Matthew 24:37-42
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37 (A)For as were the days of Noah, (B)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 (C)For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, (D)marrying and giving in marriage, until (E)the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, (F)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 (G)Two women will be grinding (H)at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, (I)stay awake, for you do not know on what day (J)your Lord is coming.
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Matthew 24:44
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44 Therefore you also must be (A)ready, for (B)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
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1 Peter 3:18-22
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18 For Christ also (A)suffered[a] (B)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, (C)that he might bring us to God, being put to death (D)in the flesh but made alive (E)in the spirit, 19 in which[b] he went and (F)proclaimed[c] to the spirits in prison, 20 because[d] they formerly did not obey, (G)when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, (H)while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, (I)eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, (J)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but (K)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, (L)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and (M)is at the right hand of God, (N)with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
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- 1 Peter 3:18 Some manuscripts died
- 1 Peter 3:19 Or the Spirit, in whom
- 1 Peter 3:19 Or preached
- 1 Peter 3:20 Or when
2 Peter 2:4-10
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4 For if God did not spare (A)angels when they sinned, but (B)cast them into hell[a] and committed them to chains[b] of gloomy darkness (C)to be kept until the judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but (D)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought (E)a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by (F)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (G)making them an example of (H)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[c] 7 and (I)if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (J)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then (K)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[d] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially (L)those who indulge[e] in the lust of defiling passion and (M)despise authority.
Bold and willful, they do not tremble (N)as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts pits
- 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly
- 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations
- 2 Peter 2:10 Greek who go after the flesh
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