divine messenger) to His bond-servant John,

²¹ who testified and gave supporting evidence to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to everything that he saw [in his visions].

²² [2] Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things which are written in it [heeding them and taking them to heart]; for the time [of fulfillment] is near.

²³ [3] John, to the seven churches that are in [the province of][4] Asia:[5] Grace [be granted] to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being], from Him Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, and from[6] the seven Spirits that are before His throne,

²⁴ and from Jesus Christ, the[7] faithful and trustworthy Witness, the[8] Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all][9] freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—

²⁵ and formed us into a kingdom [as His subjects],[10] priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

²⁶ Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes (nations) of the earth will mourn over Him [realizing their sin and guilt, and anticipating the coming wrath].[11] So it is to be. Amen.

²⁷ "I am the[12] Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End]," says the Lord God, "Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all]."

²⁸ I, John, your brother and companion in the[13] tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, [exiled there] because of [my preaching of] the word of God [regarding eternal salvation] and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

²⁹ I was in the[14] Spirit [in special communication with the Holy Spirit and empowered to receive and record the revelation from Jesus Christ] on the[15] Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

³⁰ saying, "Write on a scroll what you see [in this revelation], and send it to the[16] seven churches—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

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1	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent cities, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in gross immoral freedom and unnatural vice and sensual perversity. They are exhibited [in plain sight] as an example in undergoing the punishment of everlasting fire.
2	Nevertheless in the same way, these dreamers [who are dreaming that God will not punish them] also defile the body, and reject [legitimate] authority, and revile and mock angelic majesties.
3	But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil (Satan), and[6] arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
4	But these men sneer at anything which they do not understand; and whatever they do know by [mere] instinct, like unreasoning and irrational beasts—by these things they are destroyed.
5	Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah.
6	These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your[7] love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;
7	wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
8	It was about these people that[8] Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, "Look, the Lord came with[9] myriads of His holy ones
9	to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the[10] ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."
10	These people are [habitual] murmurers, griping and complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to gain an advantage.
11	But as for you, beloved, remember the [prophetic] words spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
12	They used to say to you, "In the last days there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions."
13	These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions—worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual—unsaved], devoid of the Spirit.
14	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
15	and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.
16	And have mercy on some, who are doubting;
17	save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy but with fear, loathing even the clothing spotted and polluted by their shameless immoral freedom.
18	Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling or falling into sin, and to present you unblemished [blameless and faultless] in the presence of His glory with triumphant joy and unspeakable delight,
19	to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
20	This is the[1] revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries], which God [the Father] gave to Him to show to His bond-servants (believers) the things which must soon take place [in their entirety]; and He sent and communicated it by His angel (divine messenger) to His bond-servant John,
21	who testified and gave supporting evidence to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to everything that he saw [in his visions].
22	[2] Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things which are written in it [heeding them and taking them to heart]; for the time [of fulfillment] is near.
23	[3] John, to the seven churches that are in [the province of][4] Asia:[5] Grace [be granted] to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being], from Him Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, and from[6] the seven Spirits that are before His throne,
24	and from Jesus Christ, the[7] faithful and trustworthy Witness, the[8] Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all][9] freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—
25	and formed us into a kingdom [as His subjects],[10] priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
26	Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes (nations) of the earth will mourn over Him [realizing their sin and guilt, and anticipating the coming wrath].[11] So it is to be. Amen.
27	"I am the[12] Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End]," says the Lord God, "Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all]."
28	I, John, your brother and companion in the[13] tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, [exiled there] because of [my preaching of] the word of God [regarding eternal salvation] and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
29	I was in the[14] Spirit [in special communication with the Holy Spirit and empowered to receive and record the revelation from Jesus Christ] on the[15] Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
30	saying, "Write on a scroll what you see [in this revelation], and send it to the[16] seven churches—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

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