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a Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Zech. iii. 2.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat, 1 Cor. v. 9—11.

VER. 24.

Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ φυλάξαι ὑμᾶς ἀπ ταίστους, καὶ στῆσαι κατενώπιον τῆς δόξης αὑτοῦ ἀμώμους ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει,

Now unto a him that is able to keep you from falling, band to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

a See on Rom. xiv. ver. 4. clause 2. b See on Eph. v. ver. 27.

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Luke xxiv. 20. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine

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own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was, John xvii. 5. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may be hold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world, 24. Then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord, 1 Thess. iv. 17. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy, 1 Pet. iv. 13.

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VER. 3.

Μακάριος ὁ ἀναγινώσκων, καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντῆς τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας, καὶ της ροῦντες τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένα· ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς ἐγγύς.

a Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

a Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book, chap. xxii. 7. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days, Dan. xii. 12, 13.

VER. 4.

Ἰωάννης ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις ταῖς ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος· καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑπτὰ πνευμάτων ἅ ἐστιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θρόνου aurou

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a See on John iii. ver. 32. clause 1. b Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you, John xi. 15.

c See ver. 3. And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand, xxii. 10.

d And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done, chap. xxii. 6. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star, 16.

VER. 2.

"Os EμapTúpnσe Tòv λóyov Toũ ☺soũ, nal τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅσα τε εἶδε.

a Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

a And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he know

in Asia: b Grace be unto you, and peace, JOHN to a the seven churches which are from him which is, and which was, seven Spirits which are before his throne; and which is to come; and from the

a Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in

Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyratira, and unto Sardis, and unto Phina, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyladelphia, and unto Laodicea, ver. 11. And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which

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dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks, Acts xix. 10.

b See on Rom. i.ver.7. clauses 4-7. See on John viii. ver. 58. clause 2. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars, chap. iii. 1. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God, iv. 5. And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth, v. 6. For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth, Zech. iv. 10. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same But God which worketh all in all, the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to proft withal, 1 Cor. xii. 4-7.

VER. 5.

Καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς, ὁ πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ὁ ἄςχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς· τῷ ἀγαπήσαντι ἡμᾶς, καὶ λούσαντι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτ τιῶν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὑτοῦ,

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b See on 1 Cor. xv. ver. 20. clause 2.
c See on 1 Tim. vi. ver. 15.
d See on John xiii. ver. 1. clause 4.
See on Matt. xxvi.ver. 28.

VER. 6.

Καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς βασιλεῖς καὶ ἱερεῖς το Θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὑτοῦ· αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Αμήν.

a And hath made us kings and priests unto God band his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.

Amen.

a See on 1 Pet. ii. ver. 9. clause 2.
b See on Matt. vii. ver. 21. clause 4.
c See on Rom. xi. ver. 36. clause 2.
d See on Matt. vi. ver. 13. clause 3.

VER. 7.

Ἰδοὺ, ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν, καὶ ὄψεται αὐτὸν πᾶς ὀφθαλμὸς, καὶ οἵτινες αὐτὸν ἐξεκέντησαν· καὶ κόψονται ἐπ' αὐτὸν πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. Ναὶ, ἀμήν.

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a Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

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And from Jesus Christ, a who is the faithful witness, band the first-begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, chap. iii. 14. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah, Psal. lxxxix. 36, 37. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a

a I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him, Dan. vii. 13. See also on Matt. xxiv. ver.

30. clause 3.

b And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn, Zech. xii. 10.

• Even so, come, Lord Jesus, chap. xxii. 20.

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VER. 8.

REV. I. 8-11.

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• I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

a Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, ver. 11. Fear not; I am the first and the last, 17. And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive, ii. 8. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely, xxi. 6. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last, xxii. 13. Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he, Isa. xli. 4. Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen ; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after ma. I, even I, am the LORD; and besides me there is no saviour, xliii. 10, 11. Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God, xliv. 6. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he: I am the first, I also am the last,

xlviii. 12.

b For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and his name shall be called. The mighty God, Isa. ix. 6.

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the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

a See on John xvi. ver. 33. clause 2. b See on Luke xxi. ver. 19.

c And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held, chap. vi. 9. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death, xii. 11. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ, 17. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, xix. 10.

VER. 10.

Εγενόμην ἐν Πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακή ἡμέρᾳ· καὶ ἤκουσα ὀπίσω μου φωνὴν μέ γάλην ὡς σάλπιγγος,

a I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me b a great voice, as of a trumpet,

fourteen years ago, (whether in the a I knew a man in Christ above body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth ;) man (whether in the body, or out of How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter, 2 Cor. xii. 2-4.

b After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and i will shew thee things which must be hereafter, chap. iv. 1.

VER. 11.

Λεγούσης· 'Εγώ εἰμι τὸ Α καὶ τὸ Ω, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος· καί Ὁ βλέπεις, γράψον εἰς βιβλίον, καὶ πέμψον ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις ταῖς ἐν Ἀσίᾳ, εἰς Εφεσον, καὶ εἰς Σμύρναν,

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καὶ εἰς Πέργαμον, καὶ εἰς Θυάτειρα, καὶ | throne, as the appearance of a sap

εἰς Σάρδεις, καὶ εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν, καὶ εἰς Λαοδίκειαν.

Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, b What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

a See on ver. 8. clause 1.

b Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter, ver. 19. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful, xxi. 5.

VER. 12.

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα βλέπειν τὴν φωνὴν ἥτις ἐλάλησε μετ ̓ ἐμοῦ· καὶ ἐπιστρέψας εἶδον ἑπτὰ λυχνίας χρυσᾶς

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. a And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

a See ver. 13; 20.; ii. 1. And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof; and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it, Exod. xxv. 37. And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof, Zech. iv. 2.

VER. 13.

Καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἑπτὰ λυχνιῶν ὅμοιον ὑιῷ ἀνθρώπου, ἐνδεδυμένον ποδήρη, καὶ πε. ριεζωσμένων πρὸς τοῖς μαστοῖς ζώνην χρυ

στην.

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one a like unto the Son of man, bclothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

a And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle, chap. xiv. 14. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a

phire-stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it, Ezek. i. 26. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of and came to the Ancient of days, and man came with the clouds of heaven, they brought him near before him, the similitude of the sons of men Dan. vii. 13. And, behold, one like touched my lips: then I opened my mouth and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength, x. 16. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, Phil. ii. 7, 8. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life time subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people, Heb. ii. 14-17.

b Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude, Dan. x. 5, 6.

And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles, chap. xv. 6. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

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