²⁸ 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.

²³ 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.

²³ Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

²⁴ For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

²⁵ See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

²⁶ If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

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

²¹ Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

²² And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

²³ Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

¹¹ For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,

¹² Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

¹³ Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

¹⁵ On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

⁷ So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁸ Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

²⁰ He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.

⁴⁴ Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

²⁵ And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

²⁶ 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.

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

²⁸ But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.

²⁹ And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

¹ Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.

² 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?

³ 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.

⁴ And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it.

¹⁴ And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

¹² See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.

³⁴ But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

³⁵ For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

³⁶ 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.

³⁷ And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

⁷ But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

³² Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

³³ Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

³⁴ Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

²⁹ But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

³⁰ 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.

³¹ And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

³² Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

¹² And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

¹³ And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

¹⁴ But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

²⁷ 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.

⁴² Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

¹⁶ 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;

¹⁷ Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

¹⁸ So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

¹⁵ Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

¹² And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.

¹³ But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

¹⁴ And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

⁸ I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

⁹ But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

¹⁰ And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

¹¹ And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

⁹ Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

¹⁰ And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

¹¹ And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.

¹² And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.

³ And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?

⁴ And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.

⁵ For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.

⁶ And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

⁷ For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

⁶ For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

¹¹ 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.

¹¹ There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

²³ Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

²⁴ For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

²⁵ See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

²⁶ If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

²⁷ Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

⁸ But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.

³⁰ And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

¹¹ I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.

⁸ Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

²⁸ 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.

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

²⁷ And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

²⁸ Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

¹⁰ And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

¹¹ 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.

¹² Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

²⁴ And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

²⁵ Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

²⁶ For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,