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 \v 4 Nevertheless, you have a few believers there in the city of Sardis who have not been doing what is wrong. It is as though they have not dirtied their garments. As a result, because they are worthy to live with me, they will live with me and will be pure in every way, like people who are dressed in pure white clothing.
 
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-\v 5 Those who conquer Satan I will dress in these same white garments. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life that contains the names of the people who have eternal life. Instead, I will acknowledge in the presence of my Father and his angels that they belong to me .
-\v 6 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'"
+\v 5 Those who conquer Satan I will dress in these same white garments. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life that contains the names of the people who have eternal life. Instead, I will acknowledge in the presence of my Father and his angels that they belong to me.
+\v 6 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'
 
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 \v 12 I will make those who conquer Satan secure. They will be firm like the pillars in the temple of my God, and they will remain there forever. I will mark them with the name of my God, showing that they belong to him. I will also mark them with the name of the city of my God, the New Jerusalem, the city that will descend out of heaven from my God. I will also mark them with my new name, showing that they belong to me.
-\v 13 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'"
+\v 13 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'
 
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 \v 9-10 The living creatures praise, honor, and thank the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever. Whenever they do that, the twenty-four elders lie down on the ground before the one who sits on the throne. They worship him, the one who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns in front of the throne and say:
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 \v 11 "Our Lord and God,
-\q1 you are worthy that all beings should praise you;
-\q1 you are worthy that all beings honor you; and
+\q1 you are worthy that all beings should praise you,
+\q1 you are worthy that all beings honor you, and
 \q1 you are worthy that all beings acknowledge
-\q1 that you are the powerful one.
-\q1 Because you alone created all things.
+\q1 that you are the powerful one
+\q1 because you alone created all things.
 \q1 Moreover, because you intended that they should exist,
 \q1 you created them; as a result, they exist."
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 \v 3 Then the one looking like a Lamb opened the second seal, and I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
 \v 4 When he said that, a red horse appeared. There was also someone riding it, and God had given him the power to cause people to no longer live peacefully, but instead to kill each other. For this purpose he carried a large sword.
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-\v 5 Then the Lamb opened the third seal, and I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" This time, I saw a black horse appear. There was someone riding it, and he had a pair of balance scales in his hand.
+\v 5 Then the Lamb opened the third seal, and I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" This time I saw a black horse appear. There was someone riding it, and he had a pair of balance scales in his hand.
 \v 6 Then I heard a voice that sounded like it was coming from among the four living creatures. It said to the person on the horse, "Make it happen that one liter of wheat will cost so much that a man must work a whole day to earn enough money to buy it. Also make it happen that three liters of barley will sell for the same price. But do not reduce the supply of olive oil or wine."
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 \v 7 Then the Lamb opened the fourth seal, and I heard the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
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 \v 14 The sky split open and rolled up on either side just as an old scroll rolls up when it is split in two. Every mountain and island was shaken out of its place.
 
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-\v 15 As a result, all the people on earth, including kings, high-ranking people, generals, rich people, powerful people, along with everybody else, both slave and free, hid in caves and between the mountain rocks.
+\v 15 As a result, all the people on earth, including kings, high-ranking people, generals, rich people, and powerful people, along with everybody else, both slave and free, hid in caves and between the mountain rocks.
 \v 16 They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us so that the one who sits on the throne will not be able to see us, and so that the Lamb will not be able to punish us!
 \v 17 This is the terrible day on which they will punish us. No one will be able to survive!"
 
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-\v 9 After these things happened, I saw a huge crowd. There were so many people that no one could count them. They were from every nation, every tribe, every people group, and every language. They were standing before the throne and before the lamb. They were wearing white robes and held palm branches to wave with their hands in order to celebrate.
+\v 9 After these things happened, I saw a huge crowd. There were so many people that no one could count them. They were from every nation, every tribe, every people group, and every language. They were standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and held palm branches to wave with their hands in order to celebrate.
 \v 10 They shouted loudly, "Our God, the one who sits on the throne, and the Lamb have rescued us from Satan's power!"
 
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-\v 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Voices in heaven shouted loudly, "Our Lord and the Christ whom he has appointed will now govern all the people in the world, and Christ will rule his forever!"
+\v 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Voices in heaven shouted loudly, "Our Lord and the Christ whom he has appointed will now govern all the people in the world, and Christ will rule forever!"
 
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 \v 16 The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones in God's presence, bowed down their faces to the ground and worshiped him.
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 \q1 but were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him.
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 \v 12 So everyone in heaven should rejoice.
-\q1 But terrible things will happen to you people who live on the earth and on the ocean because the devil has come down to you.
+\q1 But terrible things will happen to you people who live on the earth and on the ocean, because the devil has come down to you.
 \q1 He is very angry because he knows that he has only a short time before God judges and punishes him."
 
