I, John, your brother and partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Christ Jesus, came to be on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

If anyone has captivity, he goes away; if anyone [is] with [the] sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the endurance of the saints; those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one]. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Indeed the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make the way out, [so as for] you to be able to bear it.

Because of this, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having accomplished all things, to stand.

then the Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of temptation and [how] to keep the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,

And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

And assuredly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken as a memorial of her."

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken of all the empire.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

Fear, and a pit, and a snare, are upon you that dwell on the earth.

Many must be tested, and thoroughly whitened, and tried with fire, and sanctified; but the transgressors shall transgress: and none of the transgressors shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

And I will bring the third [part] through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon My name, and I will hear them, and say, This is My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

It is not possible, my brothers, [for] a fig tree to make olives, or a vine [to make] figs, [is it]? Thus no spring is able to produce [both] salt and sweet water.

Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing [was] happening to you;