¹⁸ For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.

²² For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

¹³ You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

¹ And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.

² And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?

⁹ And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

¹⁰ And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.

¹¹ And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

¹² Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.

¹⁰ 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.

¹² But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

¹³ For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

¹⁴ And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.

¹⁰ Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

¹⁴ For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:

¹⁶ Because even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to me in my need.

²¹ I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.

¹⁷ These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.

¹⁸ I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.