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 \v 13 The second beast also did awesome miracles, even causing fire from the sky to fall to earth while people watched.
-\v 14 He did these miracles on behalf of the first beast. By doing that, he deceived the people on the earth so that they thought they should worship the first beast. But this happened only because God allowed it to happen. The second beast told the people living on earth to make an idol to represent the first beast, the one that was alive, even though someone had killed him with a sword.
+\v 14 He did these miracles on behalf of the first beast. By doing them, he deceived the people on the earth so that they thought they should worship the first beast. But this happened only because God allowed it to happen. The second beast told the people living on earth to make an idol to represent the first beast, the one that was alive, even though someone had killed him with a sword.
 
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 \v 15 God allowed the second beast to breathe life into that idol in order that the idol might speak. And the beast commanded that whoever refused to worship the idol should be killed.
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-\v 2 I saw what looked like an ocean that looked as though it was made of glass and mixed with fire. I also saw the people who had overcome the beast by not worshiping it or its image, and by not allowing its servant to mark them with the number that represents the beast's name. They were standing by the ocean (that was as clear as glass), and they were holding the harps that God gave them. 
+\v 2 I saw what looked like an ocean made of glass mixed with fire. I also saw the people who had overcome the beast by not worshiping it or its image and by not allowing its servant to mark them with the number that represents the beast's name. They were standing by the ocean (that was as clear as glass), and they were holding the harps that God gave them. 
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 \v 3 They were singing a song like God's servant Moses sang long ago. They sang this to praise the Lamb in this way:
 \q1 "Lord God, who rules over everything,
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 \v 15 (I heard the Lord Jesus say, "You must listen carefully to me: I am coming unexpectedly, like a thief. So I will be happy with those who stay alert and keep on living in the right way so that they will not be ashamed. They will be just like a person who keeps his clothes on so that he will not be ashamed in front of other people.")
-\v 16 The evil spirits will gather the rulers at a place named in the Hebrew language Armageddon.
+\v 16 The evil spirits will gather the rulers at a place named Armageddon in the Hebrew language.
 
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 \v 12 The ten horns that you saw represent ten rulers who have not yet begun to rule. They will receive authority in order to rule people together with the beast, but they will rule for only a short time, as if it were for only one hour.
 \v 13 Those rulers will all agree to do the same thing. As a result they will give to the beast their right and authority to rule people.
-\v 14 The rulers and the beast will fight against the lamb. He will defeat them because he is the Lord who rules over all other lords and the King who rules over all other kings. The people who are with him are the ones whom God has chosen and called to himself, and who keep serving him faithfully."
+\v 14 The rulers and the beast will fight against the Lamb. He will defeat them because he is the Lord who rules over all other lords and the King who rules over all other kings. The people who are with him are the ones whom God has chosen and called to himself and who keep serving him faithfully."
 
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 \v 15 Then the angel said to me, "The waters that you saw in the city represent many different kinds of people, and many different groups of people, and different languages that the people speak, where the prostitute sits.
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 \v 1 After this I saw another angel, one who had great authority, coming down from heaven. The earth became bright because he was shining so intensely.
 \v 2 He shouted with a very loud voice, "God is about to completely destroy the very evil city of Babylon. As a result, all kinds of evil spirits will live there, and all kinds of foul and detestable birds will live there. Babylon is like a prostitute
-\v 3 with whom all the people groups engaged with her in the passion of sexual immorality, which is like getting drunk on too much wine. Yes, and the kings of the earth have done the same things with her. The world's merchants became rich because she wanted to commit so much sexual immorality."
+\v 3 with whom all the people groups engaged in the passion of sexual immorality, which is like getting drunk on too much wine. Yes, and the kings of the earth have done the same things with her. The world's merchants became rich because she wanted to commit so much sexual immorality."
 
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 \v 14 The good things you people longed to have are gone! All your luxurious and splendid possessions have vanished! They will be gone forever!
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 \v 15 The merchants who sold these things and who had become rich will stand far away because they will be afraid that they will suffer just as the city has. They will weep and mourn,
-\v 16 and they will say, "Terrible things have happened to that great city! That city was like a woman, dressed in clothes made of fine linen cloth and expensive cloth dyed purple and crimson, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls.
+\v 16 and they will say, "Terrible things have happened to that great city! That city was like a woman dressed in clothes made of fine linen cloth and expensive cloth dyed purple and crimson, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls.
 \v 17 But suddenly and swiftly God has destroyed all these expensive things."
 \p Every ship's captain, all people who travel by ship, all sailors, and all others who earn their living by traveling on the ocean will stand far away from the city."
 
