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Philippians 4

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¹ "To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in[5] Laodicea write: "These are the words of the Amen, the trusted and faithful and true Witness, the[6] Beginning and Origin of God's creation:

² 'I know your deeds, that you are[7] neither cold (invigorating, refreshing) nor hot (healing, therapeutic); I wish that you were[8] cold or hot.

³ So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust].

⁴ Because you say, "I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need],

⁵ I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.

⁶ Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God's will].

⁷ Behold, I stand at the door [of the church] and continually knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him (restore him), and he with Me.

⁸ He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne.

⁹ He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

¹⁰ After this I looked, and behold,[1] a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a [war] trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."

¹¹ At once I was in [special communication with] the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne.

¹² And He who sat there appeared like [the crystalline sparkle of][2] a jasper stone and [the fiery redness of] a sardius stone, and encircling the throne there was a rainbow that looked like [the color of an] emerald.

¹³ Twenty-four [other] thrones surrounded the throne; and seated on these thrones were[3] twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, with crowns of gold on their heads.

¹⁴ From the throne came flashes of lightning and [rumbling] sounds and peals of thunder. Seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are[4] the seven Spirits of God;

¹⁵ and in front of the throne there was something like a sea or large expanse of glass, like [the clearest] crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living[5] creatures who were full of eyes in front and behind [seeing everything and knowing everything that is around them].

¹⁶ [6] The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf (ox), the third creature had the face of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

¹⁷ And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying, "Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], who was and who is and who is to come [the unchanging, eternal God]."

¹⁸ Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,

¹⁹ the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, saying,

²⁰ "Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they exist, and were created and brought into being."

²¹ I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals.

²² And I saw a strong angel announcing with a loud voice, "Who is worthy [having the authority and virtue] to open the scroll and to[1] break its seals?"

²³ And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] was able to open the scroll or look into it.

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1	"To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in[5] Laodicea write: "These are the words of the Amen, the trusted and faithful and true Witness, the[6] Beginning and Origin of God's creation:
2	'I know your deeds, that you are[7] neither cold (invigorating, refreshing) nor hot (healing, therapeutic); I wish that you were[8] cold or hot.
3	So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust].
4	Because you say, "I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need],
5	I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.
6	Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God's will].
7	Behold, I stand at the door [of the church] and continually knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him (restore him), and he with Me.
8	He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne.
9	He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.'"
10	After this I looked, and behold,[1] a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a [war] trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."
11	At once I was in [special communication with] the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne.
12	And He who sat there appeared like [the crystalline sparkle of][2] a jasper stone and [the fiery redness of] a sardius stone, and encircling the throne there was a rainbow that looked like [the color of an] emerald.
13	Twenty-four [other] thrones surrounded the throne; and seated on these thrones were[3] twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, with crowns of gold on their heads.
14	From the throne came flashes of lightning and [rumbling] sounds and peals of thunder. Seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are[4] the seven Spirits of God;
15	and in front of the throne there was something like a sea or large expanse of glass, like [the clearest] crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living[5] creatures who were full of eyes in front and behind [seeing everything and knowing everything that is around them].
16	[6] The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf (ox), the third creature had the face of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.
17	And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying, "Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], who was and who is and who is to come [the unchanging, eternal God]."
18	Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,
19	the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, saying,
20	"Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they exist, and were created and brought into being."
21	I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals.
22	And I saw a strong angel announcing with a loud voice, "Who is worthy [having the authority and virtue] to open the scroll and to[1] break its seals?"
23	And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] was able to open the scroll or look into it.

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