²⁸ And now, `my' little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

²³ And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe `it' not.

²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

²⁵ Behold, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶ If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe `it' not.

²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

²¹ for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

²² And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe `it' not.

¹¹ For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

¹² instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

¹³ looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

¹⁵ These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

⁷ so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁸ who shall also confirm you unto the end, `that ye be' unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

²⁰ He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.

⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

²⁵ And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

²⁶ men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

²⁸ But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.

²⁹ And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees:

¹ Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

² In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, `there' ye may be also.

⁴ And whither I go, ye know the way.

¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

¹² Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

³⁵ for `so' shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

³⁶ But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

³⁷ And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.

⁷ But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

³² Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

³³ even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, `even' at the doors.

³⁴ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

²⁹ But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

³⁰ and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

³¹ And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

³² Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

¹² And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

¹³ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴ But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

²⁷ For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

⁴² Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

¹⁶ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

¹⁷ then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

¹⁸ Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

¹² And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

¹³ But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

⁸ I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

⁹ But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.

¹⁰ And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.

¹¹ And when they lead you `to judgment', and deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand what ye shall speak: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

⁹ Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.

¹⁰ And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

¹¹ And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

¹² And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

³ And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what `shall be' the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.

⁵ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

⁶ And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for `these things' must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

⁷ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

¹¹ who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

¹¹ and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.

²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe `it' not.

²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

²⁵ Behold, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶ If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe `it' not.

²⁷ For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

⁸ But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

³⁰ And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

¹¹ I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

⁸ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

²⁸ so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.

²⁶ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷ And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

²⁸ Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

¹⁰ And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

¹¹ who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

¹² Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey off.

²⁴ and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

²⁵ not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting `one another'; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

²⁶ For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,