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 \v 1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the deep, dark pit, and he was carrying a large chain in his hand.
 \v 2 He seized the dragon. That dragon is the ancient serpent, the devil, that is, Satan. The angel bound him with the chain. That chain could not be loosed for one thousand years.
-\v 3 The angel threw him into the deep, dark pit. He shut the door of the pit, locked it, and sealed it to prevent anyone from opening it. He did that in order that Satan might no longer deceive all the many groups of people, until those one thousand years are ended. After that time, Satan must go free for a short time in order that he can do what God has planned.
+\v 3 The angel threw him into the deep, dark pit. He shut the door of the pit, locked it, and sealed it to prevent anyone from opening it. He did that in order that Satan might no longer deceive all the many groups of people until those one thousand years are ended. After that time, Satan must go free for a short time in order that he can do what God has planned.
 
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-\v 4 I saw thrones on which people were sitting. God gave them authority to judge. I also saw the souls of other people whose heads had been cut off because they had spoken the truth about Jesus and had declared God's message. They were people who had refused to worship the beast or its image, and who had not allowed the beast's servants to put the beast's mark on them, either on their foreheads or on their hands. They became alive again, and they ruled with Christ during those one thousand years.
+\v 4 I saw thrones on which people were sitting. God gave them authority to judge. I also saw the souls of other people whose heads had been cut off because they had spoken the truth about Jesus and had declared God's message. They were people who had refused to worship the beast or its image and who had not allowed the beast's servants to put the beast's mark on them, either on their foreheads or on their hands. They became alive again, and they ruled with Christ during those one thousand years.
 
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 \v 5 They were the ones who lived again the first time that God caused dead people to live again. The rest of the believers who had died did not live again until after those one thousand years.
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 \v 11 Then I saw a huge white throne on which God was sitting. He was so fearsome that the earth and the sky disappeared from his presence completely; they were no more.
-\v 12 I saw that the people who had died but now lived again were standing in front of the throne. They were both important and unimportant people! The books in which God records what people do were opened. Another book was also opened, which is the Book of Life in which God has written the names of people who have eternal life. God judged the people who had died and now lived again according to what they had done, just as he had recorded it in the books.
+\v 12 I saw that the people who had died but now lived again were standing in front of the throne. There were both important and unimportant people! The books in which God records what people do were opened. Another book was also opened, which is the Book of Life in which God has written the names of people who have eternal life. God judged the people who had died and now lived again according to what they had done, just as he had recorded it in the books.
 
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 \v 13 The people whose bodies were buried in the sea became alive again in order to stand before God's throne. Everyone who had been buried on the land became alive again also in order to stand before the throne. God judged each one of them according to what each one had done.
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 \v 21 The twelve gates of the city were something like huge pearls. Each gate was like a single pearl. The city streets appeared to be pure gold that looked like clear glass.
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-\v 22 There was no temple in the city. The Lord God who rules over all, and the Lamb are its temple.
+\v 22 There was no temple in the city. The Lord God who rules over all and the Lamb are its temple.
 
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-\v 23 The city will not need the sun or the moon to light the city because the light coming from God will light the city, and the Lamb will also be its light.
+\v 23 The city will not need the sun or the moon to light it because the light coming from God will light the city, and the Lamb will also be its light.
 \v 24 The people groups will live with the light of the city shining on them. The kings of the earth will bring their wealth into the city to honor God and the lamb.
 \v 25 The gates of the city will not be shut at the end of the day as they usually are shut because there will be no night there.
 
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 \v 26 The people of the world will also bring their wealth into the city.
-\v 27 Nothing that is morally impure, no one who does deeds that God considers detestable, and no one who tells lies will ever enter that city. Only those people whose names are written in the book that belongs to the lamb, the book that has the names of people who have eternal life, will be there.
+\v 27 Nothing that is morally impure, no one who does deeds that God considers detestable, and no one who tells lies will ever enter that city. Only those people whose names are written in the book that belongs to the Lamb, the book that has the names of people who have eternal life, will be there.
 
 
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 \v 13 I am the one who began all things and the one who will cause all things to end. I am before all things and I am at the end of all things.
 
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-\v 14 God is very pleased with the people who wash their robes and make them clean because they will be able to eat the fruit of the tree that enables people to live forever and because they will be able to enter the gates into the holy city.
+\v 14 God is very pleased with the people who wash their robes and make them clean so that they will be able to eat the fruit of the tree that enables people to live forever and so that they will be able to enter the gates into the holy city.
 \v 15 Outside are people who are unholy. They include people who practice witchcraft, people who sin sexually, people who murder others, idol worshipers, and all people who enjoy telling lies and are continual liars. They can never enter that city."
 
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